Putting Trust in Allah and Possessing a Good Opinion of Him By Sheikh Abdus-Salaam Zoud There are people who have developed a wrong opinion of Allah, especially after the events in Afghanistan and Iraq. They have said to themselves: where is the victory of Allah to the Muslims,and how could He give victoryto the unjust transgressing American and British disbelievers? It is this issue that I will be discussing with you this evening inshaa Allah. So lend me your ears and your hearts so that perhaps we may re-affirm the good opinion of Our Lord by the endof this lecture inshaa Allah. So in the name of Allah I say: Having good opinion of Allah isfrom the essentials of Tawheed (Monotheism), which many people have become heedless of. It is from the attributes of a Believer, in fact it is from the obligations of Tawheed. Having good opinion of Allah Most High is built upon your knowledge of His Mercy, His Pride, His Goodness, His Power, His Knowledge, His superiority of selection as well as your complete reliance upon Him. Soif all of these conditions are fulfilled, good opinion of Allah will come to fruition in the heart. For in the Qudsi Hadith, which was narrated by Abu Hurairah, Allah Most High says: “I am as my slave thinks of me and I am with him whenever he remembers me.” (Agreed Upon). In another hadeeth recorded by Muslim, Jaabir narrates that he heard the Prophet (saws) three days before his death as saying: “Let none of you die without having a good opinion of AllahHigh and Mighty.” There is no doubt that havinggood opinion of Allah is coupled with good actions. Just as having good opinion of Allah is one of the characteristics of a believer, the ill-opinion of Allah and the opinion that does not befit his Majesty is from the characteristics of hypocrites and polytheists who look at Allah with a view of Jaahilyyah(ignorance) and falsehood. Allah has promised these people by saying: “And [that] He may punish the hypocrite menand hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women – those who assume about Allah an assumption of evil nature. Upon them isa misfortune of evil nature; and Allah has become angry with them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is a destination.” [al-Fath, 48: 6] For how many people these days have given themselves a negative perception of Allah,and have accused Him of all His actions, and perceive that this religion will never be victorious and will never achieve its goals? Some perceive that Allah will not give support and aid His followers, and to raise them over their enemies and claim them in victory. Others perceive that Allah permits for victory to be for falsehood and its people, over truth and its people, such a clear victory that truthno longer stands a chance. Maybe it is these visions and sights of Muslim defeats and misery and agony from East toWest that has brought these individuals to gain such a negative perception of Allah. Once one issue of misery or agony is resolved, another is ignited somewhere else to such a degree that they can no longer envision a resolution or an escape from such a routine. They then forget the reasons and the causes of victory andtriumph, and increase their awareness and their dread towards the so-called ever-increasing power and might of the enemy, fully forgetting the might and glory of Allah in return. To those people we say: This is obviously a clear negative perception towards Allah, and they are perceptions that contradict the completeness ofAllah, His Majesty, Glory, His Descriptions and Wisdom. For His Mercy, and Wisdom, and God-ship refuse from such a thing to occur. It also refuses that His people and His soldiers to be disgraced, and that constant victory and triumph to be for His polytheist enemies. He who perceives such things about Allah truly does not know the true powers of Allah, nor His Names, Attributes, and complete perfection. If those people perceive that Allah will not give victory to his Laws and His religion, and that Allah has written defeat to be upon the Muslims forever, and that there is no breaking out of that, then whydid Allah send down the Book?Why did He send down the Prophets? Why did he decree the Religion? Why did he makeIslam more powerful and above all other religions? Why did he abrogate all other teachings and methods, all other religions and ways of life with the bringing of Islam ifHe never meant to give it victory? That is why Allah says: “If anyone thinks that Allah will not help Muhammad in this world and the hearafter, let them stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut themselves off, then let them see whether their plan will remove that which enrages them.” [Al-Hajj: 15]
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:23:02 +0000
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