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Life an young love - Dan - 01-15-2004
Bismillah
As salam alaikum
I must say that I am not strong in my faith at all. Allah is Strong. The only thing that I hold dear to me is that I know when I ask Allah for His Help, He Gives it to me. I know this as a fact. He may not Answer me in the manner that I want but I always get an answer.
I found that I used to ask Allah for His Help but in my mind with the stipulation that He would Do as I wanted. This thinking is now ridiculous to me. If I am asking for Allah's Help, then I am in a situation where I am admitting that I do not know what I am doing, at the very least. Then I ask for Help but only in the way that I want? My way clearly does not work. I see how unhappy I am and how little knowledge I have. How could I possibly put stipulations on the Guidance of Allah?
Now I ask Allah for His Guidance with an open heart, willing to accept whatever His Judgement may be. Before my wife and I seperated, I prayed that she would be Guided. I prayed she would become a good muslim. Finally, I prayed that Allah would provide me with what was best for the relationship between Allah and me. I prayed for a wife who would assist me is growing closer to Allah. So far, the signs have been pointing to the fact that my wife is not this person. This is not what I wanted at first. But ultimately I want Allah's Will for me so I will be patient. Insha'Allah I will get rewarded, if not here then later when it really matters.
My only strength comes from my desire to do Allah's Will and the patience to carry it out when I percieve it.
May Allah Make us all strong in our iman and willing to carry out Allah's Will for us.
Allah Forgive me.
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu
Life an young love - UmmHabibah - 01-15-2004
Assalamu alikum
Life, sister sin is a major barrier of receiving Allah tala's help.
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said : the messenger of Allah said :
"Allah the Almighty is good and accepts only that which is good. Allah has commanded the faithful to do that which he commanded the messengers, and the Almighty has said: "O ye messengers ! Eat of the good things and do right". And Allah the Almighty has said : "O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you"
Then he mentioned [the case of] a man who, having journeyed far, is dishevelled and dusty and who spreads out his hands to the sky [saying] : "O Lord! O Lord!" - while his food is unlawful, his drink unlawful, his clothing unlawful, and he is nourished unlawfully, so how can he be answered !"
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If we give up the sin fisabeelilah, Allah tala turns in mercy and forgiveness. The first step is giving up haram.
Dan, Allah tala does not forsake the one who gives up someone he loves for His sake. Be patient and you will see that. We all have different tests in life. And Allah tala will test us with that which we love most. Otherwise where is the test?
MashAllah you show wisdom in your understanding of why some du'aa may not be answered. Allah tala knows that which we don't.
Sabrun jamilah.
This is a lovely article on du'aa.
<b>A Delayed Response</b>
Sayd al-Khaatir by Ibn al-Jawzee
Translated by Zaynah ar-Rawahee
While talking to himself Ibn Al-Jawzi was blaming his soul in a gentle way. He said: I found myself in trouble, and so I made Du'aa consistently, all the while requesting relief and comfort. The response to my Du'aa seemed to be delayed, and so my soul became disturbed and worried.
However, I rebuked it saying, "Woe unto you; look attentively at yourself, are you the one possessed or are you the possessor? Are you the one that is controlled or are you the controller? Are you not aware that this world is the abode of tests for you? If you desire that your goals be fulfilled and become impatient when they are not, then, where is your test? Is it not the ultimate test when you get the opposite of whatever you desired?
"So, (dear restless soul) try to understand the meaning of the word 'Abd, and whatever is dear to you will become worthless, and whatever is difficult will become easy." After it deliberated over what I said, it became a little appeased.
I informed it that I had a second argument for it, and so I said, "Allah (azza wajal) is a necessary requirement in order for any of your aims to be fulfilled; yet you do not exhort yourself to work for His (azza wajal) pleasure. This is ignorance, as the matter should have been opposite to what yohu desire, primarily because you are the one possessed. (You should note) that the mindful 'Abd should make sure that he fulfills the rights due to the Master, and that it is not necessary that He (azza wajal) gives to Al-'Abd whatever he desires or loves."
It made it quieter yet I then mentioned that I had a third argument for it, and so I said, "You are under the impression that the response to your Du'aa has been slow; yet you were responsible for this because you closed the door of response (to your Du'aa) because of your constant sinning. If, however, you open the door [by developing Taqwa for Allah (azza wajal)], then the response (to your Du'aa) would arrive quicker, because having Taqwa for Allah (azza wajal) is the cause of all comfort." Allah (azza wajal) said:
"...And whoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him (Taqwa), He will make a way for him, to get out (from every difficulty), and will provide for him from sources that he never could imagine…" [At-Talaaq:2-3]
Therefore, understand that if you do not develop this Taqwa for Him (subhana wa ta'ala), the result will be different from what you expect. Woe is me from the drunkenness of mindlessness which became stronger than any other drunkenness in confronting the soul's aims to prevent them ftom reaching its hopes. It (the soul) knew that this was the truth, and so it became more tranquil still.
I said to it, "I have a forth argument for you, and it is that you seek a particular answer (to your Du'aa); yet you are not aware of the consequences that would result (if you were granted what you desire) because what you seek might be to your detriment. In this state you are like a feverish child asking for candy.
"(0 soul) be conscious that your Master is more aware about your well-being than you are." As
He (azza wajal) said:
"... And maybe you will dislike something that is good for You…" [Al- Baqarah:2161
When this became clear to the soul, it became more tranquil still. I then said to it, "I have a fifth argument for you, and it is that your demands would lessen your rewards and would reduce your status (with Allah). However, if you would request that which is good for your eternal abode
(Al-Aakhirah), it would be better for you.
(O soul) it is crucial that you understand what I have explained."
It said, "I meandered in the garden of your explanation,
and as such I wandered when I understood."
Life an young love - Muslimah - 01-17-2004
Mash a Allah Umm Habiba excellent article, may Allah reward u mcuh for sharing it.
Life an young love - Unique Igwe - 01-21-2004
Assalamu alaikum all.
I quite thank Allah for the frank and traightforward approach we all have chosen to tackle this endemic problem in our society with.
My special prayer goes to Life for the way the topic was introduced.
I feel if we could be more forthcoming and equally responsive with{to} our problems, the ummah would have takengiant strides forward.
Jazakumullahu khaeran!
Wa alaykumu salm.
Life an young love - Muslimah - 01-21-2004
as salam alykom Unique Igwe
welcome back long time no see, it is good to have u back hoping that u stay Insh aAllah