Such Faith

mashaallah a very nice video i was surprised to see an american muslim brother Nouman's speaking such brilliantly.may allah swt guide all the muslims in the straight path and may the we the youths continue this way. ameen.

He walked away.

Then she called out to him, "Has Allah ordered you to do so?"

He said, "yes"

She said, "Then He will not neglect us"

Subhanallah. Is she for real???

A fairly young mother who is still nursing her small child and out of blue, her husband left them in the middle of nowhere, with just a small supply of dates and water!

She is just a woman. Still breastfeeding her child. And her husband didn’t say exactly when he is coming back.

Is he coming back?

Ever?

How long will she be staying there? Who is going to take care of her? Is it safe to be out there on her own?

And what is it did she say again?

“Has Allah ordered you to do so?” “Then He will not neglect us”

Such confidence. Such FAITH.

Subhanallah!

Each one of us has been in what we can say as ‘The Siti Hajar Moment’. Those times when we are faced with difficult situation, or struggling to cope with something that seemed very heavy to bear… or when things went wrong, or things did not go as plan or basically anything, that puts us off the track.

Usual reaction was to get upset about it, which is human. As we see how Siti Hajar reacted initially, she questioned her husband repeatedly.

Why, why?

But the minute she realized that this is from Allah, and her husband confirmed it, her heart became firm and calm. Surely if Allah has willed for this to happen, then He will provide the way to get through this.

He will, no doubt, show them the way to handle this situation. He will help them cope with this. He will not leave them. He is with them.

However, this realization did not make her completely useless. Even though she is confident Allah will not leave them, she did not just sit there and wait for things to magically appear. Instead, she still worked hard to find a source for water. From one mountain (As Safa) to the other mountain (Al Marwa) she ran not just one round, but seven! If that is not hard work, I don’t know what is.

Indirectly she has provided us a general framework of how to deal when faced with all the ‘Siti Hajar Moments’ in our lives. To get upset and worried initially as a reaction is only human, but we have to then realize that if Allah has ordained for it to happen to us, then He will not leave it on our own. He will help and provide us somehow, maybe sometimes in ways that we don’t even realize. However, we still need to put in some effort as well ourselves, to balance our side of the equation.

So dear readers, the next time that we find ourselves in a difficult situation, remember the words of Hajar,

" Has Allah ordained for this to happen to me?

Well then, He will not neglect me. He will help me.”

Eid Mubarak. Taqaballahu minna wa minkum.