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Some Muslims behave as if Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Lord of the masjid, but not the marketplace.
The modern world gave us secularism, the idea that religion can remain private while public life, business, law, and institutions operate separately from it.
But you cannot completely separate what you do from what you believe.
Your beliefs shape what you consider right and wrong, how you speak, what you build, how you treat people, and what you are willing to do for money.
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When Business Becomes a Different World
Inside the masjid, we lower our voices. We guard our eyes. We avoid foul language. We remember Allah سبحانه وتعالى and try to behave like Muslims.
Then the laptop opens.
Suddenly, business becomes a different world.
Images we would be ashamed to display in a masjid become marketing material. Language we would never use there becomes normal at work. Boundaries we recognize during salah become negotiable when revenue is involved.
But Islam does not end at the masjid door.
Tawhid Follows Us to the Marketplace
Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:
"Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn."
(Surah Al-An'am 6:162)
(Surah Al-An'am 6:162)"Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn."
Notice: my prayer, but also my living.
Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Lord of the masjid and the marketplace.
Tawhid must follow us from the prayer mat to the balance sheet.
The Muslim does not have one set of principles for worship and another for business. The same Allah who commands us to pray also commands us to deal honestly, fulfill contracts, avoid what He has prohibited, and treat people with justice.
Islam is not a private identity that disappears when business begins.
It is a complete way of life.
How can we separate what we believe from how we live?
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