Why Dont We Apply Our Manual?

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


To try and bring it closer and not let u be in suspense:


What are the regulations of selling and purchasing?


What are the regulations of communication?


Ok, let us think....

[Muslimah]

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What marketing is all about? Marketing is about communication, is about how to get people aware of your commodity, business, service..etc. It is about raising awareness. Now how do we maintain a high level of communication that ensures the probagation of whatever we need to convey to people?


Do we have to set a long marketing plan? Do we have to contract a marketing research firm to conduct a research, survey..etc on our behalf and for this we must allocate a large sum of money? Do we have to hire a staff of tele marekteers? Do we have to sit and use search engines, build or buy long mailing lists?


No we don’t. What Does Allah Say:


"Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying, etc.). I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favours on you) and never be ungrateful to Me." (Quran 2:152).


And what is the fruit of Allah Remembering us?


In a hadeeth Qudsi: Narrated Abi Horaira may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger prayer and peace be upon him said: Allah May He be Exahlted Say: I M up to the expectations of my devotee, and I M with him if he remembers me, if he remembers Me to himself, I will remember him to Myself, If he remembers me among a gathering, I Shall Remember him in a better gathering” (reported by Bukhari and Muslim).


If you take an in depth look at the Ayah, then analyse the hadeeth Qudsi, you will realize that remembrance of Allah bears significant fruit that has a direct impact on the one who practice the remembrance.


Let me shed more light here: Narrated Abu Horaira may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger prayer and peace be upon him said: that Allah may He Be Glorified when He Loves a devotee, He Calls on Jebreel To Tell him, Allah Loves so and so, Thus, you aught to love him. Thus, Jebreel loves him, Jebreel then call in the skies that Allah Loves so and so, thus, love him. Residents of skies then love him, and charisma and acceptance is placed for him among residence of earth” (reported by Bukhari)


‏Did you get the whole process now? In order to gain people’s love, acceptance, that certainly results into easy communication, you need to have Allah Loves u.

[Muslimah]

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Praise be to Allah King of the Kings Owner of the Universe Creator of the Creators and Prayer and peace be upon His Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam


Who didn’t go through financial difficulties? Somehow or the other each one of us may experience this as Allah may He be Glorified Say in Quran:


“And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).” (2:155)


From this Ayah we derive that we are all susceptible to being tested with fear, hunger…etc the items included in the noble Ayah.


But how to handle, and in this post we are focusing on the financial difficulties, is the core of interest. You think that Allah Explained in Quran that Allah Shall test us with those trials and Didn’t specify the remedy? No way, never. Allah Taught us in the manual, it is only for us to dig and surf and get out the treasures therein.


“And enjoin the prayer on your family, and be patient in offering them. We ask not of you a provision (i.e. to give Us something: money, etc.); We provide for you. And the good end (i.e. Paradise) is for the pious.” (Quran 20:132)


The word in Arabic which is translated as family is Ahalak which is best translated as your wife. Thus, the remedy is for the man, and note that the address here is for men since they are the ones charged with the financial responsibility of the household, to order his wife to pray. Allah Made it general, just order to pray, however, we can derive that probably this implies to order the wife with voluntary prayer. It was narrated that Umar used this remedy, when he was confronted with financial difficulty, he used to come into his house and commands the wife to pray.


So simple, rather than hunting for a second job, working long hours, trying to please the manager, taking a bank loan…etc of a long list of manmade remedies which are usually tiring and pressing, just order the wife to pray.


Will you do it?? Start instituting Quran into your life.

[SisterJennifer]

The whole thread is very useful, but I think most in particular the above post. Jazak Allah for placing it there, may Allah guide us and help us, ameen.

[Muslimah]

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Wa iyaki Jennifer Alhamdulelah.

[Muslimah]

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Praise be to Allah, and blessing and peace be upon His Messenger, our beloved Prophet, mentor and leader,

Leading life these days, most of us face plotting and conspiracy in a way or the other and in many levels; i.e professional, personal, marital, friendship, business..etc. Did Allah Leave us without providing us with contra tools? Nay, Glory be to Allah. It is just us who recite Quran, but fail to apply it, although it would make our lives much easier, we rather indulge into deep thinking, trauma, even depression because we are unable to cope or handle such situations.

Brothers and sisters, look at the insightful description and simply answer:

"O you who believe! Take not as (your) advisors and protectors those outside your religion (pagans, Jews, Christians, and hypocrites) since they will not fail to do their best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you severely. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts conceal is far worse. Indeed We have made plain to you the Signs if you understand.*Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not, and you believe in all the Scriptures. And when they meet you, They say, "We believe". But when they are alone, they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: "Perish in your rage. Certainly, Allah knows what is (hidden) in the breasts."*If a good befalls you, it grieves them, but if some evil overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if you remain patient and become pious, not the least harm will their cunning do to you. Surely, Allah surrounds all that they do." (Quran 3:118-120)

True that the beginning of the set of Ayahs is addressing problems created by and due to taking those outside of our religion as advisors, however, because Allah Is the All Accomodator, and Most Spacious, the remedy introduced at the end which is adopting patience and piety shall certianly bear the same fruit which is immunity against harm due to any given cunning.

Alhamdulelah Rabel a`lameen

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