STORY:* Trusting in *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*

*STORY:*

Trusting in *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*

Shaykh Waleed saw an inėterview with an Emerati businessman. They asked him, “You 

have so much experience in life, can you tell us something that had a great impact on 

your life?” 

He said, “One day around ‘aṣr time, I left my house & was walking in the 

street & went to the Masjid. I saw a Yemeni  person who was making du‘ā’ inside the 

Masjid. The prayer had already finished & he was alone. I felt so jealous of the way he 

was making du‘ā’ because I never in my life felt so into my du‘ā’ like this man.” 

[Sometimes when you make du‘ā’ & pray to *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*, at certain moments you feel so 

close to Him & at other times we feel distant & don’t feel a connection to *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*] 

“I could hear his voice mixed with tears & kept quiet until he finished. When he was 

done, I approached him & asked if I could help him. He said, ‘I am in trouble. 

My wife is scheduled for surgery, but she will not be able to have it until she pays the fee.’ I

asked how much it was, & when he told me, I said I would take care of it. I gave him 

the money. 

The moment he received the money, he immediately made sujūd. He didn’t 

even thank me but went immediately into sujūd to thank *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*

first. After that, he said thank you to me & made du‘ā’ for me. 

I thought that he was an honest man & asked him if he needed any more money, & he said no. I wrote 

my cell phone number on my business card & gave it to him & told him to feel free 

to call me if he needed any help in the future. He smiled & gave it back to me &

said, ‘Thank you, sir. I know Who to call to help me in the future. I will call Who sent 

you to me.'

*✦سُبْحَـــانَﷲ✦*

  Aиϑ that is an example of reliance in *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل* / tawakal Allallah.

How is it that even though we hear of incidents like this, we still pin our hopes on the created instead of on our Creator??

We make our first stop at the door of people instead of at the door of *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*

*Points to note from the story:*

*1.* He asked *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل* first.

2. After he got help, he thanked *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل*  first.

*3.* He put his complete trust in *ﷲ͜عَزَّوَجَــــل* & not people.

*Great reminders for us indeed!