In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Patience is amongst one of the best characteristics an individual can possess. My brothers and sisters, this life is a test and as we know, no tests are easy unless we have prepared to face them. For example, if we have an exam to do, the only way we can get ready for this exam is by revising. In the same way, this life throws a lot of tests at us and in these testing times, who do we turn to as Muslim? My brothers and sisters, we should turn to Allah the Solver of all problems.
When we are being tested we should show a lot of patience for Allah says in the Holy Qu'ran, " O you who believe, strengthen yourselves with resolution and prayer. Indeed Allah is with those who persevere in adversity (Surah Baqarah verse 153)", we can see from this verse of the Quran that in times of adversity we should turn to Allah and be strong. We should not let anything make us weak but on the contrary we should show strength for Allah loves a strong believer more that he loves a weak believer. We should be strong at all times and how do we strengthen ourselves? My brothers and sisters we should turn to our Lord Allah and Inshallah by the power He will give us, we will gain the strength to face the problems that we are facing.
At the same time we have to show patience, for Allah loves those who shows patience. Allah says in the Qur'an," O you who believe, seek assistance through patience and prayer; surely ALLAH is with the patient(Al-Baqarah 2:216)", we can see from this verse of Qur'an that we need to be patient at all time. My brothers and sisters patience is beautiful, never give up on Alla's help, we have to put trust in Allah at all time.
We should always seek Allah's help in all matters, we hear a lot of people saying that we make dua but Allah is not accepting our dua! We should realise that Allah has no problems in giving, it is the way we ask. When we are asking Allah to help us, we should ask with full conviction and faith that Allah will help us. And how can we do that? The more we work on our Imaan, the more faith we are going to have in Allah. We have to show patience at all times and when Allah tests us we should take it as an opportunity for us to get closer to Allah. We should know that when Allah loves someone He tests that person to some extent.
My brothers and sisters, at all times, whenever we are going through hardships ...we must turn to Allah and know that Allah never burdens someone more that he can handle. Allah is Just, we need to put our faith in Allah and be patient. We should see the hardships we are going through as a blessing in disguise because in reality if our imaan is strong, its going to get stronger because we know that only Allah can solve our problems. Due to this, we will be making more dua and praying and all this is only going to make us get closer to Allah! Thus our Imaan will increase ,but at the same time we should always remember Allah all the time... not just in time of need.
I make dua that Allah makes us strong and increase our imaan.
Ameen
Showing posts with label Exams. Show all posts
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Testing Times... literally!
Source: LSC blog
As we dawn closer towards our exams and we begin to get those butterflies in our stomach, we must realise, that the results we recieve can be amended over time. We should recognise the simple fact that if we fail in these tests we can re-take them as many times as we want in different colleges, institutions and places of education. However we should not be like those people who are so immersed in their exams and tests of the dunya that they forget the one major exam that they will not be able to take again.
Let us not be like those people who spend huge amounts of time with their heads stuck in many revision books but neglect the one book that will intercede for them on The Day of Qiyamah, The Qur'an. These exams we take are extremely important, a Muslim should be the best in everything he does...but they are not everything. One should always try his best and then call upon Allaah. And what if we fail and we have no grades and we feel completely low inside? Then we must remember the hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam in which he says, "Remember Allaah in times of ease and He will remember you in times of distress. What hit you, could not have missed you and what missed you could not have hit you."
And if we do fail, it is most imperative, that we remember another hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam that has been narrated in Ahmad and Mishkaat Sharif. "When a person's sins increase, and his deeds are not such that they can wipe out the sins, then the Almighty Allah puts him in sadness and troubles, through which his sins get wiped out."
Allah is only looking for ways to excuse us so we should not keep that gut feeling and keep repeating "If only I did this.." or "Why did Allah do this to me?" This isn't the character of a Muslim, this is not from the character of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam and this is not the perception one should morally keep. If we ultimately do think this, it lets Shaytaan enter while we are drowning in sadness for ourselves and opens the doors for him to place doubts and grudges in our hearts against the One who created us.
So my brothers and sisters in Islaam, let us be strong in our Imaan and let us focus on the real exam which could end any time. In this sentence of life let shaytaan be a comma but never let him be the full stop. A beautiful quote comes to mind, "The shortest distance one has to travel in order to find the solution to his problems is the distance between his knees and the floor. He who kneels before Allaah can stand upto anything."
Do dua'a for all your brothers and sisters, for the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam mentions in Sahih Muslim, "The dua of a Muslim for his brother (in Islam) in his absence is readily accepted, an angel is appointed to his side, whenever he makes a beneficial dua for his brother the appointed angel says "ameen and may you also be blessed with the same."
