Salah Mahmoud – Fortress Of The Muslim
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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Right the Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said if you
were to rely upon Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala with the required reliance How much we
should be relying on Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala?
Then he would provide you for you.
Just how a bird is provided for so
basically a bird Goes in the morning hungry
and just wanders and at the end of
the day.
It's full however This hadith should not be
misinterpreted Right the wakul just does it mean
like blindly relying on Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala, right?
It doesn't mean just not doing anything not
taking any precautions and except expect Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to save you in the
last moment Right the wakul does not mean
Abandoning our worldly efforts Rather it means striving
with all our might while detaching our heart
from the outcomes So if you have a
test you try your best to prepare for
that test Right you you have in mind
that I need to put my own effort
I need to try my best to try
to get a hundred and then during the
test when everything when you have put in
your Best effort then you rely on Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala will give you a good score
Right consider the example of Prophet Yaqub alayhi
salam When he advised his sons to go
look for Prophet Yusuf and his brother even
though it's been so many years Right he
said All
my sons go find about Yusuf and his
brother and do not despair from the help
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Indeed, no
one despairs from the help of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala except for the disbelieving people
So Yaqub alayhi salam is not saying that
Yusuf alayhi salam is gonna come back to
him, right?
He's just gonna walk in front of his
house, and he's gonna see him right.
He's not expecting.
That's everything's gonna happen, right?
He's having his sons go and put an
effort to go find to go look for
Yusuf alayhi salam Right here.
We see the perfect balance Yaqub alayhi salam
Instructed his sons to take action to search
while simultaneously Placing his trust in Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala mercy and Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala's plan this balance between Tawakkol and
effort leads to another crucial aspect of our
relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which
is Dua Dua is the essence of worship
as Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam described at Dua
Ibadah Dua is Ibadah is worship is the
essence of worship right What when we make
Dua we acknowledge our complete dependence upon Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala while trying to seek
his bounty You know if you nag somebody
for a long time that give me this
give me that they're gonna get annoyed But
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is different Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala is a Rahim the
all-merciful Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants
you to ask him Because when we turn
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we are
realizing that success only comes through his will
Actually Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in
the Quran And your Lord says call upon
me and I will respond to you What
an incredible invitation The creator of the universe
the King of Kings invites us his humble
servants Which in the eyes of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala are not even equivalent to
a grain of sand Right.
He invites us to call upon him directly
with the promise of a response But here
Brethren sisters Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
saying that he responds and he hears and
he accepts every single dua But we need
to reflect on ourselves are our duas being
answered and if not, why?
This brings us to the most important part
of today's khatira The main barrier between us
and our duas getting accepted is our sins
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam warned us
about a man who travels far is Disheveled
unclothed and then raises his hands.
Ya rab ya rab.
Oh Lord.
Oh Lord He's asking in in such a
miserly state, right?
But that man his food was unlawful.
His drink is unlawful His clothing is unlawful
and his food was haram.
How can this dua be answered, right?
We must examine our lives our sources of
income our Interaction with others the way we
treat others our adherence to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala's commands.
Are we consuming?
what is halal and Halal not just by
food halal in what we see halal in
our interactions halal in the way we live
our lives in general Right if we find
ourselves falling short of this if we find
ourselves falling short from what Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala has told us Then do not
despair at the end of surah Furqan Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about the punishment
of hellfire right, but then Towards the end
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about The
people that repent he says In la man
taba wa a man who am in a
man saliha for Alayka you but the long
long was a team has an ad except
those who repent and Do good actions Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala will replace their sins
with good deeds Imagine that You send all
your life, but you give one sincere repentance
to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and you
replace that sin with good actions Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala will replace your bad deeds
with good deeds This dear brothers and sisters
is the path forward remember If we have
a man which is faith and and our
repentance we have we have sincerity Right and
our sincerity is coupled with righteous deeds It
is never too late to turn back to
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to renew our
commitment to him to strive in his cause
With sincerity and hope I ask Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala to grant us the wisdom
to have tawakkul with our efforts To have
sincerity in our dua and the courage to
face our shortcomings and sincerely repent to the
king of the universe May he replace our
evil deeds with good and count us among
the righteous.
Ameen wa akhiru da'wana and alhamdulillahi rabbil
alameen