Suhaib Webb – What it means to trust in

Years ago, we were riding a we're getting

a car with our teacher, Sheikh Ahmed. And

Sheikh Ahmed, he was struggling to put on

his seat belt. And this one brother, he

was like, Sheikh, why do you wear a

seatbelt? You should trust in Allah. And the

Sheikh was like, you're crazy.

That's not what trusting in Allah means.

And I see that a lot with people.

They think that to make any effort

somehow weakens our trust in Allah, but actually

trusting in Allah means to take all of

the precautions we can and then to leave

it to Allah. So right here behind me,

entering into Granada, you see that wall. Most

old major Muslim cities you find those kind

of walls. In Medina, in Cairo, Babbazuwel and

Kuwait, because those walls were meant to protect

the people. Inside, most of them were Muslims.

So they took

all

the necessary precautions as the Quran says

and then left it to Allah. So

trusting in Allah should not be used as

an alibi to be lazy or not to

try. It's the opposite. It should invigorate us,

encourage us to take advantage of all the

resources Allah has given us, and then leave

it to Allah.