Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of Jamiat Ulema Islam (F) has given an interesting statement regarding his means of livelihood and assets.
While participating in a private TV program, the host said to Maulana Fazlur Rehman that ‘Mashallah you have many houses, your property is your lands’, to which he immediately replied that ‘there are no lands’.
The female host asked the question, ‘So what is the source of livelihood?’
In response, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that ‘the source of livelihood is the unseen help from Allah’.
The host smiled and said, “I will also pray for help from the unseen.”
On which Maulana Fazlur Rehman recited verse 37 of Surah Aal Imran, “Walallah yerrzzuq min yasshaa beghayr-i hisab” (And verily, Allah the Exalted provides for whomsoever He wills innumerable sustenance) and laughingly said, ‘If He gives without reckoning, then who would we be? Calculate it’.
Social media users are criticizing this statement of Maulana Fazlur Rahman.