Rasul Suluki – Tawakkul
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A man named Shahada approached a woman who wanted to become Muslim. The woman had no doubt about it, but when she approached him, she refused to give him any advice. She went to a gas station and told him to leave, then she saw him come back. She said, do you have a place to stay? He said, yes. And she said, Allah takes care of you. This was three times. The man was homeless, had no job, and walked around with his bags. He was living what we call tawak human. He was living it. The woman said that if he raised his hand, he would answer him. She saw him and said, you need to get to where He is. He said, but she said, if he raised his hand, he would answer. She saw him and said, do you have a place to stay? He said, yes. And she said, Allah will take care of you. He said, but you need
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A man came to the masjid,
and he came in and he said,
I want to become Muslim.
So, I take him through
the usual explanation of what deen is and
things, and do you agree with this,
and do you have any doubt, and he
said no I don't have any doubt.
So he took a Shahada.
This man was coming back and forth,
and sometimes you see him, sometimes you don't.
He'd come at
night for Isha
and leave,
and then one night I said, let me
take you home. So I said, where do
you live? And he told me to drive
a certain way and
then we got to a gas station he
said let me out here,
and I let him out and this man
continued to come back. He never asked anybody
for anything,
but he continued to come back.
I said, you know,
do you have a place that you stay?
He said,
Allah takes care of me.
I said,
how do you eat?
He said, Allah feeds me.
I said, but, you know, it's gonna get
cold and eventually you need some place to
live.
He said,
Allah will take care of you.
This was three times.
This man is homeless, he has no job,
he walks around with his bags,
he comes to the masjid,
he's living
what we call tawakkim.
He's living
it. We might have an understanding
and an appreciation
of the word
but
it really was a test
in
yes, you believe it
but has it actually been actualized
in you?
And you find yourself questioning yourself
as to the real sincerity
of what you say you believe.
This
is Allah's way of
dealing with us,
is that He exposes us.
And this was an exposing
situation
that you could truly see
where your heart is.
The Messenger of Allah
said there's there will be a man whose
hair will be disheveled and basically people will
reject them and chase him away from their
doors. But if he was to raise his
hand and do all, Allah will answer him.
And this is what I saw on this
man
and what I said to myself, I said,
you need to get to where He is
versus Him getting to where you are.