What is the difference between sustenance (rizq) and commercial profit, and is sustenance limited to what a person eats and wears, or does it include what he earns from work and trade?
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Sustenance (rizq) is broader than commercial profit; every profit is sustenance, but not all sustenance is profit. Sustenance is everything that Allah bestows upon His servant, both in worldly and religious matters. It is what benefits a person, and it encompasses visible sustenance for the bodies, such as provisions, and inner sustenance for the hearts, such as knowledge and insights.
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