Session 1: How to Money as a Muslim

RIS 2025 — Human Appeal's Speaker's Corner with Farooq

The Hadith

The Prophet ﷺ said:

إِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فِتْنَةً وَفِتْنَةُ أُمَّتِي الْمَالُ

"Every nation has a fitnah, and the fitnah of my nation is __________."

What is Fitnah?

Fitnah linguistically refers to the process of smelting metal: purifying gold and silver through fire.

So money is:

1. A ___ — dealing with money is hard
2. A ___ — how we deal with money shows what we're made of
3. A ___ — if we fix our relationship with money, we fix a lot more of ourselves

We can’t just talk about it. We have to ________.

Think Right

We're not ___________. We're ___________.

Behave Right

At the end of every month, can you answer these with 100% certainty?

1. Did I _______ less than I _______?

2. Did I ___ something?

3. Did I ___ something?

Keep the Conversation Going

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