Yes, I might. But just can't bring myself to say it out loud.
Someone asked me this morning, why are all these (bad incidents) happening to him. Whose fault is it? Is it his? One bad thing after another keeps befalling him lately. At least he felt so. He felt like Allah swt is not answering his prayers, instead HE is punishing him. AstaghfiruLlah hal'aziim. Like Maknjang said before, we have to bersangka baik dengan Allah swt and we cannot give up hope, but Maknjang just cannot say this to him. Maknjang istighfar dalam hati saja.
So who or what is to be blamed?. Bad management, bad maintenance, the supernatural, bad karma?
Whatever happen to us, happens for a reason. We have to look deep inside ourselves to find out why. Not outside and start to blame others. Stop blaming others. Muhasabah ourselves. (Don't think that there will be no repercussions to our actions, the wrong ones, especially) . When we feel that ALlah swt is punishing us, our conscience is telling us that we must have done something wrong, whether we realise it or not. Seek forgiveness from Allah swt for HE is All Forgiving. Maybe Allah swt is testing us, pray to Allah swt for the strength to overcome the hardship we are facing and succeed in the test. Allah swt will not test us unless HE has provided us with the means to overcome it. Be thankful to HIM for the hardship has brought us closer to HIM.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: (5) Verily with every difficulty there is relief. (6) (As-Sharh).
I wish I could share the following excerpt from La Tahzan with him:-
No calamity be falls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of decrees- before We bring it into existence (Qur’an 57:22)
The pen has dried, the pages have been lifted, all events that shall come to pass have already been written.
“Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us” (Qur’an 9:51)
Whatever has befallen you was not meant to escape you, and whatever has escaped you was not meant to be fall you, if you this belief were to be firmly ingrained in your heart, then all hardship and difficulty would become ease and comfort.
The Prophet (bpuh) said: “Whoever Allah wishes good for, He inflicts him (with hardship).” For this reason, do not feel overly troubled if you are afflicted with sickness, the death of a son , or a loss in wealth. Allah has decreed these matters to occur and the decisions are His and His alone, when we truly have this faith, we shall be rewarded well and our sin shall be atoned for.
For those that are afflicted with disaster, glad tidings await them : so remain patient and happy with your lord. “He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned” (Qur’an 21:23)
You will never completely feel at ease until you firmly believe that Allah has already pre ordained all matters, The pen has dried and with it has been written everything that will happen to you. Therefore do not feel remorse over that which is not in your hands. Do not think that you could have prevented the fence from falling, the water from flowing, the wind from blowing, or the glass from breaking you could not have prevented there thinks, whether you wanted to or not, all that has been preordained shall come to pass “then whosoever will let him believe and whosoever wills let him disbelieve.” (Qur’an 18:29)
Surrender yourself. Believe in preordainment, before pangs of anger and regret overwhelm you, If you have done all that was in your power, and afterward what you had been striving against still take places, have firm faith that it was meant to be, DO not say, Had I done such and such, such and such would have happened: rather say” This is the decree of Allah and what He wishes, He does.
I wish I could say to him - Don't be sad, there is no need to despair, never ever give up hope. Just continue to do your best, pray to Allah swt and tawakal. Whatever wrongs we have done in the past, ask Allah for HIS forgiveness and we discontinue doing it.
And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): But those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell in humiliation!" (Al Ghafir: 60).
Wallahu'alam.
Someone asked me this morning, why are all these (bad incidents) happening to him. Whose fault is it? Is it his? One bad thing after another keeps befalling him lately. At least he felt so. He felt like Allah swt is not answering his prayers, instead HE is punishing him. AstaghfiruLlah hal'aziim. Like Maknjang said before, we have to bersangka baik dengan Allah swt and we cannot give up hope, but Maknjang just cannot say this to him. Maknjang istighfar dalam hati saja.
So who or what is to be blamed?. Bad management, bad maintenance, the supernatural, bad karma?
Whatever happen to us, happens for a reason. We have to look deep inside ourselves to find out why. Not outside and start to blame others. Stop blaming others. Muhasabah ourselves. (Don't think that there will be no repercussions to our actions, the wrong ones, especially) . When we feel that ALlah swt is punishing us, our conscience is telling us that we must have done something wrong, whether we realise it or not. Seek forgiveness from Allah swt for HE is All Forgiving. Maybe Allah swt is testing us, pray to Allah swt for the strength to overcome the hardship we are facing and succeed in the test. Allah swt will not test us unless HE has provided us with the means to overcome it. Be thankful to HIM for the hardship has brought us closer to HIM.
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief: (5) Verily with every difficulty there is relief. (6) (As-Sharh).
I wish I could share the following excerpt from La Tahzan with him:-
No calamity be falls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of decrees- before We bring it into existence (Qur’an 57:22)
The pen has dried, the pages have been lifted, all events that shall come to pass have already been written.
“Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us” (Qur’an 9:51)
Whatever has befallen you was not meant to escape you, and whatever has escaped you was not meant to be fall you, if you this belief were to be firmly ingrained in your heart, then all hardship and difficulty would become ease and comfort.
The Prophet (bpuh) said: “Whoever Allah wishes good for, He inflicts him (with hardship).” For this reason, do not feel overly troubled if you are afflicted with sickness, the death of a son , or a loss in wealth. Allah has decreed these matters to occur and the decisions are His and His alone, when we truly have this faith, we shall be rewarded well and our sin shall be atoned for.
For those that are afflicted with disaster, glad tidings await them : so remain patient and happy with your lord. “He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned” (Qur’an 21:23)
You will never completely feel at ease until you firmly believe that Allah has already pre ordained all matters, The pen has dried and with it has been written everything that will happen to you. Therefore do not feel remorse over that which is not in your hands. Do not think that you could have prevented the fence from falling, the water from flowing, the wind from blowing, or the glass from breaking you could not have prevented there thinks, whether you wanted to or not, all that has been preordained shall come to pass “then whosoever will let him believe and whosoever wills let him disbelieve.” (Qur’an 18:29)
Surrender yourself. Believe in preordainment, before pangs of anger and regret overwhelm you, If you have done all that was in your power, and afterward what you had been striving against still take places, have firm faith that it was meant to be, DO not say, Had I done such and such, such and such would have happened: rather say” This is the decree of Allah and what He wishes, He does.
I wish I could say to him - Don't be sad, there is no need to despair, never ever give up hope. Just continue to do your best, pray to Allah swt and tawakal. Whatever wrongs we have done in the past, ask Allah for HIS forgiveness and we discontinue doing it.
And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): But those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell in humiliation!" (Al Ghafir: 60).
Wallahu'alam.
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