Class crisis between the poor and the rich

Class crisis between the poor and the rich \ The speech of Al-Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr in his account in Twitter on 18/4/2022

In the name of Allah

What I can say that there is severe and rampant class crisis in the society; I mean the class crisis between the poor and the rich, there are reasons for this crisis and it distributes on both parties: the rich and the poor. The rich is delighting in his money and doesn't give the poor his right and he behaves arrogantly with him, and rare are those who give money to the bigger and the deprived; the poor mistrusts all the rich and doesn't differentiate between the giver and the miser based on what is narrated: the money is collected either from miserliness or forbidden ways, the poor and the rich forgot that Islamic religion imposed Zakat(charity), Khumus (fifth of money), return the stolen rights to the people, giving alms, ransom and other financial duties on the rich. Yes, if the rich remembered that the poor are Allah's lovers, they wouldn't behave arrogantly with them, forgot them and be deceived by money and trade; if the poor remembered that Allah has made some people rich in order that the rich give part of their money to him and to the people like him, there wouldn't be hatred in his heart towards the rich. The rich have duties and rights and so as the poor which they must apply them according to Islamic Sharia, and from the most important Islamic imitation to the situation of the poor and far from financial deserts is: (the fasting), it means: the fasting reminding the rich to the poor and his hunger and thirst which he suffers from them because of poverty and in order that the rich be equal to the poor in hunger and thirst even for some time and in order that the imposed duties on the rich don't be the only thing to imitate the poor but it must be clear and manifest the real feelings and suffering of the poor whether the rich who behaves arrogantly with the poor and overlooks him or the rich who reacts with the poor with all what he has from financial and moral duties. The wonder all wonder from some poor and those who are far from religion who revolt, protest and demonstrate against the fasting and hate Ramadan's rites claiming that they are from strictness or they are from Daesh's rites and the like. They are overlooking that one of most important benefit of fasting is the poor and feel their suffering unfortunately, it is better to them to cling to Ramadan's rites and support them not to revolt against them and the most important one is never eat publicly in fasting time in month of Ramadan whereas it isn't compulsory but it is as moral stance, conscience awakening and reaction to the poverty problem and there are a lot of humbleness in front of the poor in them. Declaring their hostility to Ramadan's rites is as hostility to the poor and refusing to console him which Islam took upon itself to help and support them

O brothers, the poverty shouldn't be a plea to disbelief, also the riches shouldn't be a wide door to oppression and tyranny; the person should read the Sharia laws with fairness and prudence whereas never eat publicly isn't compulsion but it is as consideration to the poor from one side, and imitation to Islamic duty which it mustn't behave arrogantly with it but respect Muslims in it. The fasting isn't Islamic duty only but it is duty in other religions whether fasting from food or speech or the like, so it isn't from Daeshi strictness but it is from Heavenly Sharia therefore the liberated, open- minded and civilized people and even the atheist mustn't behave arrogantly with Sharia laws from one side and antagonizing the religious people from another side especially in Islamic societies and never imitate the West that wants to erase the Islamic identity in its countries till it erases it in our countries as in prevent the veil and legalizing the same sex marriage and the like. Your behaviors may be as challenge to the heaven and God of heaven and it will be a door to continuation of trial, pandemic, wars, poverty and oppression, so don't challenge the Creator of heaven because He is seeing your deeds

Muqtada Al-Sadr