FatwaFederal TerritoriesEthics, Remembrance & Supplication
IRSYAD FATWA KE-203 : ADAKAH ALLAH SEKAT REZEKI SAYA?
Does Allah withhold a person's sustenance because of mistakes or sins they have committed?
Short answer
Sin may be one reason a person's sustenance is restricted, so the friend's remark is partly correct.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Ethics, Remembrance & Supplication
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Sin may be one reason a person's sustenance is restricted, so the friend's remark is partly correct. A person who has sinned is advised to repent promptly, increase acts of worship and return any rights taken unjustly. However, if one has repented and still faces hardship, it is not necessarily caused by sin, and may stem from not understanding the concept of sustenance. The ruling describes one category of provision as already decreed by Allah without needing to be sought, with people tested through either wealth or scarcity.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Melakukan maksiat kepada Allah SWT mungkin salah satu sebab rezeki seseorang itu disekat.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD FATWA KE-203 : ADAKAH ALLAH SEKAT REZEKI SAYA?”, 8 August 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/729-irsyad-fatwa-ke-203-adakah-allah-sekat-rezeki-saya. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/does-allah-withhold-my-sustenance/