Why Faith Without Action Isn't True Tawakkul

Alhamdulillah.

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Continuing in the seventh chapter, the chapter of authored by we mentioned Thursday morning that is certainty. It's usually translated as certainty. However, al in the Arabic language is a certainty that is so strong, so assured, so unremittent, so unshaken that no percentage and no amount of doubt can displace it. Al is the highest levels of knowledge, the highest levels of belief. And for this reason, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala uses this word in the Quran to refer to those things which are most certain and usually most unanimous with respect to human belief. is one of the greatest acts of worship anyone can worship Allah with. As a matter of fact, it's an act of worship that is necessary. It's one of the necessary components and it is one of the most important stages a person will arrive at on his journey to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. What is a we have to be able to quantify it and we mentioned is a type of worship. All of these are types of worship is also a type of worship. It's worship of the heart. And how do we quantify it? What are the pillars of a every act of worship has conditions? Every act of worship has pillars. And so how do we quantify it? What have the scholars of Islam told us about what goes into what is the difference between a person who is and a person who is not? could literally translate to placing the utmost of trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the fulfillment of and in the fulfillment of a person's desired outcome. This is called tawakul and it has two pillars. The first pillar and these pillars go together. Any of these two pillars is not is missing. It is not the first pillar is and the second pillar is subhanahu I would I would something to happen. I have a desired outcome in mind and so I set out to obtain this outcome. There are two pillars to this. The first pillar is that I do whatever physical means necessary to obtain that outcome. When we say whatever physical means necessary, obviously we're not speaking about halal and haram. We're speaking about, you know, that which only can occur because of these certain things. If I don't want my enem swords to pierce my skin, I wear armor, right? If I want to have children, I get married. If I do not if I am sick because of some poison I stop taking the poison I take the antidote etc. This is so I do whatever physical means necessary that would bring about that desired outcome. The second isallah is is that I completely put my trust in Allah. Meaning I have a level of certainty that this will only come about by way of Allah and that Allah will bring it about and that Allah will bring it about. So those are two things a person wishes to go into battle. We look at the prophet sallall.aii Wasam how he teaches us. He says, he says, Allah subhanah, Allah subh, the prophet sallall.aii alaihi wasallam tells us that if we were to place our trust in Allah as we did as he is right to he would bestow upon us that desired outcome as he does the the birds even that just go out in the morning hungry and come home satisfied. And so when a person wishes to have something fulfilled, they look at the way that the birds go about in their in their in their pursuit of sustenance. They don't just hang out in the tree and, you know, just wait for it to start raining worms down. No, we even have idioms. And I I I know in Arabic and English, but I'm sure in many other languages, we have truisms that look to the behavior of birds. The early bird gets the worm. Because birds are set on a schedule. They are very disciplined in obtaining what they are, what they are seeking. And so the prophet sallallah.aihi am. He says that if you all were to rely on Allah as he is rightful, he would bless you and give you as he does the birds. that you go out in the morning the the birds they leave their nests hungry and they come home filled with their bellies filled. So these are two pillars. Number one, that a person do whatever needs to be done of physical means. Right? And number two, that a person not rely and his trust not be in those physical means. That that is just a a physical means. It's like playing the game by the rules. That's all you're doing. you're going through the motions and you're doing what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has you're going about things in the way that Allah has intended when he created cause and effect. So you undertake those causes. You undertake those causes but your reliance is upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Now some scholars they add a third pillar and they say that a person have much certainty and reliance in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. The person is certain that Allah will bring this thing about or is certain of the outcome that Allah brings about. However,.

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And so we always remember these two these two pillars and in order for us to undertake anything as human beings we have to have a le a level of faith in that thing for instance I'll give you an example a scientist looks in his microscope and studies some kind of some kind of virus trying to figure out a cure for this virus or bacteria or whatever. Now, what would cause this man to spend hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours studying this virus? There's only one thing that drives him and that is the belief that this puzzle can be solved. If he doesn't believe that there is a cure, he won't try. Even if he is unsure if there's a cure, maybe there is, maybe there isn't, he would not try. We would not have the willpower to undertake such a tedious path and journey. There is inherently a level of belief when a person undertakes the physical means to a particular intended goal or intended outcome. a person who you know and which is why it is so ironic when you look at you know so-called scientists, biologists or astrologicists etc. when they try to when they are simultaneously trying to learn about the universe but disbelieve in its creator because how do how do you know that it's not just random? How do you know there's a method behind this madness? That there is a harmony behind it? What makes you so sure there is a discovery to be made? Maybe things just are the way they are superficially and that's it. Don't make it more than that. There is no bigger answer. There is no undiscovered molecule. There is no but we don't have this belief. The belief inherently is there is an answer to the question. Therefore, I continue to pursue the question. This is when a when the Muslim has in Allah, he is not placing his trust or he is not placing his sights on the physical means. Rather the disbeliever may do the same thing and undertake the physical means but the belief is in the physical means itself. No, the Muslim does that physical thing and his reliance and his in Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala. That is the difference. And do not think that a Muslim is not in danger of placing his trust in the physical world rather than in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala himself. Have you ever met a Muslim who allows himself to become debased in order to earn a dollar? Yeah, you have. What has happened here? the physical or the trust has shifted from trust in Allah to trust in the physical means to the point that they feel that if they do not continue to have access to these physical means they will no longer have have access to the bounty of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the people of the book before that the Jews in Medina were fighting against the prophet sallall.aii Wasam thinking that their their fortresses were going to protect them. Allah that they thought that their fortress was going to keep them safe from Allah himself. How could you think that? How could they think that? They're they're people of the book because if you were to ask them, they would say, "No, no, no. Our trust is in Allah." But when you watch the action, the action tells a different story. So the Muslim is in danger of not having his trust be in Allah, but his trust be in other than Allah.

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