Why Allah's Plans Confuse Us (At First)

Quran, which are most clear. It is haram to steal. It is haram to commit adultery. It is haram to take usury. It is halal and permissible to eat bread and to drink water. Salah is obligatory. Fasting is an obligation, etc. The oneness of Allah, that none is rightfully worshipped but Allah. These things are explicit. They are clear. Anyone who hears a verse discussing this in this way will understand it properly. But then there are other things, other verses, other parts, that take a level of knowledge and experience to understand in the way that the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam intended, for they are his words, in the way that Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala intended they be understood. And he referred to these two groups of verses as the explicit and the general or the ambiguous. And that the people of knowledge, when faced with something they do not understand, they don't jump to conclusions. They don't force what makes them comfortable. They don't force upon the situation an explanation that they fancy. Rather, their motto is amanna bihi kullun min indi rabbina. We believe in anything that is from Allah. All of it is from our Lord. If they are faced with a verse that they don't understand, a narration that they do not understand, something they don't see the wisdom behind immediately, whatever it is, they have what is called teslim. They know their limitations. And that this is truly a hallmark of knowledge. Many of us already know this. Many of us have heard this before. As a matter of fact, I have spoken in detail about this on this very member. However, this as well is applicable to the actions of Allah and to the decree of Allah. Just the Quran is the words of Allah and his legislative will. Likewise, the past is the will of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And often times the decree of Allah brings upon us things that make us uncomfortable. Things that outright causes pain. Tragedy, crisis, destruction, illness, all of these things, bereavement, that a person based on his limited knowledge, his limited foresight, his limited experience, will not be able to readily see the wisdom of Allah in it. And the truth is with respect to the decree of Allah, what Allah decrees upon us, often times we will depart from this world not knowing the real wisdom or the reason behind what Allah has decreed upon us at every junction. There are many things that we will leave this world not knowing the answer to. Why has Allah done this? Why did Allah allow this to happen, etc. Those kinds of questions that crop up in our minds when we are faced with an uncomfortable situation. Yet, that formula remains the same and that is Just all of the Quran comes from Allah. And when we are faced with a verse or an aspect of it that we do not understand, we refer its knowledge to Allah, yet we affirm that we believe in it because it is from Allah and we accept it wholeheartedly and we implement it even if we don't understand it. And the same goes for the decree of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The same goes for the qadar of Allah. A person has something bad happen to them that is not of their earning even if it is outright oppressive from another person or a transgression or a calamity or a tragedy or a crisis. And a person will not understand the reason for this. Yet, the people of knowledge whom Allah has praised are those who are able to grasp if they cannot understand anything, they can at least understand their own limitations and understand that Allah is al-Hakeem. Allah is ar-Raheem. Allah is al-Aleem. He is the all-wise, the all knowing, he is the all merciful. And that anything that Allah does or allows to happen, there is some wisdom behind it. Even if we can't readily see it, or we could say especially if we cannot identify what that is. When the Muslimin left Medina with the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam for the battle of Badr, it was not supposed to be a battle. It was supposed to be a caravan that they took custody of and returned to Medina. However, when they arrived there, what did they find? They found an army of men who had come for war. They were armed to the gills and they had come from Mecca with that intention, prepared for it. And the caravan was gone. And the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam was there with 300 and some companions. very unarmed. They'd only come with very small arms, not for war. They didn't have armor. They had only two and some narrations one horse with them. And so they didn't come for this. A person may look at the preparation of that battle and say, "Why would Allah allow this to happen?" They were unaware. The people of Mecca were aware and they came for that purpose. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us what what do and I that is.

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Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala says to the.

