Significance of Earning Livelihood and the Obstacles in its way in the Light of Quran and Sunnah

طلب معاش کی اہمیت ،اس کی ترقی اور اس میں رکاوٹ بننے والےاسباب قرآن اور سنت کی روشنی میں

Abstract

Trade has been considered as the most important mode of  caring livelihood.  Trade is considered as sole biggest medium because all other modes carry secondary position, as they all derive from trade in one way or other. That’s way crafts and services have gained much success in this era of machinery and technology. In spite of all this trade assumes the same highest positions in this era too.  Islam has not left trade on its own but has framed principles to address it. These principles are not only helpful for individual scale but they give benefits to whole community. It benefits in this world and hereafter of its users. Islam is an eternal religion, so it addresses all problems of this era and of upcoming in its teachings. We can gain both worldly and hereafter benefits by acting over Islamic principles. We have glorious examples of past traders who visited the whole world in order to carry trade. They trade far and wide on the basis of Islamic principles. They not only maintained their businesses, but also preached Islam through their just dealings and humble behavior. Their customers or the people who come into their company were so impressed that they not only became Muslims but also changed their traditions, Customs, culture and even languages with according the Islamic fold.This article discussed the reasons that exploit the beauty of Trade