Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Indeed, just as Allah Almighty has distributed your sustenance among you, likewise He has distributed your character among you. And indeed, Allah Almighty grants the world to the one He loves and also to the one He does not love, but He grants the blessing of religion only to the one He loves. Whoever Allah Almighty has granted religion, it means that Allah Almighty loves him. By the One in Whose hand is my soul! No one can be a Muslim until his heart and tongue become obedient, and no servant can be a believer until his neighbor is safe from his evils.” The people asked: “O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by ‘evils’ (bawa’iq)?” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “His oppression and excesses. And whoever earns unlawful wealth and spends it, there will be no blessing in it, and any charity given from it will not be accepted, and if such a person leaves behind any such wealth in his inheritance, it will be his provision for Hell. Indeed, Allah Almighty does not erase evil with evil, rather He erases evil with good, and indeed, an impure thing cannot erase another impure thing.” (Sins are not erased by spending unlawful wealth, rather sins are cleansed by spending lawful wealth.)