Discussion - Profiting in the Name of Dawah | Abu Fajr AbdulFattaah ibn Uthman

Highlight: Sheikh Al-Islām, may Allāh have mercy on him, said: «وَجِمَاعُ هَذَا أَنَّ الْمُسْتَحَبَّ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لِيَحُجَّ لَا أَنْ يَحُجَّ لِيَأْخُذَ وَهَذَا فِي جَمِيعِ الْأَرْزَاقِ الْمَأْخُوذَةِ عَلَى عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ فَمَنْ ارْتَزَقَ لِيَتَعَلَّمَ أَوْ لِيُعَلِّمَ أَوْ لِيُجَاهِدَ فَحَسَنٌ...وأما من اشتغل بصورة العمل الصالح لأن يرتزق: فهذا من أعمال الدنيا، ففرق بين من يكون الدين مقصوده والدنيا وسيلة، ومن تكون الدنيا مقصوده، والدين وسيلة، والأشبه: أن هذا ليس له في الآخرة من خلاق، كما دلت عليه نصوص، ليس هذا موضعها. "The general principle in this matter is that it is recommended for a person to take (provision) in order to perform Hajj, not to perform Hajj in order to take (provision). This applies to all forms of sustenance obtained through righteous deeds. So whoever seeks sustenance in order to learn, to teach, or to strive (in the path of Allah), then that is commendable...As for the one who engages in the outward form of a righteous deed merely to earn a livelihood, then this is considered among the actions of the worldly life. There is a clear distinction between the one whose ultimate aim is the religion and who uses the worldly life as a means, and the one whose ultimate aim is the worldly life and who uses the religion as a means. The latter is more likely to have no share in the Hereafter, as indicated by numerous textual evidences, the detailed discussion of which is beyond the scope of this passage." [Majmū’ Al-Fatāwā (26/19)]