A Simple House

A house is but a building,
that protects one from the storm.
As too, a divided house craves in want

Without a hope of fulfillment

And will collapse into decay.

But what makes a home?
Those who dwell within,
In bountiful love one for another.
For with love,
a home shall never crumble.

Nor does one live there just with one’s family,
But Allah (Hashem) is also there,
so be mindful in all your deeds.

-HRM Deborah

Evils of Money

O you who believe! Make not unlawful the Tayyibat (all that is good as regards food, things, deeds, beliefs, persons) which Allah (Hashem) has made lawful to you and transgress not. Verily Allah (Hashem) does not like the transgressor.

Al-Ma'idah 5:87

Give unto ones wife what is needed for her care, in which she was accustomed to before marriage, without excessiveness, for any extra spending is considered charity nor should one show stinginess, for this deprives a wife of her fair upkeep and that which she is accustomed too.

Neither is a wife allowed due to respect to her husband, to request or demand more then she is required; to further subject her husband to pay beyond his means and in all things, she should obey her husband.

And give to the kinsman (family) his due and to the Miskin (poor) and to the wayfarer (traveler, esp. those on foot). But spend not wastefully (your wealth or money) in the manner of a spendthrift (to spend extravagantly and wastefully). Al-Isra 17:26

Nor should one marry someone just for financial gain rather it is a man or a woman, for this is unlawful; for one who intends this should not marry that person, but marry those who follow that which is of Allah (Hashem) and in love.

In other aspects of living, one should never live in any form of excess, nor follow the beliefs or customs of unbelievers; but in all things in accordance too humility towards Allah (Hashem). One should remember the examples of the Prophets, such as Muhammad (PBUH), Ismail [Ishmael (PBUH)] and Isa [Jesus (PBUH)].

Do not toil to gain wealth;
Have the sense to desist.
You see it, then it is gone;
It grows wings and flies away,
Like and eagle heavenward.


Do not eat of a stingy man’s food;
Do not crave for his dainties;
He is like one keeping accounts;
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
But he does not really mean it.
The morsel you eat you will vomit;
You will waste your courteous words.
Proverbs 23: 4-8

Furthermore, you can not love Allah (Hashem) and money at the same time, one either loves Allah (Hashem) or money (Luxuriousness); one cannot love both.

As to greed, it will eventually make the whole world homeless, hungry, hurt others in numerous ways, such as hatred, jealously (envy), arrogance, pride, lying (slander), adultery, disrespecting senior citizens , disrespecting family, homosexuality, Transgender, high (felony) crime (money laundering, armed robbery, prostitution, insider trading, gangsters, terrorism) to illicit wars [including criminal action in foreign policies, illegal foreign sanctions causing oppression, propaganda (with intent to mislead others), coups, cultural destruction, racism, slavery, intimidation through violence , bribery, etc.] and see an overwhelming amount of unnatural death (murder, genocide, drug dealing, suicide, alcoholism); as to build other abominations towards humanity that will eventually cause Allah (Hashem) to chastise the transgressor to even completely destroy them for their is no escape.

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for some have strayed from the faith (Christianity) in greediness and pierced themselves through many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10

For those who do not follow this manner is not living according to Allah (Hashem), nor shall they ever see Paradise.


"Don't let money corrupt you, for one of the greatest downfalls is money!"

[The O'Jays, (1984) from US Business Management, Business & Society]

Agur’s Prayer

Two things I ask of you; do not deny them to me before I die:

Keep lies and false words far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches,
But provide me with daily bread,
Lest being sated (indulge, excess), I renounce saying,
“Who is Allah (Hashem)?”
Or, being improvised, I take to theft
And profane the name of my God.
Proverbs 30: 7-9