Mufti Menk – Dealing with Difficulty #27 Loss Of Wealth & Life
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The loss of a loved one is a natural journey for everyone, and the importance of remaining true to Allah's teachings is emphasized. It is important to be patient and offer support to maintain a connection with Allah. It is also important to be mindful of the loss and offer help to maintain a connection. It is important to work hard and protect from loss.
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One of the things that Allah Almighty has
definitely told us he's going to test us
with
is the loss of certain things.
In one of the episodes, we read the
verse of Surah Baqarah where Allah Almighty says,
indeed we will test all of you.
With some of and then there is a
list of things. The first thing he mentions
is which
is fear. Then he says,
which is hunger. Then he says
loss of wealth
and life.
Loss of wealth
of your own wealth, obviously, we will test
you with days when you suffer a loss.
Well, lives, lives
of those around you,
those whom you love, those whom you're connected
with. With samarat,
loss of
produce. So Allah Almighty
informs us that there will be a time
when you lose things
And we will test you with that loss.
Many times we're not prepared to lose things
and we never thought about it. I've said
again in a previous episode that
it's not normal to become obsessed with the
idea of
I may lose this, I may lose that.
I may this might lose, this might go
wrong, that might go wrong. We've spoken about
all of that difficulty and how to deal
with it.
So
we prepare for the day by connecting with
Allah. Allah will not let us down.
However,
if you've lost something,
the good news is
if you bear patience
and you take it in your stride
and you say
with conviction,
indeed we all belong to Allah and we
will all return to Allah.
O Allah,
grant me
help in this problem of mine, this loss
of mine. Oh Allah,
comfort me, grant me goodness
as a result of this loss that I've
suffered.
Oh Allah,
give me a reward because of what you've
taken away from me. Grant me better than
what you took away from me.
Do you know what
Allah Almighty will indeed grant you better than
what he took away from you?
Go out there and see
those who have lost things in their lives
and taken it in their stride turned to
Allah,
not given up and kept going.
So if you're going to give up and
you're going to just close shop and you're
going to just, you
know, get into a shell and not talk
anymore because you lost once,
be it the life of a loved one,
be it loss in business,
Be it loss in your health.
If you want to be a person who
closes
everything,
you'll be closed.
You will suffer the consequences of that, and
you don't understand the plan of Allah
in the Quran and the sunnah. What he
says,
he says that he will test you. So
good news.
Give good news to those who bear sabr.
What is the sabr? The sabr is that
I don't question my Maker.
I bear what it was
by connecting to Allah, relating to Allah, understanding
that it could have been worse
and understanding that a day will come when
I will see the compensation
of the fact that I
bought his loss with sabr, with patience. I
will see the compensation of it. You lost
a loved one, you're going to be reunited
with them very
soon. That's a comfort. That's a consolation. I'm
a believer.
As a believer, I know if I've lost
someone, I'm going to be reunited with them
by the help of Allah
in a short span of time.
So as much as it's so painful, it's
not easy.
I may never be able
to understand
the loss of a person
who's lost a child or a spouse they
were close to or a parent if I
haven't been through it myself.
So if you have lost a loved one,
people may never understand your feelings, but Allah
knows and Allah Almighty
puts you in that condition, he wants you
to bear patience, he wants you to turn
to him, to praise him, to have hope,
he wants you to look forward to the
day you're going to be reunited with that
loved one, He wants you to continue your
life. He doesn't want you to pause and
stop it there.
You must keep going. That's the secret.
So
a period of mourning. Yes, indeed, we're sad.
And every time we think of it, there
will be a little hollow within us. And
that's because we are human.
But what will help fill that hollow is
the connection with Allah, the reassurances
that the almighty has given us, the one
who gave us this person in the first
place. The same applies to your business, everything
burnt down. Go and ask those who have
had their businesses burnt down.
If they got up, picked up the pieces,
worked very hard again with lots of hope,
they made more than double or at times,
10 times more than what they ever
had before.
And that's almost all cases that I've
asked and come across
over time. I've always seen that. But the
condition is that you need to get up.
You look at the positives.
Thank Allah for the fact that it could
have been worse and it wasn't as bad
as it could have been. Keep going and
don't give up. If you give up, you've
given up. Allah doesn't give up. But if
you haven't given up, you go with the
help of Allah all the way to the
end.
So whatever you've lost,
it's normal. It's human. You're not the first
person it's happened to, and you will not
be the last person it's going to happen
to.
Allah promises it in the Quran.
It has happened, it will happen, and it
shall happen to everyone
at some point.
A little bit of a difference where the
fluctuation of the exact loss. But look,
in some families, they haven't yet lost
those close to them. It has to come.
It's going to start somewhere. You're going to
lose a parent or whoever. It's okay. When
that day comes,
Allah will give us the strength
to proceed as difficult as it as
tough as it may be.
Allah will help us to proceed and progress.
And that is the help of Allah
He alone can help us.
The words I am saying are words of
encouragement based on Allah
and his Rasool, his Messenger, may peace be
upon him.
When things go wrong,
always understand in the eyes of Allah
Allah knows that this is a situation that
came in your life to gain closeness to
him. Don't let that
distance you from Allah. The minute you close
yourself and you
don't want to talk,
for you, it's so overwhelming that I can't
believe this. It's not true. It can't be.
K. Initially, as a human, it might hit
you in that way, but quickly come out
of it and realize that you know what
it is.
It's okay. Allah is great. I'll struggle. But
with the help of Allah, it's going to
be fine.
I'm going to cope, I'm going to manage,
and let me keep going in my life.
Let me do something meaningful for this deceased
person, like praying for them, like perhaps a
charity on their behalf, like a well, maybe
like, for example,
maybe a little masjid or whatever, if I
can.
But the best thing is just to offer
dua. Oh Allah, forgive him or her, have
mercy on him or her and grant him
or her paradise.
That's the dua,
very powerful. Keep repeating that and that's a
great gift you will give the one who's
passed away.
But if it is something,
then again,
don't worry. You may go through
tough days,
but with the help of Allah, you'll come
out of that.
You will come out of it. Give it
some time, but work hard.
Like I said, and I'm repeating this, If
you give up, you
have closed the door.
Allah does not close the door. You keep
working, keep going. It might not be this
avenue, but there is an open door there.
You keep going, and Allah has opened your
path
to something that is amazing.
If your negativity
or loss brings you closer to Allah,
it was
not a punishment.
It was a blessing.
And if your negativity
or should I say if your positivity
and growth
distances you from Allah, that's not a gift.
That could just be a punishment. Who knows?
Allah says it in the Quran that at
times when we want to punish people, we
give them things so that they forget us.
That's what the Quran says.
And when Allah wants to bring you closer
to him at times, he takes things away
from you so that you come closer to
him. Let there never be a time where
you've had both those losses. You lost someone,
you lost your health, your wealth, your your
loved one. And on top of that, you
lost your connection with Allah. That's the biggest
loss. May Allah protect us from that type
of a loss. May Allah help us all
in our difficulties,
and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it
easy for us all.