Grab The Guidance

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

Allah guides His slaves through commands and tawfiq.

Allah's commands in the Qur'an as well as on the tongue of His Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, meaning pray, fast, pay zakat, perform hajj, give charity, lower your gaze, be kind to your parents, be good to your neighbor, have no relation with the opposite sex except through marriage, cover your nakedness/put on your hijab, don't backbite, don't cheat, don't hurt people, have good manners/character, and so on, all of them, are for our advantage, for our goodness and well being. They all bring back benefit to us. They are not against us.

Allah's commands are guidance. We should be grabbing onto Allah's commands like the farmers grabbing onto the ripened crops or the harvest, not shying away from them, not wasting them, and not feeling burdened by them. If we ignore or refuse to follow the commands, we are essentially refusing to be guided and when famine comes, we will starve to death.

Allah also guides His slaves through tawfiq. Tawfiq is when Allah blesses someone the ability to do what is right. Some described tawfiq as God given success. Tawfiq is only mentioned once in the Qur'an on the tongue of Prophet Shu'aib, peace be upon him.

وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ

"...and my success (in my task) can only come from Allah. In Him I trust, and unto Him I return to." (Qur'an Hud 11:88)

Tawfiq is a tremendous gift. Tremendous matters are not dished to everyone. It is rare. Whoever Allah gives this tawfiq, he relies on Him and He blesses him in all his endeavors.

Allah's guidance come from His infinite wisdom and knowledge. So we should seek and acquire the sacred knowledge in order that we be guided and be the guide for others. There are some people who Allah cloaks them in the cloak of guidance and everything about them is guidance, and they guide people to Allah.

A very important aspect of guidance is good character to fellow men.

It was reported that the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Great glad tidings for the one who spent the night a pilgrim and awakened a warrior." There was a person with many dependents to support but that didn't ruin his character. He went to work laughing and he returned from work laughing and said "I am from them and they are from me."

The closest people to Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the Day of Judgment, is the one with good character.

The sign of the guided is the one who no matter comes except he flees to Allah with it. No issue is raised except he hastens to Allah for solution. The key to this is the Istikhara prayer (prayer of guidance).

We ask Allah for His tawfiq and excellent ending. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam