Mufti Menk – I PRAYED HARD but I was still afflicted!!

			Alhamdulillah heop belie alameen wa Atiba to Lima turkey in Walla Walla Illa Allah volley mein wash
hadoo Allah ilaha illAllah hula hula Sheree Kala wash hadoo and Mohammed Abu Rasulullah sallallahu
alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ijma in Ahmedabad, my beloved brothers and sisters with the virus,
they have been people who were told, if you were to read a specific dr, it is impossible for you to
get the virus. And then they read that Dr. And they were still affected by the virus. So the
question is, why did that happen? The answer to that is very simple. Number one, when we are told
that if you were to read this, you would not be affected by the virus at all, that is not from
		

			authentic narrations of the Hadith. And sometimes people on social media as well as sometimes in
some books, they misquote others. And they misquote the Hadith. They may say such and such a scholar
actually said, This is what you should do in order to be totally protected from the virus. And
people do that. And then they get the virus and that weakens their faith in Allah. Because they
begin to think I did whatever I should have, why did I get this virus and what has happened? Well,
like I said, there is no authentic narration that states that if you were to read a simple dua, then
it is impossible for you to become ill or sick or to get a virus. There is no narration that states
		

			that however, there are people who have said that, only to encourage you to pray. And when you do
pray, yes, there are prayers that say, Oh Allah protect me from this disease, or protect me from
that disease. Number one, to pray with conviction is already an act of worship and earning closeness
to Allah. Number two is when you continue that prayer, your status continues to elevate. And
inshallah perhaps Allah may grant you, Savior and protection. But if Allah has chosen that this is
going to get to you, then you've made the dua, you've called out to Allah, He chose it for you. So
he will reward you for the, for the supplication he will reward you for the worship that you engaged
		

			in of him, he will, he will reward you greatly for the hope that you had in his mercy. And at the
same time, he will reward you for the patience that you will have to bear when he has decided that
you will be affected. So it does not mean that Allah did not hear you. But it does mean that
whatever was best for your hereafter, and for your current life will definitely be happening,
especially when you have a great conviction in Allah. And when your belief is very strong. When your
conviction is solid. Allah says, we know that we will grant you the best that may give you an
example. You pray that you are not affected, and you pray hard, and you're a good person, you have
		

			your five daily prayers, and you have so many other prayers and Subhanallah you know, and you're
happy and time passes and Mashallah you haven't been affected. That's Allah showing you we responded
to your data. And time passes even more time passes, and guess what, you're still making the dua,
and you're still giving charities and so on. And one day, you're affected, and you find that you may
be positive, well, perhaps Allah might protect you, by not letting you
		

			have feel the bad effects of the symptoms. So the symptoms may not be there, in your case, simply
because you made it to our to Allah subhanho wa Taala. So what did he do? He protected you for a
while, which was also a response of the DA. And then when you were affected, he did not allow the
symptoms to be severe. That's also a response, perhaps, and sometimes Allah subhanho wa Taala may
want you to go through a different level of sobral and patience, which is rewarded in a very great
way and it actually forgives your shortcomings your sins. They're actually wiped out as you bear
patients with contentment. So sometimes maybe your symptoms might be felt, and they might be severe.
		

			And in that particular case, you bet patients don't ever say why didn't Allah answer my data?
Because there are people who have made this dua and then they were affected and then they lose
faith.
		

			In a law, that's not what it should be, you should understand. Allah has a plan. Allah knows he will
always test you when he wants to test you. And by you praying, he will make the test easy for you.
But it's not like he's not going to test you altogether. He may not test you with one test, he might
test you with something else. So when it comes to this particular virus, remember my brothers and
sisters, keep praying, keep taking precautions, keep helping others keep praying for others keep
promoting that they take precautions, but life continues. May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us
from harm, from negativity, from sickness and from shape and tampering with our faith. So my
		

			brothers and sisters, once again, I remind you, the sickness is from Allah subhanho wa Taala. It is
a test. And you need to pass this test by being positive about it. That doesn't mean don't take
precautions, but it means you make dua and as things happen, you get on to the next level. So if
you're affected, you think a lot the symptoms are not so bad. If the symptoms are bad, you think a
lot that you're still alive and you're getting better. And if the worst case scenario, a life is
lost, if we bought patience, we will see paradise simply because we may do and we supplicated to
allow with conviction, we had hope in the mercy of Allah, those who are acts of worship, we bore
		

			patients as much as we could. That was a huge act of patience. In your first sabie una agilon. Be ye
a sub Allah says, indeed, we will give the full recompense of those who bore patients without limit
unlimited more, Allah will actually recompense your patients with an unlimited reward. That's what
he's saying. So if you bought a patient's and you still had severe symptoms and see you happen to
lose your life, I promise you with that patience and that conviction and the fact that you will not
upset with Allah,
		

			and the fact that you are not questioning Allah, that is a very, very great sign. It's a sign that
you're very close to Allah, may Allah grant us closeness to him, such that we never question his
decree, such that, that he makes it easy for us to actually go through what he has destined for us.
My brothers and sisters learn to reach out to others giving them hope. One narration says that none
of you should die until you have good faith in Allah. And until you hope in Allah is positive until
you're hoping Allah is very positive. So let's build that and let's develop that. Remember, if Allah
tested you, if Allah tested you don't say, Well, I prayed not to have the test. Why did I have it?
		

			Well, that was the plan of Allah subhanho wa Taala, he will reward you for your prayer. And when you
pray to Allah for something, like I've said in the past, he will either give you that thing, or he
may give it to you later. Or he may replace it with something better, or he may avert a calamity as
a result of the beautiful prayer you made. So you're praying to Allah for something and he actually
saves you from something even worse. So it's always a win win. My brothers and sisters call out to
Allah have hope in Him. be convinced that Allah is the owner of cure. He is the one who will cure
you. And remember when you're tested, take it in your stride bear patients, Allah will reward you
		

			for the patients up to your last breath, you smile and you remember the good that you've done. And
you know that Allah has forgiven you for the evil or the bad that you may have done, because you're
a human being for as long as you sought forgiveness while you are alive. You will definitely be
forgiven. May Allah forgive all of us, grant us good health grant cure to those who are sick and Ill
grant mercy to those who have passed away and the day we pass away. May He have mercy upon us and
make it easy for us. May the best of our days be the day that we meet with Allah subhanho wa Taala I
mean akuto Kohli ha de la Sol Allahu wa sallam. obata Callan Amina Muhammad was Salam alaykum
		

			warahmatullahi wabarakatuh