One final naseehat i wish to give is this that, we should not limit ourselves to knowledge of the dunya. Islam holds oceans of knowledge for people to jump into and grasp. This knowledge is one that will remain with you and benefit you in this world an in the hereafter, so my brothers and sisters, become Hafiz's and Hafiza's and become Alim's and Alimaah's. Use your mind, abilities and attributes wherever necessary and what could be better, than pleasing Allah with what he has given you? One final hadith I wish to mention. A hadith related to us by Abu Dardha radiallahu anhu . in which he narrates: I heard Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa salam saying: "Whoever travels on a path in search of knowledge, Allah will enable him to travel on a path to paradise. And verily, the angels spread their wings with pleasure for one who seeks knowledge. Indeed the inhabitants of the skies and the earth and the fish in the depths of water, all supplicate forgiveness for the Aalim (Islamic Scholar). Verily, the eminence of an Aalim over a devout worshipper is that of the full moon over the stars. And indeed, the Ulama are the heirs of the prophets. And verily, the prophets did not leave behind as inheritance any Dinar or Dirham (worldly wealth), they leave behind Ilm as inheritance. So, whoever aquired this, received an abdundant portion." (Abu Dawud).
As we dawn closer towards our exams and we begin to get those butterflies in our stomach, we must realise, that the results we recieve can be amended over time. We should recognise the simple fact that if we fail in these tests we can re-take them as many times as we want in different colleges, institutions and places of education. However we should not be like those people who are so immersed in their exams and tests of the dunya that they forget the one major exam that they will not be able to take again.
Let us not be like those people who spend huge amounts of time with their heads stuck in many revision books but neglect the one book that will intercede for them on The Day of Qiyamah, The Qur'an. These exams we take are extremely important, a Muslim should be the best in everything he does...but they are not everything. One should always try his best and then call upon Allaah. And what if we fail and we have no grades and we feel completely low inside? Then we must remember the hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam in which he says, "Remember Allaah in times of ease and He will remember you in times of distress. What hit you, could not have missed you and what missed you could not have hit you."
And if we do fail, it is most imperative, that we remember another hadith of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam that has been narrated in Ahmad and Mishkaat Sharif. "When a person's sins increase, and his deeds are not such that they can wipe out the sins, then the Almighty Allah puts him in sadness and troubles, through which his sins get wiped out."
Allah is only looking for ways to excuse us so we should not keep that gut feeling and keep repeating "If only I did this.." or "Why did Allah do this to me?" This isn't the character of a Muslim, this is not from the character of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam and this is not the perception one should morally keep. If we ultimately do think this, it lets Shaytaan enter while we are drowning in sadness for ourselves and opens the doors for him to place doubts and grudges in our hearts against the One who created us.
So my brothers and sisters in Islaam, let us be strong in our Imaan and let us focus on the real exam which could end any time. In this sentence of life let shaytaan be a comma but never let him be the full stop. A beautiful quote comes to mind, "The shortest distance one has to travel in order to find the solution to his problems is the distance between his knees and the floor. He who kneels before Allaah can stand upto anything."
Do dua'a for all your brothers and sisters, for the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam mentions in Sahih Muslim, "The dua of a Muslim for his brother (in Islam) in his absence is readily accepted, an angel is appointed to his side, whenever he makes a beneficial dua for his brother the appointed angel says "ameen and may you also be blessed with the same."
One final naseehat i wish to give is this that, we should not limit ourselves to knowledge of the dunya. Islam holds oceans of knowledge for people to jump into and grasp. This knowledge is one that will remain with you and benefit you in this world an in the hereafter, so my brothers and sisters, become Hafiz's and Hafiza's and become Alim's and Alimaah's. Use your mind, abilities and attributes wherever necessary and what could be better, than pleasing Allah with what he has given you? One final hadith I wish to mention. A hadith related to us by Abu Dardha radiallahu anhu . in which he narrates: I heard Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa salam saying: "Whoever travels on a path in search of knowledge, Allah will enable him to travel on a path to paradise. And verily, the angels spread their wings with pleasure for one who seeks knowledge. Indeed the inhabitants of the skies and the earth and the fish in the depths of water, all supplicate forgiveness for the Aalim (Islamic Scholar). Verily, the eminence of an Aalim over a devout worshipper is that of the full moon over the stars. And indeed, the Ulama are the heirs of the prophets. And verily, the prophets did not leave behind as inheritance any Dinar or Dirham (worldly wealth), they leave behind Ilm as inheritance. So, whoever aquired this, received an abdundant portion." (Abu Dawud).
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