Allah calls Himself Al-Hafeedh— The All-Preserver, The All-Heedful, The All-Protecting— on three occasions in the Quran. He is the One Who created and preserves the worlds and what they contain. Al-Hafeedh is Heedful of all we do and He protects us from things we do not even realize, giving believers many opportunities to earn His special protection! How Can We Live By This Name???? 1. Be motivated by Al-Hafeedh. Al-Hafeedh is Heedful of everything you do by His Knowledge, Al-Hafeedh is recording and ordering His noble angels to record everything that each human being does, at any time and place, secret and open. Even the smallest deeds, like coming to an Islamic lecture, sitting nicely and making notes, Al-Hafeedh will preserve and appreciate it. When you know this you will really be a slave of Allah and not of people. 2. Fear Al-Hafeedh. He is also Al-Hafeedh when you do bad actions. Remember even your “very small” wrong deed Allah sees, preserves and will recompense you for it unless you repent. For example in prayer you need presence of the heart, khushoo means presence of the heart (hudoor al qalb) plus understanding (fahm). Maybe in only one rukoo you remember Allah and the rest of the time your heart is distracted or heedless. How Allah is hafeedh, even this He knows. If you only remembered Him in rukoo then He will keep this remembrance in rukoo for you and will reward you according to this. Depending on whether your deed was good or bad al-Hafeedh will reward you or punish you, so this Name gives you both hope (ar rajaa) and fear (al-khawf or khashiyah)! 3. Remember people. One of the siffaat ul mu’mineen – attributes of the believers- is being mindful and attentive to others. Maybe you met someone once and you lent her your pen and she remembers that so many years later, you would feel happy. The best example of this quality of remembering is the Prophetsallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, who never forgot Khadeejah radiyallaahu ‘anha; he remembered and appreciated her even after she died. It’s a praiseworthy character when someone has this attribute and we look up to people who are like this. Then imagine how you should feel about the real Hafeedh, Allah, the One Who never forgets. 4. Memorize the Quran. Work hard to be of those who preserve His Book, the Quran, by memorizing it! When memorizing His Book call upon Al-Hafeedh and make dua to Him to preserve and keep it in your mind. You must seek His help to protect what you memorized! 5. Purify your heart. The Name Al-Hafeedh helps us purify some sins of the heart. For example you talk bad about someone just out of your desire, not because that person did you wrong. You simply don’t like him or her. Al-Hafeedh will never forget what you did; this knowledge will be preserved with Him and maybe after a period of time you will be put in the same situation where you are innocent and yet someone accuses you wrongly or says something untrue about you. When this happens it is for you to recall and repent for what you did to someone else. Al-Hafeedh is giving it as a test to nurture you because He has this knowledge preserved whereas maybe you forgot or saw it as insignificant! 6. Strive for the special protection of Al-Hafeedh. Aboo Tayyib At-Tabaree , an early scholar, was about hundred years old and he was remarkable as his vision and his hearing were sharp. He was physically capable of running and performing actions just like the young man. He once came back from a journey by sea and when everyone was exhausted, Aboo Tayyib At-Tabaree jumped off the boat on the land. People were amazed. He said: “When I was a young man, I preserved these bodily limbs from the disobedience of Allah and allah preserved them for me in my old age.” [Narrated by Ibn Rajab] . To receive the special protection of Al-Hafeedh in your religion and your worldy affairs, the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam said: “Guard Allah(‘s Commands) and He will guard and protect you.” [Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi] 7. Be thankful to Al-Hafeedh. Al-Hafeedh protects His slaves from all kinds of hardship and evil, many times from matters we don’t even realize. He preserves your body in an amazing way, only imagine if your blood would freely flow into your brain! Be thankful to Al-Hafeedh for the way He preserves you and protects you. 8. Reflect on your environment and increase your awe for Al-Hafeedh. Look around you , be amazed by the way Al-Hafeedh is able to preserve even the biggest creations, it is He Who preserved the sky from falling on us. We come up with ways by His Leave to preserve even the food in fridges and by salt so we can use it longer, as well as the money in the bank. Allah is Al-Hafeedh and He guides humans for a means to even preserve food, health and wealth! 9. Repent to Al-Hafeedh. This Name should shake you even more than the Name Al-‘Aleem, because Al-Hafeedh not only implies that He knows everything, He even remembers the smallest things. You need the forgiveness of Al-Hafeedh, so another important impact of this Name is that it will make you not delay but hasten to tawbah!
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0000
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