How should a Muslim earn a living?
Al-Ghazali wrote a full book on the etiquette of earning — who to deal with, what to avoid, and how to keep the hand that takes from becoming the hand that deceives.
2 passages from 2 books in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 2 books by Ibn Battuta and Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
14th century · Tangier, Morocco
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"We disembarked and were hosted most generously for three days in honor of the Sultan of India and to foster trade relations with us."
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Difficulty due to having many children which might lead to the need to work hard for a living and engage in undesirable dealings"
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