Are illicitly-gained funds, such as those earned by a singer, a thief, a briber, or an actor, considered sustenance (rizq) from Allah?
According to Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, sustenance (rizq) includes everything from which a human being benefits, whether it is lawful (halal) or unlawful (haram), contrary to the Mu'tazilah who believe that unlawful things are not sustenance. Al-Qurtubi adduced that the Ummah unanimously agreed that children, animals, and slaves are sustained (marzuqun), even though they do not own what they eat, which indicates that sustenance is food, and that Allah alone is the Provider (al-Razzaq). Ibn Taymiyyah holds that sustenance may mean what a servant benefits from (whether lawful or unlawful), or what a servant owns (which is the lawful). Al-Saffarini also mentioned that sustenance is what one benefits from, whether lawful or its opposite, and that Allah is the Provider for all creation.
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