Mufti Menk – The Provision Will Come If You Only Be Patient
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The speaker discusses the importance of remaining patient during difficult situations and not losing faith in Islam. They emphasize the need to stay true to Islam and not lose sight of the challenges and opportunities ahead. The speaker also mentions the upcoming tests and challenges of life.
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We never ever
compromise
our relationship with Allah
for anything.
That comes first. Then
the Hajj is being celebrated.
You will understand why.
Ibrahim alaihis salam,
number 1, he worshiped Allah alone. Come with
me. Number 2, the sacrifices he made, one
after the other. So many. I've only mentioned
a few here.
Later on also
he had so many sacrifices,
one after the other.
Every time he turned to Allah. He kept
on making dua to Allah. Look at the
Quran. It is filled with dua made by
Ibrahim
Meaning many duas there of his are mentioned
in the Quran.
Why such great mention of a man who
lived long long back? Because Allah wants us
to learn the lesson.
Look at his family members.
His wife was left with a child, Hajar
and Ismail in Makkatul Mookarramah.
Nothing to eat or drink.
What was the conviction?
Allah will provide.
The wife asks him,
Is it really Allah who asked you
to do this? Meaning to leave us here
in this barren land with no one?
And obviously he kept on going.
Yes. It was Allah.
Sometime later,
what did they need? Water.
Water, root of life.
It came gushing from nowhere. My brothers, my
sisters, when you are in desperate need of
Allah and you are close to Allah and
you ask Allah and you continue to ask
Allah, it might take not 7 rounds from
Safa to Marwa, not 7 days or 7
months. It might take 7 years for you
and I. We are not prophets of Allah.
But I promise you when the zamzam comes
gushing,
it will gush for a lifetime.
I'm talking about in your life and mine.
We're talking about sustenance.
You will be shocked what Allah has done
for you in 7 years, but be patient.
Don't lose patience. We are too impatient. You
make dua today. At Asr time you said,
you know what? It was Jumuah. I went
to the masjid. I cried to Allah. I
shed tears. Allah doesn't want to listen to
me. Hang on. It's only Asur, man.
It's only time of Asur. You go to
wait 7 months to 7 years. The cycle
sometimes people say it's 7 years. As muslims,
we don't believe that
per se. But we do know that it's
Allah's timing.
So hang on, be patient my brothers, my
sisters.
Maintain that dedication. Look at what Allah tells
Musa alaihis salam and and haroon.
Allah
says they were making dua against the pharaoh
for a while.
The word is fastakeema.
Allah says,
you've been calling out to us. Right? For
the destruction of the pharaoh.
We've already answered your dua. It's coming.
But in the meantime, istaqima,
remain steadfast. Be patient.
Today you suffered a loss. Hang on. Hang
on. Be patient. Continue in your relationship with
Allah. A day of victory has to come
7 years from today. Like I said, all
of us, how many problems have you had
in your life? I'm repeating it because it's
a very important question.
Were they not days? Were they not days
in your life?
When you thought I'm not gonna make it
and today where you're sitting? SubhanAllah.
Beyond imagination.
But that time you were crying, you thought
Allah is not responding. Look at where you
are today. You're sitting so happy. You're sitting
with such goodness. Where is the gratitude to
Allah? What happened to those days when you
were saying Allah is not listening to me?
Where do all that go? And then guess
what? Another test is also coming soon because
that's the nature of life. If Allah gives
you life long enough, wait, wait, wait. Another
one's coming. And the good news or the
bad news is that the next one's going
to be bigger than the previous one. Because
even at school, you can't have the same
questions of grade 1 all along. It has
to continue further and further. It has to
become bigger and bigger.
So many rations show you the greater the
test, the greater the reward. When Allah loves
you, he test you more. He will give
you the challenges.