Mufti Menk – No matter who you are, you will taste loss

			No matter how pious you are, no matter how close you are to Allah subhanho wa Taala you will
definitely taste a little bit of loss. There has to come a day in your life where in which you
suffer some loss, because that is part of the plan of Allah subhanho wa taala.
		

			No matter how many prayers you pray a day beyond your forum, and that which is compulsory, you will
still be tested. And the reason why I start this way is because they are people who say, Why is this
happening to me when I pray five times a day as well as the head Jude as well as my sunnah as well
as my nephew, when I'm honest, when I'm a good person, when I don't cheat when I don't steal when I
don't hurt people, why can I not get a job? Why have I lost my job? Why did I lose a family member?
Be it a child or a spouse or a parent or a sibling, whoever it may be? Why did for example, my
factory burned down? Why did for example, my health degenerate, Allah says it's got nothing to do
		

			with whether you prayed or not. It's got nothing to do with whether you are close to us or not. In
fact, if anything, the closer you get to Allah, a sign of it is that he is going to test you more.
The Prophet SAW Salem says clearly so beautifully. In Allah Eva, a hum, barbudan a bit allow when
Allah loves his slave, his worshiper, then he tests him real tests. So you lost your job, you just
cannot get another job. Something went wrong in your life. It's just not coming right? Do you know
what? stick in there? Don't give up. Continue to obey Allah become closer to Allah because everyone
suffers loss a believer. The days are made easy for him or her. You are content. Someone told you.
		

			Your car was damaged right off, the first thing you said was Alhamdulillah. At least no one was
injured, at least. For example, the injury was little, no one lost their lives. You always look at
what could have been in terms of being worse.
		

			That's a believer. A believer always looks at how it could have been worse. But it's not
SubhanAllah. This is a gift of Allah subhanho wa taala. And that's why we say Don't think because
I'm a pious person or because I read Quran every day. I'm not going to be tested, you will be
tested. But Allah will give you contentment throughout your test. That is the difference. But if
you're not a believer, or if your faith is shaking, you become very depressed and stressed and angry
and upset. And you start questioning Allah and you become distanced from Allah and you throw
yourself further into bad habits. Some people resort to drinking and drugs and everything else to
		

			intoxicate themselves to run away from the reality of the problem. But Allah told you, you know
what, we have tested the messenger before you we're going to test all of you