The New Nation - Internet Edition

Acceptance of prayer or worship to Allah is subject to enjoying a 'halal' (lawful) earning and livelihood. Fasting is also dependent on this pre-condition. A person, who deprives someone or some people of their due or exploits them, goes against the socio-economic rules, and obligations to Allah; his earning is 'haram' (unlawful). So, a rozadar, who earns by dishonest means and lives with that earning, cannot please Allah by his fasting. Rather his fasting goes in vain. Halal livelihood for all the Muslims is a must, according to the holy Hadith.

The Holy Quran says: "Woe to those that deal in fraud ttt"(183: 1)

"So, establish weight with justice and fall not short in balance." (55: 9).

So, persons who earn through unfair means and also perform fasting, should evaluate their activities in the light of Islam. They should abstain from such anti-social crime. Or else their fasting is nothing but a self-deception.

-Abdul Muqit Chowdhury