Mufti Menk – When You Move Through In Distress

My brothers, my sisters, when you move through

a time of challenge,

distress,

pain, you're you're in pain.

Something's happened to you. Someone's wronged you. Oppressed

you. Use the moment to make a blessed

dua and supplication to Allah. It is a

moment of acceptance of dua.

Ask Allah, O Allah bless me my offspring.

Bless everyone. Grant me Jannah. Make things easy

for me. Why? Something massive just happened. You

tested tested me. It was a big challenge.

I'm going through this, oh Allah. But I'm

here calling out to you regarding other issues

that I have. Sometimes we are tested by

Allah. Listen to this. It's probably one of

the more powerful points that you will take

home this evening.

Sometimes Allah designs a test for you. You

have a major problem in the home with

the in laws, with your outlaws, whoever it

may be. You have a major issue with

your health. You have a major issue with

something. Sometimes

because of your sabr and your patience regarding

that particular thing and your dua for Allah

to alleviate your suffering in that regard as

a direct result of that patience and dua,

Allah has blessed you in other ways

that you would never have imagined

unlike others. So you have a gift that

those who are troubling you, harassing you, the

naysayers do not have.

As a result of what they have said

and done. Look at Yusuf alaihis salam. What

happened?

They tried

to block him, to stop him, to kill

him, to get rid of him, however they

could. As a direct result of that Allah

elevated his status. 1 after the other, he

went up. So thank Allah, oh Allah. If

this is the test you've put in my

life right now, I thank you because

I can manage this. I can cope. It's

okay.

So what if 20 people of the broader

extended family no longer talk to me? Big

deal. If Allah is happy with me, I'm

happy. Allah blessed me with so much more

than all of them put together. Is that

not the case? So thank Allah. Thank Allah.

I will try to resolve the matter because

it is part of my duty as a

Muslim to try to make the

broader circle of my relatives within that which

is without conflict, should I say. To try

and bring them to peace with everyone

in that circle.

But I may not succeed. I'm going to

try, and if I don't succeed, I'm not

going to lose sleep over that. I'm going

to call out to Allah, keep trying to

the best of my capacity. That's God given.

But I am definitely going to thank Allah,

oh Allah. You tested me with this. You

know what? I'm managing. Don't test me with

something else. That's a winner. Did you hear

what I just said?

Oh Allah, you tested me with this. I

have a problem.

This is the issue. Oh Allah, do not

test me with something else. I thank you

that you've given me a test I can

manage. It's tough. It's a struggle. But with

your help, I can manage.

You can't find a job, for example.

But Allah has given you the opportunity to

open an online business that's bringing some money.

Thank Allah, oh Allah, I'm jobless. If I

was not jobless, I would have never thought

of opening this online company. And I wouldn't

have started buying and selling. Wallahi.

When you are pleased with the decree of

Allah,

the doors of sustenance

shall fling open in a way that you

did not imagine. It's just a matter of

time, and it's a matter

of patience.

SubhanAllah. How many of us here today

lost jobs? And today we're making more than

the boss that we were working for. SubhanAllah.

Because

Allah closed the door in order to open

other doors. That's the message of the Quran.

Look at the sahaba radiallahu anhu. They struggled

initially, didn't they? Some of them lost their

lives like we said. May Allah grant them

jannah, wallahi. They lost their lives in order

for the deen to get to us today.