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As Sallamualaykum, I came across a book that i had read earlier from where my question arose. It still confuses me.... The book is Written by Abu Muhammed al- Hasan ibn 'Alee ibn Khalaf Al- Barbahaaree. The Imaam of Ahlus-sunnah wal-Jammah in his time,Imaam al-Barbaaharee(d.329H) Translated by Abu Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank. The title of the book is "Explanation of the Creed." Point no. 122 says " Means of earning which are clear to you to be correct are unrestricted, except for that which is found to be coorrupt. If it is corrupt, he takes from it what is sufficient to support himself and (he) does not say, 'I will abandon earning and take what people will give me.' This was not done by the companions, nor by the scholars up to this time of ours. 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab, radiallaahu 'anhu, said, "Earning of which a part is impure is better than having need of the people". The footnote says this is reported by Wakee'ibn Jarrah, as occurs in Kanzul-Ummaal(4/122) and by ibn al- Jawzee in Manaaqib 'Umar (p.194) Please explain Please take the fact that i am aware of this following hadith, Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah, I heard Allah's Apostle, in the year of the Conquest of Mecca, saying, "Allah and His Apostle made illegal the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and idols." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What about the fat of dead animals, for it was used for greasing the boats and the hides; and people use it for lights?" He said, "No, it is illegal." Allah's Apostle further said, "May Allah curse the Jews, for Allah made the fat (of animals) illegal for them, yet they melted the fat and sold it and ate its price." [Bukhari] [Narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawood, 3026; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', no. 5107] Again, When Allah forbids a thing he forbids its price as well. JazakAllaah u khairun,