Question
It has all along been the practice of the government of Pakistan to print on the back of all currency notes a Hadith which says in Urdu: "Rizq-e-Halaal ain Ibaadat hai." (Halaal Rizq is ibaadat). The new notes issued by the government no longer carry the Hadith. A lawyer has therefore instituted legal action against the government. The relevant press report is as follows: "LAHORE: A senior lawyer has sent a legal notice to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Shamsad Akhter, demanding that she withdraws all new currency notes from the country within 30 days. The lawyer, Tariq Aziz, said that the new currency notes of all denominations did not carry the Hadith, which underlined the importance of earning money honestly. He said earlier all the notes carried the Hadith: "Rizq-i-Helal ain ibaadat hai" (making an honest living is a form of prayer). The lawyer said the SBP had withdrawn this important message without reason of rhyme – an act that was unlawful and illegal. He said that he would have the right to initiate legal proceedings if the bank did not withdraw the notes that were void of the message." (End of Press report) Is it not a good move by the government to dispense with the Hadith in view of the mishandling and disrespect shown to the Hadith when the notes are handled by all and sundry, even non-Muslims? What about women in menses handling the notes with the Hadith on them? Children do not know how to observe adab for the written Hadith.
Answer
Women in menses may handle any Deeni book. They are not allowed to recite the Qur'aan nor to touch any Qur'aanic verse. It is permissible for a woman in menses to handle a currency note whether the Hadith printed on it is in Urdu or Arabic.
Money is a ni'mat of Allah Ta'ala. It is also a bounty like a book. People are required to respect it when they handle it. In fact, money is so dear and beloved to people that its love leads to even killing one another to possess the money. Even wars are fought to possess this 'greatest love' of man. Children should be taught the adab of handling the notes in the same way as they are taught to respect the kutub of the Deen. How do children handle the Qur'aan Shareef and their Madrasah kitaabs? There is a sinister design of the government of Napakistan for having eliminated the Hadith from the new notes, and that reason, is the increasing atheism of the Pakistani ruling clique. They have an aversion for Islam, hence the removal of the Hadith. A Hadith appearing on currency notes issued by an evil, westernized so -called 'Muslim' government is not in consonance with the image which such a kufr government desires for itself. It should be understood that the government of Napakistan is a slave of the U.S. The primitiveness of Islamic issues is an embarrassment for the fussaaq, in fact Zindeeqs, at the helm of government in Napakistan. Thus, the elimination of the Hadith is not an insignificant issue which the woman in charge of the SBP has implemented to satisfy her whimsical fancy. It is part of a larger plot to eradicate Islam, and this sinister Yahudi conspiracy is being implemented gradually - very very slowly and imperceptibly with great patience. In the circumstances we agree with the action lawyer contemplates to institute.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 21 No 10
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- 10
Appears under THE PLOT OF THE CURRENCY NOTES (approximate).