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Trusting Allah By Shariffa Carlo At some point in our lives, we have all had our trust betrayed. There exist few of us who trust anyone implicitly. The same goes for principles or philosophies. We have trusted them, only to be disappointed. In the same light, we have followed religious scholars, only to find that they too have betrayed us - either by being undereducated or imperfect. Maybe that is why it is so hard for us to let go of ourselves and truly trust Allah. When we start to analyze a command, we find in it things we can not explain or fully understand, so we stop doing it or do the thing which was forbidden to us, because the opposite does not make sense to us. Let me put that in more specific terms: We know that at the 120th day of life, Allah writes for us our sustenance (risq).
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the
uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot!
O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its
creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male or a female? A wretched
(an evil doer) or a blessed (doer of good)? How much will his provisions be?
What will his age be?' So all that is written while the creature is still in the
mother's womb." We know that Allah has planned out our jobs and our income. Yet, we may shave our beard or take off the hijab when we go for an interview because we are afraid that we will not get a particular job. There is a huge contradiction in our beliefs here. If we know that what is for us is for us, then why are we going against Allah's orders to achieve the objective. The reason is simple. We are not trusting Allah. This is a sad fact. Even though we know that Allah is our Lord and Protector, we have a hard time letting go and allowing ourselves to trust that He will protect us. I doubt we do this intentionally, it is shaytan, whispering to us, "The people will not understand, so shave the beard, maybe later you can grow it again" or "There is no way someone will hire you with that thing on your head, take it off." We make excuses, like, my deen is in my heart, not what I show, even though we have been told:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing
of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle but now there is
no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you practice
publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us,
and we will not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for
Allah will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who
presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions were good
Even, we may leave our prayers until after they have expired because we fear being watched or something happening to us while we are praying. There is no trust that Allah will protect us, give us our risq or take care of us. We have to learn to truly trust Allah. Allah says,
When two parties from among you had determined that they should show cowardice
and Allah was the guardian of them both, and in Allah should the believers trust
And
If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there,
after that, that can help you? In Allah, then, Let believers put their trust It does not matter what you do, obey or disobey, the result will be that you will receive what Allah has ordained for you. You can not add to it or subtract from it. What you do is either benefit yourself with the blessings of obedience or harm yourself with the fruits of your disobedience. We have been told that what is for us can't miss us and what is not for us can't hit us.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: I heard Allah's Apostle (salAllahu alayhi
wasalam) as saying: Allah ordained the measures (of quality) of the creation
fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, as His Throne
was upon water We have to learn to trust that Allah will take care of us when we obey Him and that He will withdrawal His Great Mercy when we disobey. Every morning the bird goes out to seek the provision Allah has given him, and every night he comes home with it. Allah has promised us our provision.
Umar Ibin Al Khattab narrated that he heard Allah's Messenger say, Also, we need to stop thinking that having done a good where things did not work out as we expected would have turned out differently if we had done the wrong thing instead. Let us say one of us goes to an interview in hijab and then is denied the job. To assume that it was because of the hijab is wrong. We have to remember that this person can not keep Allah's Qadr from us. This interviewer can not stop what Allah wants to happen from happening.
Ibin Abbas narrated that one day he was riding behind Allah's Messenger and he
said, "Young man, if you are mindful of Allah, He will be mindful of you, and if
you are mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. When you ask for
anything, ask it from Allah, and if you seek help, seek help in Allah. Know that
if the people were to unite to do you some benefit, they could benefit you only
what Allah has recorded for you, and if they were to unite to do you some
injury, they could injure you only with what Allah has recorded for you. The
pens are withdrawn and the pages are dry Also,
Allah's Apostle (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: Also, we need to accept that not getting the job was indeed best for us.
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger said, "It is remarkable that everything
turns out well for a believer while that applies only to a believer. If
happiness befalls him, he gives thanks, and it turns out well for him, and if
misfortune befalls him, he shows endurance (patience) and it turns out well for
him We need to stop thinking that the key to the truth is only what we can understand or what we know. There is a point when we have to submit, be Muslims and say, labaik Allahuma Labaik. We have to obey without fighting it because we know that there is Justice and Mercy in it, even though we can not see it right now. When the verse of hijab was revealed, the ansar women went and immediately covered themselves.
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: Safiyyah, daughter of Shaybah, said that Aisha
mentioned the women of Ansar, praised them and said good words about them. She
then said: When Surah an-Nur came down, they took the curtains, tore them and
made head covers (veils) of them. They did not analyse it, or think about how this is an oppression for women or a humiliation or anything of this sort, they obeyed. When the verse forbidding alcohol was revealed, the companions literally spat it out of their mouths. No arguing, no questioning. They trusted that Allah Knows Best. We need to stop worshipping our minds so much and start worshipping Allah more. We need to stop trusting our minds so much and trust Allah more. Trusting in Allah means that when we hear a command, we obey it. We recognize that we are limited and that Allah has no limits. He Knows what we do not know. We do not try to explain away the commands of Allah by saying that it is for another time or another people. We don not say that what Allah has commanded for us is oppressive. We accept and obey. This is faith and trust.
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: The Apostle of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said:
Seventy thousand people of my Ummah would be admitted into Paradise without
rendering any account. They (the companions) said: Who would be those (fortunate
persons)? He (the Prophet) said: Those who do not cauterise and practise charm,
but repose trust in their Lord
There is much reward in trusting Allah, paradise. There is sin in distrusting
Him. We need to stop relying on our desires our minds our version of logic and
realize that Allah is the one who Knows while we know not. Allah is the Wise,
and His judgements are wise by default. Allah is the Just and His verdicts are
Just by default. We can not see everything in every issue as Allah can, so why
do we insist on believing that our minds can be trusted before or instead of
Allah?
I pray to You, O Allah, to make us trust you and only you. May you make us of
the Trusting and keep us from trusting or worshipping our minds before you.
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