Lighten up!

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

Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

You cannot do it without Allah.

Each and everyone of us have problems--all kinds, lots, little, minor, severe, unimaginable ones--people slandering you, backbiting you, envying you, people don't care about you, your wife/husband is upset with you, in-laws putting their hands in your marriage, you lost your job, divorce, ex fighting with you, custody battles, sickness, death of loved ones, and the list goes on. They come like waves--one leaves, the other one comes and sometimes they overlap. Sometimes you felt like you were going to break--it was the end of the world--and you almost break but Alhamdulillah you are still here reading my email. So it wasn't so bad after all. The difference between us is how we see our problems and how we react to them. If you see Allah behind these problems, just as you can see Allah's hands in the creation, then these are not really problems. They are creation of Allah and He is giving them to you so you know Him. He is inviting you to go to Him to raise you higher. This is a huge honor! Why wouldn't you want to accept the invitation and go to the King of the Kings and know Him?

So when problems come to you, recognize this is a gift for you, quickly lift yourself up and go to Him. Say Alhamdulillah and ask for forgiveness--you do much of this in between prayers inshaAllah.

"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and the crawling things He has scattered abroad in them; and He is able to gather them whenever He will. Whatever affliction may visit you is for what you own hands have earned; and He pardons much. You are not able to frustrate Him in the earth; and, apart from God, you have neither protector nor helper." Qur'an Al-Shura 42:29-31

Remember, Allah burdens no soul any more than it can stand. So lighten up!

"Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place on us a load like the one You placed on those before us! Our Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear! And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so help us against those who stand against faith." Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:286

May Allah draw us nearer to Him and make us among the patient. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan

Wassalaam

Bearing burdens

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم

I pray that you are well.

When the going gets tough, try to remember this:

"Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. "Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us; our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Maula (Patron, Supporter and Protector, etc.) and give us victory over the disbelieving people." Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:286

Try to memorize the verse in Arabic as well and recite it often. InshaAllah, your heart will be at rest.

"Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by the remembrance of Allah; now surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest." Qur'an Ar-Ra'd 13:28

And Allah knows best.

May Allah have mercy on us and protect us from fitans. May you have a blessed new hijri year. Ameen.

Who is our wakeel?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

I pray that you are well.

When we hire an attorney, we trust the attorney to make everything alright. We are relaxed because we think someone is going to take care of our matters. In Arabic world, when they say "I assign a wakeel," it means I assign an attorney.

Who is really our wakeel?

wa kafa billahi wakeel وكفى بالله وكيل (translated as "And Allah suffices for a wakeel") Qur'an Annisaa 4:81

When we say Hassbiyallahu wa nikmal wakeel حسبيا الله ونعم الكيل (translated as "Allah is sufficient for us, an excellent Wakeel is He)

did we feel it, did we mean it? If we mean it, we should be at that state of peace at least for that moment.

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