Tabassum07
Smile for Allah
:salam2:
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, wants His creatures to
believe in the wisdom of His Commands and proceed to their
fulfillment with contentment. If you proceed to execute the
Command with contentment, Allah raises His Decree. In all life incidents man lives through, Allah only raises His Decree when the afflicted person is contented with it.
If you see a doom that lasted on an afflicted person, as a cureless
disease in spite of all the applied remedies, or a hardship
experienced either in children or property, and he was not freed
from it despite the passage of a long time learn that the sufferer is
not contented with the Fate of Allah and is complaining. The
moment he feels contented and accepts the wisdom of Fate, he will be relieved from it.
Ibrâhîm (alayhis salaam) fulfilled the vision and since he fulfilled it out of absolute contentment, willingness and submissiveness to the Wisdom of
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in what He commanded, the
doom was arrested and it was said to him, ‘Do not kill your son.’
Then a ram offered as a sacrifice descended from heaven. As if
Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, Himself ransomed Ismâ‘îl with
that ram. Not only that, but instead of taking Ibrâhîm’s sole son,
Ismâ‘îl, Almighty Allah gave him the glad tidings of a second son,
Ishâque.
As a rule, anyone who proceeds to fulfill the Divine Commands,
still within the veils of the Unseen, though blind to their wisdom
but out of trusting the Divine Omniscience, will surely receive a
great reward. The further steps the Decree beyond the power of
imagination, the stronger the faith enclosed in the hearts. There are
people who refuse to abide by the prohibitions set by The Creator
for missing the wisdom behind, when the wisdom is unveiled and
the harm that befalls man because of them becomes evident, they
start to forbear. But their forbearance does not arise from belief in
the Command of Allah, but out of belief in medicine, science or
others.
We have to know that there is a difference between the duty man
assigns to another and the duty The Creator enjoins upon His
creatures. In the former, we have to know the wisdom behind it to
fulfill it, but in the latter we fulfill it out of belief in the absolute
Wisdom of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in whatever He
legislated. Everything judged by Allah and our minds stand
powerless to understand, we fulfill out of belief in the Omniscience
of The Legislator.
When Imam ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) discussed
wiping over footwear (when performing ablution), he said, ‘If the
matter submits to reasoning power, wiping the underside of the
foot would be more deserving than its outside. Because the
underside of the foot is the part subjected to dirt. But the way lies
in adapting the soul to approach A Lord Who wants you to
approach Him with obedience, and never dare allow yourself to
come near Allah with whatever sort of argument. For Allah, all
praise and glory be to Him, cannot be questioned as to what He
does or commands.’
Source: Book: Al Hajj Al Mabroor.
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, wants His creatures to
believe in the wisdom of His Commands and proceed to their
fulfillment with contentment. If you proceed to execute the
Command with contentment, Allah raises His Decree. In all life incidents man lives through, Allah only raises His Decree when the afflicted person is contented with it.
If you see a doom that lasted on an afflicted person, as a cureless
disease in spite of all the applied remedies, or a hardship
experienced either in children or property, and he was not freed
from it despite the passage of a long time learn that the sufferer is
not contented with the Fate of Allah and is complaining. The
moment he feels contented and accepts the wisdom of Fate, he will be relieved from it.
Ibrâhîm (alayhis salaam) fulfilled the vision and since he fulfilled it out of absolute contentment, willingness and submissiveness to the Wisdom of
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in what He commanded, the
doom was arrested and it was said to him, ‘Do not kill your son.’
Then a ram offered as a sacrifice descended from heaven. As if
Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, Himself ransomed Ismâ‘îl with
that ram. Not only that, but instead of taking Ibrâhîm’s sole son,
Ismâ‘îl, Almighty Allah gave him the glad tidings of a second son,
Ishâque.
As a rule, anyone who proceeds to fulfill the Divine Commands,
still within the veils of the Unseen, though blind to their wisdom
but out of trusting the Divine Omniscience, will surely receive a
great reward. The further steps the Decree beyond the power of
imagination, the stronger the faith enclosed in the hearts. There are
people who refuse to abide by the prohibitions set by The Creator
for missing the wisdom behind, when the wisdom is unveiled and
the harm that befalls man because of them becomes evident, they
start to forbear. But their forbearance does not arise from belief in
the Command of Allah, but out of belief in medicine, science or
others.
We have to know that there is a difference between the duty man
assigns to another and the duty The Creator enjoins upon His
creatures. In the former, we have to know the wisdom behind it to
fulfill it, but in the latter we fulfill it out of belief in the absolute
Wisdom of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in whatever He
legislated. Everything judged by Allah and our minds stand
powerless to understand, we fulfill out of belief in the Omniscience
of The Legislator.
When Imam ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) discussed
wiping over footwear (when performing ablution), he said, ‘If the
matter submits to reasoning power, wiping the underside of the
foot would be more deserving than its outside. Because the
underside of the foot is the part subjected to dirt. But the way lies
in adapting the soul to approach A Lord Who wants you to
approach Him with obedience, and never dare allow yourself to
come near Allah with whatever sort of argument. For Allah, all
praise and glory be to Him, cannot be questioned as to what He
does or commands.’
Source: Book: Al Hajj Al Mabroor.