Q: My wife is pregnant Alhmadulillah. It’s still the beginning of her pregnancy, but I try to buy the baby’s things bit by bit to get good offers instead of buying everything last minute. My father told me not to buy so much yet and I answered something like “But at last minute one doesn’t have all the money at one time”. I know Rizq is from Allah and he could give me as much as he wants any time. What I meant is that I am planning on the grounds of what I have now (monthly). Is that statement and this approach sinful or even kufr? I regret saying it like that.
A: No, this statement does not amount to sin. Instead, it is complying with tadbeer, (i.e. planning, budgeting and administrating one’s affairs correctly), which is in accordance with the command of Shariah.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best.
وعن عوف بن مالك : أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قضى بين رجلين فقال المقضي عليه لما أدبر : حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : ” إن الله تعالى يلوم على العجز ولكن عليك بالكيس فإذا غلبك أمر فقل : حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل ” . رواه أبو داود (مشكاة المصابيح رقم 3784)
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)