The purest wealth is that which has been earned by its lawful means
أَزْكَى الْمَالِ مَا اكْتُسِبَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best wealth is that which has been earned by its lawful means
أَطْيَبُ الْمَالِ مَا اكْتُسِبَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The purest of earnings is lawful earning
أَزْكَى الْمَكَاسِبِ كَسْبُ الْحَلَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Part of the success of a freeman (or a person) is his earning wealth through legitimate means
مِنْ تَوْفِيقِ الْحُرِّ اكْتِسَابُهُ [اكتساب] الْمَالَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A [simple] vocation with modesty is better than affluence with immorality
الْحِرْفَةُ مَعَ الْعِفَّةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْغِنَى مَعَ الْفُجُورِ [الْفَجْرِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The prohibited is illicit
الْحَرَامُ سُحْتٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How bad a food the forbidden [food] is!
بِئْسَ الطَّعَامُ الْحَرَامُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst kind of earning is the unlawful [earning]
بِئْسَ الْكَسْبُ الْحَرَامُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who does not reform his [means of earning or spending] wealth has not earned it
لَمْ يَكْتَسِبْ مَالًا مَنْ لَمْ يُصْلِحْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who carries out transactions without knowledge, falls into usury
مَنِ اتَّجَرَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَقَدِ ارْتَطَمَ فِي الرِّبَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who earns his wealth from unlawful sources damages his Hereafter
مَنِ اكْتَسَبَ مَالًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ أَضَرَّ بِآخِرَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who earns by unlawful means accumulates sins
مَنِ اكْتَسَبَ حَرَاماً احْتَقَبَ أَثَاماً [آثاما]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who earns wealth from sources that are unlawful, spends it in the places that are unworthy [and inappropriate]
مَنْ يَكْتَسِبْ مَالًا مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ يَصْرِفْهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Collecting the [wealth that is] forbidden is part of wretchedness
مِنَ الشَّقَاءِ احْتِقَابُ الْحَرَامِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The merchant puts himself at risk [of doing something that is forbidden]
التَّاجِرُ مُخَاطِرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You will never attain that which has been taken away from you so be moderate in your acquisition
لَنْ تُدْرِكَ مَا زُوِيَ عَنْكَ فَأَجْمِلْ فِي الْمُكْتَسَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is not patient in his toiling [for earning his livelihood] has to be patient in destitution
مَنْ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ عَلَى كَدِّهِ صَبَرَ عَلَى الْإِفْلَاسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The gatherings of the marketplaces are the visiting places of Satan
مَجَالِسُ الْأَسْوَاقِ مَحَاضِرُ الشَّيْطَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not make any dealings with one from whom you have no power to demand justice
لَا تُعَامِلْ مَنْ لَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى الِانْتِصَافِ مِنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech