Reliance on Allah swt
TOPIC: Reliance on Allah (SWT)
Reliance on Allah swt
Allah SWT has guaranteed us that He is responsible for the rizq of everyone on earth. Rizq is not simply income. For different people, it can be different things. For example, for students, rizq is knowledge. Therefore, Rizq is every single thing that we need. Surely, we are forgetful and unthankful human beings. All we need to do is sit on janamaaz and ask Allah SWT but we keep on forgetting His promise and run after people and worldly objects and getting what we want.
There is also a hadith of Prophet Mohammad S.A.W that we are supposed to rely on Allah like birds rely on Him. If we were to look at birds closely, we can observe that everyday birds leave their homes to get food for the day. Before leaving the homes, they have no idea from where will they get their rizq. But they completely rely on Allah (SWT). Birds are not like humans who , if were in a similar situation, would say “Oh what should I do? My future is so dark. I don’t even know how to get food for the day” Instead everyday is a new day for the birds and they always find their rizq and this is how they live their life.
We should remember that Allah has promised Rizq but not promised Jannah. So instead of being worried on things He has promised us, we should be worried about Jannah, for which He has made no promise and which completely depends on our own efforts.
If we were to look at our own Islamic history, we will realize that Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) and sahabah had complete and absolute reliance on Allah SWT. In the battle of Badr, we all know that muslims were 313 as compared to the kuffar who were more than 1000 in number. Muslims had nothing but Iman with them to fight the army of kuffar. Normally, before war, people spend time making plans and schemes to fight the army but Prophet Mohammad S.A.W spent the time making dua to Allah SWT. He prayed so much to Allah SWT that Hazrat Abu Bakr R.A came and said that “Ya, Rasool Allah, enough. You have made so much dua that surely Allah will help us”
And then, Allah sent down 3000-5000 angels from the sky to help the muslim army. And Muslims were victorious in the battle. Sahabah said that we saw people in white fighting next to us in the battle.
And Allah never took those angels back to sky. He has left them on earth for us. Everything is still the same. Allah is same. Islam is same. It is we who are at fault that we have stopped relying on Allah SWT.
Another very famous incident that we all know was when Hazrat Ibrahim was being thrown into fire. Angel Gibrael came and said to Hazrat Ibrahim that if you want, I can completely destroy this town. Then Hazrat Ibrahim said “Does my Allah know that I am being thrown into fire?” to which the angel replied in affirmative. Hazrat Ibrahim refused the help of an angel and said His Allah was enough for him.
And then Allah said that if you don’t want any sabab, then I also don’t want anything in between. And He Himself asked the fire to cool down for Hazrat Ibrahim.
You and I look for friend in this world. But Hazrat Ibrahim was Khalil Allah, the friend of Allah… , Nothing better than to have Allah as your friend!
There is another incident of Hazrat Maryam. Hazrat Zakariya had left her with insufficient amount of food. When he came back, he saw she had a lot of food. So he asked her where she got it from. She said “min indillah (From Allah)”
Verily Allah provides without measures. He gave her fruits out of season! When Hazrat Zakariya saw that, He prayed to Allah and He provided him with a son in a very old age.
Another very famous incident is when Hazrat Ibrahim left Hazrat Hajra and Hazrat Ismael in the barren desert. But the only thing Hazrat Hajra asked him was if he was leaving them for the sake of Allah. When he answered in positive to her, she didn’t argue. And while at the desert, when Hazrat Ismael was thirsty, Hazrat Hajra ran from Safa andMarwa seven times to look for water. And Allah provided them water. There was so much water that Hazrat Hajra had to say “Zam Zam (Rok jaa)” Allah had provided them from the ghaib! This is the same practice that the muslims all over the world repeat when they go for Umra showing the importance of complete reliance on Allah (SWT)
So now the next question is how to increase our reliance on Allah SWT?
The first thing is that we should make Dua. Even when our shoe laces break, we should ask Allah that “oh Allah what should I do. Help Ya Allah” That’s how intimate He wants us to be with Him. For anything we want, we normally go to makhlooq (friends, teachers etc) but we should remember that “jis ka rab hai, uss kaa sab hai” So we should make dua to Allah as much as we can after reading Quran, after our fard namaaz, in tahajjud etc .
Second thing is that we have to increase our rememberance of Allah. We should increase our nafl ibadat, recite istaghfar, listen to bayaans, read Quran etc.
And the third thing is that we have to recite the verses of Takwa and tawakkul which will remind us of His promises if we forget.
All these steps will make us a better Muslim Insha Allah.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, As-Salaam Alaikum!
My Name is Khalid U.Ibrahim. I am in need of your (Du’a) Prayers for ALLAH’s Help and Protection. (Ya ALLAH!) OALLAH! I Beg of you to Bestow on us (the Believing Muslims) a Home, a Home of Safety, Security and Peace in this World Life, Out of the Reach of the Dajjal and his army, and also Grant us a Home of Safety,Security and Peace in the Life Hereafter,Out of the Reach of the Fires of Hell!.(Ya ALLAH!) OALLAH! I Beg of you to Increase our Faith and Devotion, and to Bless us with Peace in our Hearts and Souls.(Ya ALLAH!) Please Forgive All The Believing Muslims,(Ya ALLAH!) Please grant All the Believing Muslims the Best in this world Life and the Best in Hereafter, and(Ya ALLAH!) Please Protect us(the Believing Muslims) from own Nafs, and(Ya ALLAH!) Please Protect All the Believing Muslims from the hands of the Dajjal and his army.] {No One in this World care!} (Ya ALLAH!) OALLAH! I Beg of you for the means to do good, and to avoid evil, and Bless us to Love the poor, and I beseech you forgive us(the Believing Muslims) and have mercy on us. And When you subject the people of theWorld to trial, Protect us from being affected by it.(Ya ALLAH!) OALLAH! I Beg of you, your Love and Protection,and the Love of those who Love you, and Grant us the Love of all such actions that will bring us closer to you, with our Love and Devotion to you.(Ya ALLAH!) OALLAH! I thank you for all your Mercy and Protection that you have bestowed on us, and all that you have given us in these trouble times that we are facing,(Al-Hamdolillah!).
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