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Placing Your Trust In The Allah

The Great Shaykh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, the Sultan of the Awliya, mentions how Allah Subhana taala tests the Momin believer.

The great Shaykh says that Allah turns his blessings away from him when he depends on worldly connections and worldly people for seeking his livelihood

The Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him, and grant him contentment) said: Nothing blocks you from direct receiving of Allah’s grace and favor except your reliance upon people and connections, on good turns and handouts. Thus, creatures are your obstacle to gaining a proper livelihood, in keeping with the exemplary practice of the Prophet. As long as you continue to depend on fellow creatures, hoping for their gifts and favors, going from door to door with your requests, you are associating His creation with Allah. He will therefore punish you with deprivation of that proper livelihood, namely, the lawful earnings of this world.

[Sixteenth Discourse from Futuh al-Ghaib]

The Great Shaykh then says that when the believer removes the trust from the worldly people and relies on his earning power, he is still deprived of his allotted share, but this situation is better than the one before.

Then, when you have renounced the habit of depending on people and associating them with your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He), and have resorted to earning your own livelihood, you get to rely on this earning power and become complacent about it, forgetting the gracious favor of your Lord. You are once again behaving like a polytheist [mushrik], only now the polytheism [shirk] is concealed, of a subtler nature than the previous kind. Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) will therefore punish you by depriving you of His favor and of direct access to Him.

[Sixteenth Discourse from Futuh al-Ghaib]

The Great Shaykh then conveys that only when the believer sees Allah as the provider and rest all as the means, only then Allah allots the believer the complete share of what is alloted to him

When you turn from this in repentance, ceasing to allow the encroachment of polytheism, and forsaking reliance on your own earning power and abilities, you will see that Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) is the Provider. It is He who supplies the means, the facilities, and the energy one needs to make a living, and He is the One who enables all good results to be achieved. All sustenance is in His hand. At times He may supply it to you by way of other people, through your appealing to them while in distress or trying straits, or in response to your appeal to Him (Almighty and Glorious is He), sometimes by way of earned remuneration, and at still other times by His spontaneous favor, in such a way that you do not see the intervening cause and means.

[Sixteenth Discourse from Futuh al-Ghaib]

Finally, the Great Shaykh conveys how Allah treats his special favorites, the prophets and saints, and other favorites

O son of Adam, I am Allah. There is none worthy of worship but I alone. I say to a thing, “Be,” and it comes into being. Obey Me, and I will make you such that you say to a thing, “Be,” and it will come into being. Thus, He has dealt with many of His Prophets, His saints, and His special favorites among the children of Adam.

[Sixteenth Discourse from Futuh al-Ghaib]

Prohibition Of Gheebah

Allah has said: “And spy not, neither backbite against one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear Allah. Verily Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful.” (49:12)

“And follow not that of which you have no knowledge. Verily! The hearing, and the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned.” (17:36)

“Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is watcher by him ready (to record it).” (50:18)
Abu Musa narrated it: “Some people asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), whose Islam is the best?“ (i.e., who is a very good Muslim?)
The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, “One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands.”
“And the person may utter a word which displeases Allah without thinking how serious it is, as a result of which Allah will record His wrath for him, because of His displeasure until the Day when he meets Him.” (Related by Mu’atta Imam Malik and Tirmidhi).

5 Difficult Sunnahs You Ought To Be Doing

1. Praying Tahajjud or the Night Prayer. Oh yeah, this one is difficult. It’s hard enough for many Muslims to even
get up for Salaatul Fajr (the Dawn Prayer), which is mandatory. It’s certainly no easy thing waking up even earlier for the night prayer. Establishing and maintaining this wonderful act takes great sacrifice and patience. Which is why the rewards are so plentiful.

In fact, this is one of the few Sunnahs that are endorsed by Allah in both the Quran and the hadith. Arise to (pray) the night except for a little. Half of it or subtract a little from it.

Hadith on Duaa

Abu Huraira (radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool Allah(Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “Do duaa to Allah with his confidence that He will accept it and know this well that Allah doesn’t accept the duaa done with a negligent and careless heart.”(Tirmizi)

Abu Huraira(radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool Allah(Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “Allah is extremely displeased with the person who doesn’t do duaa to Allah.”(Tirmizi)

Abu Huraira(radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “In the court of Allah, there is no greater thing than Duaa.”(Ibn-e-Majah)

Abdullah bin Umar(radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool-Allah(Sallallahu alaihi wasallam),” Among whatever has been descended and whatever has not been descended Duaa is beneficial of all. Oh people of Allah! Assume Duaa a must for yourselves.” (Tirmizi)

Jabir(radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool-Allah(Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “Whoever does duaa to Allah, Allah fulfills his seeking or in exchange averts misfortune until the duaa is not related to sin or breaking some relation.” (Tirmizi)

Salman Farsi(radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool-Allah(Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “Duaa turns away destiny, and good deeds lengthen age. (Tirmizi)

Umar (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that, “Whenever Rasool-Allah( Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) raised his hands for duaa, he did not put them down until HE took both hands over his face.” (Tirmizi)

Jabir (radi Allahu anhu) narrates from Rasool-Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), “Don’t do Bad-duaa [against] yourself, your wealth, or for your children. May it be the moment of acceptance in the court of Allah, and your Bad-duaa be accepted. (Muslim)

Sharing Is The Noble Islamic Character

“O you who believe, when you are asked to make room in the meetings, then make room. Allah will make room for you (in Akhirah). And when it is said ‘move up’, then move on. Allah will raise in rank those of you who believe as well as those who are given knowledge. Allah knows whatever you do.” (Al Mujadilah, chap 58 – verse 11).

the religion of community, unity, being together, and helping one another towards righteousness and good deeds. Allah said, which means: “Verily all of mankind is in a state of loss except those who believe, do good deeds, and encourage one another.” (Al-’Asr 103:2-3).

Sharing is the Noble Islamic Character, so you live, sleep, and die with others, like a candle. A candle burns itself and produces light for others. We have to do something not only for our individual selves or families, but for the benefit of other Muslim families, the animals, the birds, and even for non-Muslims.

The Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said: “If the Hour were to occur and you had a seed or a small plant in your hand, (you would plant it) and if you can plant it before that, then plant it (now).”

Subhaanallaah!
Islam is a religion of work and sacrifice. This demonstrates that we are living to help others even if dying. You see the Judgment, the Hour is in front of you, so why not put the seed in the ground? Let someone else benefit if this is the last moment of your life, because you not only live for yourself, but to help others as well.

Allah narrates in the Qur’an the story of Prophet Lut(AS) and how He saved him and his family. But from what?! So the environment is very important. You may know about science and chemistry more than I, and we all know the surroundings of an object will have some impact upon it. Just as a candle’s flame will extinguish from a lack of oxygen, and likewise, a plant unexposed to sunlight will wither. The Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has explained: “The similitude of good and bad company is like the one who sells perfume and the blacksmith. When you sit with the perfume seller, you smell a good scent, and in contrast, bad company is like one who blows into a furnace.” (Al-Bukhari)