Precious 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 taught us to ask for guidance over and over again. That is because we are desperate for Allah's guidance. When you have guidance from Allah, all of a sudden you are transformed and become successful. So the number one thing you should ask Allah for, is guidance.

Guidance from Allah is very precious so much so that Allah obligates us to ask for it in every prayer and in every cycles of every prayer.

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٦

Guide us to the straight path - (6)

[Qur'an, Al Fatihah 1:6]

Guidance is not the same as knowledge. It does not increase with knowledge. In fact, knowledge can backfire -- your behavior is bad, your prayers are empty, you become proud. There are examples of this kind of people in the Qur'an:

مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّـهِ ۚ وَٱللَّـهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥

The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allah. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people. (5)

[Qur'an Al-Jumu'a 62:5]

Don't make knowledge become a fashion. Knowledge is supposed to humble you. When a tree bears fruit, its branches come down. When you have knowledge you will come down. You will make sajda (prostration) more. If you are not like this, beg Allah for guidance, beg Allah for transformation.

May Allah guide us, our families, our teachers and the entire ummah. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam