...Can make you or break you. Depending on your character, it doesn’t necessarily make you stronger. There are two types of people. Those who face a problem head on and make the most out of it, trying to learn from it and become a better person. This is very rare and most people are the other type who sit around and wonder what they did to deserve this and complain until the problem goes away.I’m not saying it’s easy to be the first kind of person and we are all human and naturally respond to situations without thinking. But as Muslims we must think. We must work hard to have a strong character.
Always be in a state of self-analysing and self-evaluation. Whenever something happens to us that we don’t like or that is not according to what we expected then we need to step back and think. Look at the situation through the outside. Think about your actions, your speech and how you have treated those around you. Most importantly analyse your imaan. Have you done something that may have angered Allah? It says in the Quran:
‘All good is from Allah but any misfortune that befalls you is from what your own hands have earned’ (4:79)
Therefore, if you are going through a hard time then it is most likely that you have done something to bring that about. This however is a great blessing from Allah and shows his love for you because when we go through rough times the human instinct is to turn to the heavens and beg Allah for a way out because he knows no being could possibly help him. His whole conduct changes and his worship increases. So Allah, through putting mankind through hardship is a way of calling to them. Giving them the opportunity to turn to him and to analyse there lives and to ask him for forgiveness. Therefore, don’t waste these opportunities that Allah gives you. See the pain as a blessing because through the pain Allah, the most merciful, cleanses our sins. Don’t complain and definitely don’t ask why this and why that. Allah doesn’t burden anyone greater than they have the strength to bear so He knows you’re strong enough and through his love and protection for us he keeps sending us messages and signs to give us the opportunity to cleanse our sins and get closer to Him. Subhanallah!
This religion is easy when you see the beauty in it and when you understand that all good and all bad in your life is a blessing. Then isn’t the pain worth it? Allah never gives up on us so don’t give up on yourself. He wants the best for us but we have to want that for ourselves. How we can expect good from anyone when we don’t even try. If you don’t want to change them no one can help you and those who care about you will eventually give up on you but Allah never will. No matter how many mistakes you have made and how much you have sinned Allah promises his forgiveness. He will send you signs in the most amazing ways but if we have no imaan and have our eyes closed then we will miss them, then who knows if we will get another chance at getting closer to him?
Allah the Almighty has said: “O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as its.”
Amazing...gives me chills! Remember the devil, he despaired of Allah’s mercy when he sinned he was too arrogant to ask for forgiveness so is cursed for eternity. Many people today have this same attitude. They think it is too late to ask for forgiveness when Allah keeps reminding us that he is the most forgiving. He forgave a man who had killed 100 people! Have we done more sin than that! Ensure you don’t adopt this satanic arrogance and ask now because we don’t know when our time will be up. Dua is the weapon of the believer. Nothing you may have done or are doing is beyond Allah’s mercy inshallah. Acknowledgment is the key! However, we have to repent sincerely and can’t keep making the same mistakes and expect forgiveness, because that is wrong. We have to repent and do our utmost to leave that sin.
Don’t let anyone make you feel bad about your past, they have no right, and if they do then forget them. If Allah forgives all sins then who are we to hold people to their mistakes once they have asked for forgiveness. The last thing we need in our lives are people around us who constantly bring up the past and judge us because of it. Keep the company who will remind you of the good in you and encourage you in your Deen. These people are your true friends as they take you closer to Allah and not further from him. The three characteristics of a good friend are one who:
- When you see them, they remind you of Allah
- Their way of life will guide you the right path
- Their speech will increase your imaan
[Great description from Sheikh Alaa Elsayed ;-)]
Two people who will be under the shade of Allah on the day where there is no shade are two people who loved each other purely for Allah’s sake. Our imaan fluctuates but with this true friend, you will remind them when they are weak and they will remind you when you are weak! Inshallah we all love someone for that reason alone and if we don’t then inshallah we find someone who we can, so we can help each other get closer to our lord and live eternally in peace in the hereafter.
So if you are going through hardship analyse your life think of what you have done to bring this about I guarantee you will find something, we sin day and night without even realising. Allah is opening a way for you so don’t close it or let it pass you by.
Your Sister in Islam x
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