بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
Whoever knows Allah Al-Hadi seeks from Him guidance and Divine care to what he wants. Realize that guidance is from Allah and is not from us and it is for Him to give to whoever He wants and not to assign it to whoever we want. We turn to Him and we ask Him from Him His hidayah and enaya. We ask Him for good character. It is not unlikely that He can change us. We know that whatever He told us to do is from His guidance. Allah's guidance come from His infinite wisdom and knowledge so we should acquire kowledge so we can give what they need
May Allah guide us on the straight path, to righteousness and the best character, and bless us with tawfiq to the highest station. Aameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
Al-Hadi is the Guide. Al-Hadi is the One who guides His slaves through instructions/commands and success (hidayatul tawfiq). Whoever is being guided by Allah is given blessings that
cannot be encompassed.
We all have the potential to guide people to the Truth, the Quran and the Sunnah (guidance of instruction). We can instruct and talk to people about all these but we can't force anybody to be guided (tawfiq). This is similar to the idea of you taking the horse to the water but you can't force it to drink it.
For example, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam guided his beloved uncle Abi Talib to the Truth but when his uncle passed away without embracing Islam, he was told by Allah that he can't guide whom he loves but Allah guides whomever He wishes.
Guidance of tawfiq belongs to Allah alone. Allah recorded this on the tongue of Prophet Shu'aib alayhissalaam,
إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّـهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ ﴿٨٨
I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allah. In Him alone I have placed my trust and to Him alone I turn in humbleness. [Quran, Hud 11:88]
Tawfiq is success or the ability to attain what truly benefits you in this life and the next. Tawfiq is precious and rare as it is not mentioned in the Quran except once. Tremendous gift and tremendous matters are not dish to everyone. So whoever Allah gives this tawfiq, He blesses them in all their endeavors.
The best of guidance is when Allah grants you tawfiq. When Allah gives you tawfiq, your affairs are gathered together and you are able to achieve your goals. However, it is extremely important that you take the first step and put in your best effort.
If Allah wants to give you success, He will move others to help you. So be grateful to them.
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ اللَّهَ "
Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said :
"Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah."
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿٧
And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' " [Quran, Ibrahim 14:7]
Allah's commands are guidance. The commands in the Quran and on the tongue of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, all of
them are for our advantage, for our goodness and bring back benefit to
us. They are not against us.
We all have the potential to guide people to the Truth, the Quran and the Sunnah (guidance of instruction). We can instruct and talk to people about all these but we can't force anybody to be guided (tawfiq). This is similar to the idea of you taking the horse to the water but you can't force it to drink it.
For example, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam guided his beloved uncle Abi Talib to the Truth but when his uncle passed away without embracing Islam, he was told by Allah that he can't guide whom he loves but Allah guides whomever He wishes.
Guidance of tawfiq belongs to Allah alone. Allah recorded this on the tongue of Prophet Shu'aib alayhissalaam,
إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّـهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ ﴿٨٨
I only intend reform as much as I am able. And my success is not but through Allah. In Him alone I have placed my trust and to Him alone I turn in humbleness. [Quran, Hud 11:88]
Tawfiq is success or the ability to attain what truly benefits you in this life and the next. Tawfiq is precious and rare as it is not mentioned in the Quran except once. Tremendous gift and tremendous matters are not dish to everyone. So whoever Allah gives this tawfiq, He blesses them in all their endeavors.
The best of guidance is when Allah grants you tawfiq. When Allah gives you tawfiq, your affairs are gathered together and you are able to achieve your goals. However, it is extremely important that you take the first step and put in your best effort.
If Allah wants to give you success, He will move others to help you. So be grateful to them.
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ اللَّهَ "
Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said :
"Whoever is not grateful to the people, he is not grateful to Allah."
وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِن شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ ﴿٧
And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' " [Quran, Ibrahim 14:7]
Allah's commands are guidance. The commands in the Quran and on the tongue of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, all of
them are for our advantage, for our goodness and bring back benefit to us. They are not against us.
The act of guiding is called Hidayah. Some say its basic meaning is from the imala (to make something incline). Hadiyyah is a present because it makes hearts incline to each
other. Hidayah is to make hearts incline to the Truth. So the Hadi is the One who guides the hearts to what is in
their advantage.
Some said the basic meaning of Hidayah is putting something in front. From the word hadi--neck because it comes in front or on top of
the rest of the body. So the Dadi is the one who puts the righteous forward. He
advances them, puts them in front.
In the words of the Quran, Al-Hadi is the one who gave everything its form and then He
guided it -- i.e He guided it to what it is created for. For example, He guided the sun so the sun know how to rotate, how to
orbit and how to burn its gases. He guided the fish to swim and to what they eat and don't eat. HE guided the birds to migrate. Children come out of the mother's womb and immediately know that the
breast is where they have to go. He taught all kinds of things, taught everything about its
purpose. He taught man his purpose and He sends messengers to complete the guidance. He guides hearts to His love and to knowledge. He guides souls to purity and adornment. He guides limbs to obedience and leaving sins. He guides to revelation, to universe. He guides through
disasters.
Whoever knows Allah Al-Hadi seeks from Him guidance and Divine care to what he wants. Realize that guidance is from Allah and is not from us and it is for Him to give to whoever He wants and not to assign it to whoever we want. We turn to Him and we ask Him from Him His hidayah and enaya. We ask Him for good character. It is not unlikely that He can change us. We know that whatever He told us to do is from His guidance. Allah's guidance come from His infinite wisdom and knowledge so we should acquire kowledge so we can give what they need
A total realizaton of guidance is the firm resting in the
guidance. There are some people who Allah cloak them in the cloak of
guidance and everything about them is guidance. They guide people to Allah. These are the people who the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam told his companions as the best among them -- those who when seen, Allah is remembered. In explaining the meaning, a shaykh once said, "whoever cannot benefit from me
from my silence cannot benefit from me when I am speaking. My silence is enough of a guidance
and if it doesn't reach you, my speech won't reach you either."
Guidance to good character (akhlaq) is an important branch of guidance to knowledge of the Truth. Good character is an essential part of having good Imaan. It is a sign of Imaan to have good akhlaq. The closest people to Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam on the Day of Judgment is the one with good akhlaq. The Prophet's sallallahu alayhi wasallam is an exemplar of having a tremendous character. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says about his character in the Quran,
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٤
And indeed, you are of a great moral character. (4) [Qur'an, Al-Qalam 68:4]
Guidance to good character (akhlaq) is an important branch of guidance to knowledge of the Truth. Good character is an essential part of having good Imaan. It is a sign of Imaan to have good akhlaq. The closest people to Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam on the Day of Judgment is the one with good akhlaq. The Prophet's sallallahu alayhi wasallam is an exemplar of having a tremendous character. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says about his character in the Quran,
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٤
And indeed, you are of a great moral character. (4) [Qur'an, Al-Qalam 68:4]
May Allah guide us on the straight path, to righteousness and the best character, and bless us with tawfiq to the highest station. Aameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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