Superstition about sweeping barakah out of one's shop

Q: I was sweeping the shop and I was sweeping the dirt out of the shop and someone told me that I mustn’t do that, rather sweep all the dirt in the shop to one place and take it out because when I’m sweeping out of the shop it takes the barakah away. I wanted to know if this superstitious or what because I never heard it before and I know superstitions are haraam.

A: This has no basis in Islam. This is pure superstition.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)