Wrong Blaming* [[-Final Outing-]]

 *Wrong Blaming*

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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

*Summary Of The Lessons From All We Have Discussed So Far (episode 1-6):*

Abdullah bin ‘Abbas, (ra), reported: One day I was behind the Prophet (saw), and he said to me: *"..... Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you (have need to) ask, ask of Allah; and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that even if the Nation (or the whole community) were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with something, they would not be able to harm you with anything except that which Allah has already recorded against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.”* 📚[Al-Tirmidhi relates this and says: It is a good, genuine Hadith]

My People,

Allah (swt) has already written in Al-Lauhulmahfudz what is going to take place. There are events or occurrences that happen which we have no control over (e.g. being sick, losing someone we love, falling into hardship, etc) and to face these events correctly we need to practice contentment  which is the highest level of action required where we are pleased or contented with whatever Allah has chosen for us, whether it is positive or negative. The second highest level is tolerance & sabr, where we need not to say anything that displeases Allah (swt).

Al-qadar can be broadly broken down into two categories:

There are actions that take place which we do not have any control over. We have to surrender to the will of Allah and be patient.

There are actions that take place which we had control over. These events happen as a result of our recklessness, laziness, of not being alert, etc. Even though the minute these things happen they already become qadar, those who are responsible for the actions will be held responsible. Thus, whatever we do, we should do it carefully, completely and to the best of our abilities.

To cut it short,

We are responsible for what we do, whether it is in worldly matters or whether it is in our ibadah. We should always strive to improve ourselves and to constantly tell ourselves that we can do better.

We should avoid things that are bad for us, and not just let it happen and then blame it on qadar.

Many Muslims tend to interpret this hadeeth (on qadar) negatively. Yes. We should understand qadar in a positive sense. We should differentiate between things which we don’t have control over and things which we do. Instead of just accepting things that happen as qadar, we should see how we can improve the situation and how we can avoid things which can be avoided. We should accept the fact that we are responsible for whatever we do and the choices we make.

Allah alone knows best