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:
- A ___ — dealing with money is hard
- A ___ — how we deal with money shows what we’re made of
- 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?