Why not show off to Allaah alone??
I don't know but why is it hard to show off to Allaah alone? We care so much about the thinking of people around us about ourselves, but where is the care of thinking and status of 'us' infront of Allaah? Why can't I just be as careless of people as I am of Allaah? Why can't I flip the coin and care about Allaah as much as I care about people? I want to submit,, but life and its desires are tempting,, and they are calling me towards the bliss of this duniyah alone. I am becoming materialistic. We care too much about the duniyah, to such an extent that we would start following Allaah's commands for this duniyah and not for the true love of our Creator. We would obey Allaah so people know we are righteous, and we would follow His commandments so that the people know we are 'the best'.
After having commited thousands and thousands of sins, how are we still proud of ourselves?? What makes us boastful? What makes us arrogant? Do we not remember Firown, who was trying to tell, ' I am god',, such a weak god that he couldn't even command the sea to give him room to pass over it?
We all need to learn and practice to be humble 24/7, not an easy job, but still, if niyyah is for the sake of Allaah alone, nothing is impossible.
When will we wake up??!!!!..........
Assalamoalaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
Will we ever wake up? I don't know but for the past couple of weeks, I have been missing out on something very precious. I have deprived myself of it and I am the one responsible ofcourse. You know the feeling, the taste and sweetness of faith that comes along with La Illaha IllAllaah, that has been missing for the past couple of weeks. The heart is not shaken and I am lacking the taqwa of Allaah Audhobillaah. I don't have that feeling, the one for the sake of Allaah alone!! For Almighty Rabb, not for the purpose of show off or arrogance. Why is it lacking? My emaan seems to be in the lowest of the levels these days. I am disappointed by those around me who are arguing but not for the sake of Allaah and not for La Illaha IllAllaah. My eyes are lacking haya, my words lacking wisdom and thoughtfullness needed before uttering a word.
I feel low, very low. But people are still praising me, for what?? Some say, my parents are lucky to have me, and my parents?? Some friends think I am a 'pious, righteous person' do they even know what goes on within my Qalb?? I wish I could only see if it is increasing in the black spots,,, I seek refuge in Allaah from it ending up as pure black. Where is my Qalb these days? I need emergency help from the Lord of the worlds. I wish, He Subhana Wata'ala takes me away from this world the moment I hit the highest peak of my emaan.
I am not thinking right, and I am not doing right. Not that I go about comitting sins, but I still do things I shouldn't be doing. Have you seen anyone ashamed of trying to give the example of oxygen which kaffar believe in yet they don't believe in Allaah saying that Allaah's not visible. Is oxygen visible? They say, Oxygen can be proven scientifically,,, so now we need to prove the existence of Allaah scientifically??? SubhanAllaah,, I was ashamed of using that example even though it was the perfect one. I was ashamed of declaring my bara from such thoughts,, audhobillaah. I need Allaah. I need His aide, and I need His guidance for myself and for others. He is the one who guides,,, why do I not have tears in my eyes?? why am I not shaken with the thoughts of disbelief? Where is the taqwa and the fear of Allaah??
Make dua for me,,, I need urgent help from The Lord of the heavens and the earth.
Who will be a salesman for Allaah?
Assalamoalaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,
When someone works as a salesman, he knows that he will either get paid on an hourly basis or he will get commission according to how much he sells. When someone gets paid on an hourly basis, they might end up selling very many products compared to the money they are making on the hourly basis. Because they have no contract of commission, they would not be able to get as much as is the worth of their work. On the other hand, who works on commission, might work the whole day trying to make customers and convince people to trust them on their word, but alas, at the end, they may end up with a very few or no customers and all the time spent on convincing is wasted. The above is generally the deal people work as salesmen or saleswomen whatever it may be.
How about the following offer:
You work on convincing the people by gaining their trust and increasing their knowledge but not by oppressing them or forcing them. You present to them the truth with sincerity and your intentions only to please your Boss and only Him. Even if someday, you are unable to go to work but have the intention and miss your work, you are paid let alone, when you do actually take action. When you take action, the commission does not depend upon how many products you sell, rather, it depends on what your intention is (pleasing your Boss in this case alone) and how hard you try (being gentle and soft with the speech of truth rather than forcing your views upon others). So if you made 'zero' customers but had the true intention and tried hard, you get paid. PLUS,, it is not on an hourly basis, but an endless reward which helps you not only here but also when you will be brought to answer to your Boss, you will have with you, the hard work you did and the pure intention that you had to please your Boss. Your Boss will be so happy with you that even if you made no customers whatsoever after working for such a long time, you will still get promoted and will be given more and more facilities.
How does the above deal sound? A friend of mine was describing to me how some very good brothers at the college talk to nonmuslims or those Muslim brothers who are not practising. She described the dawah of that brother in the following words, which dragged me to my blog and share it with everyone: "When they talk to these people, it looks like they are the salesmen of Allaah". SubhanAllaah. Had someone commented for me in such a way, I would have passed out because of the extreme happiness.
The responsibility to do dawah falls upon all of us as we know, but how many are truly 'salesmen of Allaah'? By this, I, by no means, refer to Islam, my religion, as a product, but a package, that is full of 'advantages' and only advantages. Islam is the way of life. But how many of us truly live Islam? Sleep Islam? Drink/Eat Islam? Spread Islam?
Have you seen how the salesmen worry about only presenting the good even if there is some bad in what they are representing? We don't even need to worry about that. Simply, because there are no side effects to the package we are offering.
Let us all try and become 'salesmen of Allaah' but remember,, your 'intention' and enthusiasm precede everything else that comes up later.
