THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt, 5th day of Rabeeul Awwal 1444AH. (Saturday, 1st of October 2022).
*_LET'S STRIVE TO PLEASE ALLAH NOT HIS CREATION_*. BismilLah.
Our beloved Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He who displeased ALLAH for seeking the pleasure of people, ALLAH is displeased with him and those people are also displeased, for pleasing whom he had earned ALLAH’s displeasure. And he who pleases ALLAH, although by it he displeased people, ALLAH is pleased with him, and also those people whom he had displeased for pleasing ALLAH become pleased with him by the will of ALLAH. ALLAH makes him splendid and his speech and acts in the eyes of others beautiful.
This is a wonderful hadith which simplifies life immensely for us. It is impossible to please everybody all the time. In fact, it is even impossible to please one person all the time. ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala) tells us that instead of constantly catering to one person or another, we should direct all our efforts to pleasing ALLAH, and HE will take care of all the rest. Many a times we shy away from obeying ALLAH (subhana wa ta’ala), fearing repercussions at the workplace or in our relationships. This hadith warns us against disobeying ALLAH for the sake of HIS creatures. In the long run, none of those people will be pleased with us for whom we disobey ALLAH (subhana wa ta'ala).
*_May ALLAH forgive our shortcomings and protect us from such ignorance_*. Aameen.
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