As-salamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu, I hope and pray that you are all in a good state of Imaan and health. I pray that this post falls upon the eyes that need it most, and that someone somewhere benefits from it.
This morning I woke up and the first thought that came to my mind was, ‘’ la tahzan innAllaha ma’ana’’ (Don’t be sad; indeed, Allah is with us. [Qur’an 9:40]) Little did I know that this ayah would play a big role in my day.. As I kept repeating it, it began to sink in. I felt goose bumps on my skin when I came to the conclusion that a believer could never be sad upon remembering that he has Allah by his side. With every time I repeated it I would begin to smile, it was as if this ayah was all I needed to be satisfied in life. Then after maghrib I got some news that made me sad, something I would have never expected to happen, happened. As I made my way home the ayah dawned upon me again, and I began to repeat it, only this time feeling like it was the first time I had read the ayah. I looked at my mother as I walked through the doors and after greeting her with the salam said, ‘’la tahzan innAllaha ma’ana’’ and she began to smile affirming that what Allah said she had found to be true.
As I sit down now contemplating about this ayah, I decided to write this piece of advice to anyone who may see this. Although the situation in which I was informed about was a minor one, nonetheless it made me sad. But what we as Muslims have to understand is that in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. Do not look for the solution to your problem outside of Allah and Salah, do not turn to people for people will turn from you. Instead turn to Allah the One whom is shy to not answer your supplication. If anything bad happens to you, the first place you should find fault in is yourself, you should look to yourself and say, ‘’what have I done, to be put in such a situation? Verily Allah tells us in the Quran that whatever happens to you it is because of what your hands have earned, so what has my hand earned to put me in this ordeal?’’ You should automatically begin to strengthen your Imaan because a person who is filled with an extreme emotion is sometimes quicker to give in to the whisperings of the Shaydaan meanwhile someone in there right mind would avoid his temptations and whisperings. Avoid the situation, which makes you sad, take yourself out of that environment, go talk to people—not about the problem, but talk about things that make you happy. You control your emotions do not put it in the hands of worldly affairs or people. Keep yourself busy, as an idle mind tends to wander, don’t give your mind the chance to wander until you know you are completely free from that emotion. Put your trust in Allah. Do not get upset, whatever befalls you was meant to befall you and the ordainment of Allah shall never miss you. Do not blame your problem on Allah, for maybe He is testing you to see how patient you will be, or maybe He has something better for you in store. Avoid hard feelings, as these are things that will never allow you to recover or grow from a situation, whatever it is forgive and remember, as I like to say. Forgive whoever or whatever it was that caused the situation, but remember it so that you never fall into the same predicament ever again. Remember an emotion only lasts for a certain amount of time, there will come a day in which today would have meant nothing to you, and you might even laugh at it, or there might come a day where you will thank Allah for that calamity that befell you. There is wisdom behind everything, learn to accept that even if you may not understand it at the moment. Be patient for how beautiful are people who are patient during the hardest times of there lives? How beautiful do they become in our eyes after hearing their stories of hardship and how they endured it, how light then does their soul shine? I advise you all to not be sad as Allah is with you, and Allah’s promise is nothing short of true. If Allah is with you and the whole world is against you what have you lost? All you need in this life is Allah, and all that is promised to you can be broken except for the promises of Allah. So do not sell your relationship with Allah for anything, for there will come a day when you desperately need Allah, and you would will for Allah to respond to you right away so start building your status in the eyes of Allah today. Walk towards Allah so that He might come running towards you. May Allah bless you all with happiness and delight.
And c’mon most importantly your beautiful; sadness is not your best emotion, honey.
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