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anonymous
i can earn lots of money and lead a more grand life. yes i can.
Alhamdulillah. Now, use your money to buy food for this kid.
but these thoughts are making me to think - keep it simple, jus another max 40-50 odd yrs why cant you be more sincere to ALLAH and take a more islamic life?
Islamic life? feed the poor is Islamic life. This is why zakat is one of five pillar of Islam.
so shall i lower my economic level to be more peaceful and less materialistic
No. What you should do is say Alhamdulillah twice. First, because Allah has given you wealth, so you do not live in poverty. Second, because Allah trust you to do a sacred duty, jihad with wealth.
Don't you realize? there are many people who die everyday because their poverty. They can't buy food, can't buy clothes, can't get education, homeless. They live in misery because of their poverty.
Brother, will you let those people suffer, or you use your wealth to help them?.
I am sure you will take the second option, and use your wealth to help them. This is what I mean with jihad with wealth. And now imagine if you were poor and do not have money, could you help them?. Of course not.
Ibadah is not only salah, or fasting. Zakat, infaq, and sadaqah are ibadah too. You will get reward from zakat infaq sadaqah that you can bring to akhira.
So, bro, do not thinking to lowering your economic level, but start thinking to use your wealth in the way of Allah. Remember, you have duty to help the poor people.