Transliteration:( Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa )
20. From this we learn that love for wealth is not a bad thing. What is evil is to have an insatiable love for it.Â
This is based on three factors:Â
1. To hoard the wealth without spending it.
2. To be engrossed in the ways and means of earning wealth day and night.
3. To become heedless and indifferent about the Day of Judgement due to concentration on accumulation of wealth, be heedless about Allah Almighty صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and His Beloved Prophet and earning wealth by lawful and unlawful means.Â
It should be remembered that love for wealth is permissible within its limit, exceeding its limits is evil. However, love for Allah Almighty and His Rasool is permissible within but exceeding its limit is an act of excellence and a lofty virtue. In fact, there is no limit to it.
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The tafsir of Surah Fajr verse 20 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fajr ayat 15 which provides the complete commentary from verse 15 through 21.
(89:20) and love the riches, loving them ardently.[14]
14. That is, you have no regard for the permissible or the forbidden, the lawful or the unlawful. You feel no qualms about acquiring wealth in any way or by any means, fair or foul, and your greed is never satisfied however much you may have acquired and amassed.
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