A moment in your life that you’re in an extreme difficulty that has torn you apart like a hurricane.Faced with feelings you’ve never felt before and cannot be verbally expressed. You cry and kneel to the ground barely able to keep your balance. Suddenly you make a call….. You cry out to Allaahالله in a way you would’ve NEVER cried out to Allaahالله had it not been for this extreme difficulty your faced with right now.
So there you are …. Torn apart… Broken …. But there is one call you MUST make to ease the pain. That call is upon Allaahالله . As-Sami’ (the all hearer)
We’ve all been there and WILL be there again. It’s apart of being alive that we must face trials whether Muslim or not. But AlHamdulillaah الحمد لله for the Muslims when faced with trials we have a lot to look forward to ….. If ONLY we are patient!
Allaahالله tells us in the Quraan : And when My servants ask you concerning Me, surely I am very near; I answer the prayer (supplication) of the suppliant when he calls on Me. (2:186)
“And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud to worship Me shall soon enter hell abased” (Qur’an, 40:60
Allaahالله informs us to call upon him. It is literally the most important call we will ever make! However we cannot just call upon Allan and don’t believe . We must KNOW he will respond.
Its been narrated from SaHeeH Bukhaaree: Hadeeth qudsi: “I am as My slave thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it.”
Imaam An-Nawawee (may allah have mercy upon him) gave an explanation about the above that stated: “The scholars said that expecting the best of Allaahالله is to expect that he will have mercy on him and relieve him of hardship.” SharH SaHeeh Muslim .
So we derive from these encouraging statements by Allaahالله and his messenger that truly in every affair the Muslim calls upon Allaahالله. He is the ONLY one that will relieve us. And while your at it, pour yourself to him , be sincere, give your all in a way you’ve never done before. It is in this desperation that the Muslim finds peace afterward knowing that Lord of the worlds will handle this situation for you.
But why call upon Allaahالله only in distress? What about in times of happiness when we get so much ease we actually forget the hardship? This is the RaHmah (mercy) of Allaahالله. That he would relieve us from the difficulty so well that now the call begins to subside. When really in reality that call should always be present in our lives. Begging Allaahالله for guidance , health, wealth, gratitude, and more. And how about just genuinely expressing yourself to Allaahالله on how thankful you are for the very air we breathe?!
We must remember Allaahالله in ALL affairs not just the difficult ones. For sure if we ALWAYS remember Allaahالله , then once that hardship/trial comes about, it’s actually more of a hope that Allaahالله will aid us seeing as we try to be in the habit of remembering him in all situations whether good or bad.
It’s not just enough to call upon Allaahالله but think good of Allaahالله too. Don’t call upon Allaahالله with doubt! Like the previous Hadeeth mentions , Allaahالله is how his his slave thinks of him to be. So think good of Allaahالله . He WILL answer. And be patient upon this request.
After all, this IS the most important call we will ever make……
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