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Desire the easy road. You desired the caravan. Take us to the event, come back, no harm, no foul. But Allah desires a higher goal. And that is to put truth in the forefront and to put falsehood in its place. And so Allah caused these set of circumstances expertly. And had they intended the Battle of Badr and planned for it, it would not have come to fruition the way it did when they had not planned. Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala says He said, "If you all had planned for this, you would have your your plans would have fallen through. However, Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala had his plan and it was driven by his wisdom and his sense for justice Subhana Wa Ta'ala, his desire for justice and his justice. And so we trust in the names and attributes that Allah has told us of himself. We trust that those are his. We may not know why this has happened in spite of how much pain it may cause us or difficulty, but what we do know is that Allah is Allah is Hakim and that is enough for us. And Robina Mas Allah be many would you do and you better feel and I am and I would be feeling and I had a Hakim Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Muhammad. Alhamdulillah was Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah. What I should be Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah. What I should be Muhammad Abu.

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What should be.

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Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah. I'm about. If there is a story that was collected by Abu Sheikh Rahim Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah Allah. Which is actually one of these stories of many Israel. But it's a story that the scholars of and the scholars of and the historians of Islam mentioned in this vein on occasion. It's mentioned that one of the prophets of many Israel were unsure exactly which prophet it was. And it's really inconsequential. That this prophet was sitting one day in full view of a well or a lake where people would come to draw water and people would come to you know water their horses and livestock and so forth. And so he was off in the distance. He could see everyone that came to this well. And it's mentioned in some wordings that he had asked Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala to show him a portion of his wisdom with respect to how he decrees and why he decrees what he does. And so he told him to go on this day and sit at this particular well. So as he was there he was sitting and people are coming and going and he observed one warrior a faddist who is a horseman. This warrior came is the a sword fighter. And he came to this well and you know he was drinking from the well and his animal was drinking from the well. And he dropped a pouch that had his money in it. You know this is this is a little bit unimaginable to us but this is back when money had actual value and so these would be actual gold or silver coins. They would put them in a purse in a pouch and they would carry them. And so as he was drinking he dropped this pouch. Our equivalent of of losing your wallet. And so, he got on his horse and he left. As he was sitting there, a shepherd came with his sheep and with his livestock and he was watering them and what did he find but this pouch full of money? He looks around. There's no one there. It's a watering well. How can you hope to ever find the person that this belongs to? He pockets it and he leaves. Then a third man comes to the well. A very old man. An innocent man. A man that has nothing to do neither with the pouch nor anything else. He comes to this well or this lake and he sits down and he drinks from it and he's breezing out by this well. Only for who to return? The warrior. The sword fighter, the fattest. Now he's looking for his pouch. And he is sure that he lost his pouch here at this watering well. So, who does he find? The first person he finds is this old man. "Where's my pouch?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Give me my pouch." "I don't have your pouch." Pulls his sword, cuts the man's head off. Then he gets on his horse and leaves. So, what have we observed here? We've observed a man that has nothing to do with anything lose his life. Another man who has been given a gift of wealth that he did not earn. and a third man who has had his wealth taken away from him with, you know, just a mistake that was made, an honest mistake. So, he asks Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, "Allimni. Teach me the wisdom behind what I have just witnessed. Because at first glance, it looks like the innocent suffer and the guilty thrive." However, "Aamanna bihi kullun min indi rabbina." And so, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reveals to him that this warrior, this swordsman, his father was actually killed by that old man, way, way back. Now, he didn't know. He didn't know who had murdered his father. And that this warrior's father had actually stolen that money that that warrior had from that shepherd's father, way, way back. There is a history there. And so, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala returned the wealth to the rightful heirs, and he balanced the scales of those who have shed blood without right to do so. And this is just a very, very small example, small instance of the incredibly sophisticated and very delicate scales that are the scales of justice and balance that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala keeps in play every single day. As Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, that Allah keeps the heavens and the earth in that balance, and he is never exhausted nor fatigued by that poise.

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Allah wants Islam and Muslims. What do the shirk of What do the nifaq Allah wants to the muqta mujahideen in Gaza and Palestine. What do Lebanon? What do Sudan? What do Syria? What do every makan? What do the hell? What do the rabbal alameen? Allah wants What do the aduwihem? What do the aduwihem the harim? What do the harim? What do the mansurim?

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Stand shoulder to shoulder, close all of the gaps.

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