Mufti Menk – This Trial Blessing or Punishment
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The speaker discusses the importance of praise to Allah and how it can be used to obtain good behavior. They also mention the punishment of bad behavior that can be used to obtain good behavior. The speaker emphasizes that while there may be punishment, it is not a blessing and can lead to changes in one's life.AI: Transcript ©
That Hadith within it, there is something mentioned
that is extremely interesting.
The prophet
has taught us the remembrance of Allah.
And in the remembrance of Allah, there is
benefit for us. When you say, Alhamdulillahi,
Alhamdulillahi.
When you say Subhanallahi,
what does it mean? It means
all praise is due to Allah. That is
Alhamdulillah.
All praise is due to Allah.
I was bitten by a wasp a few
days ago. The first thing I did, and
it was on this baby finger here. You
might see a mark if you're close by.
The first thing I said was Alhamdulillah.
Why? It could have been anywhere else. Imagine
if it was my eye, my lip, my
mouth, my face, everything was swollen for 2,
3 days here by my finger. And I'm
saying, Alhamdulillah,
I thank Allah that I was given an
instruction and teaching by Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam to thank Allah upon all conditions. Do
you know on the day of judgment, a
caller is going to call?
Where are those who used to praise Allah
during times of ease and during times of
hardship?
Something hard happened.
Thank Allah. It could have been worse.
Something good happened. Thank Allah. It is only
from Him. La
Illah Illallah. You're a believer. You're different from
others. You believe in Allah. Nothing bad that
has happened to you can have been,
Subhanallah, from anyone besides Allah.
If something bad happened to you, it was
in the control of Allah.
He allowed it to happen. Maybe
something you did might have caused that to
happen in the sense that Allah might have
inflicted you with something as a result of
what you did. It's possible. We know of
punishment. Punishment is the truth. It comes in
this world and it will also be in
the hereafter.
But we also know that Allah
taught us something.
Allah will not punish them while they are
seeking the forgiveness of Allah.
If something negative happens to you, seek the
forgiveness of Allah
and the condition of your heart will determine
whether it was a punishment or not. If
your heart is made
distant from Allah because of something that happened
to you, that is a punishment.
And if your heart became closer to Allah
as a result of something that happened to
you, it was the biggest blessing.
Whether positive or negative is besides the point.
You know what that means? Some people get
a lot of money. They get a good
job. They have a lovely family. They forget
Allah. That's a punishment.
Why? It was something that looked positive, but
it drove you away from Allah. It took
you to the clubs and it
took you to bad habits. If that's the
case, it was a punishment. It's not a
blessing.
Something looking good was not a blessing because
it drove you away from Allah. And on
the other hand, something that was looking so
bad, you lost your job, you lost your
limbs, you had an accident,
someone passed away, etcetera. If it made you
come for salah and change your life, wallahi,
that was a blessing from Allah.
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