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Pleasing ALLAH Our Greatest Priority
which it was said, “O Mūsā! Inform the Banī Isrā’īl to remain pleased with Me; I will then be pleased with them.”[1]
A student of Shaykh Abū ꜤAlī Daqqāq رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه revealed, “I know when Allah is pleased with me or not.” When asked how, he replied, “When I am pleased with Him, He is pleased with me.”
The flood that came to a standstill
There was once a pious person who lived in a village. Everyone respected him deeply and would ask him to pray for them. A river passed nearby to this village. Once, the banks of the river burst and the water began gushing towards the village. People were anxious about this, as the water was building up to be a flood. They ran to the pious person and asked him to pray for them. He ordered for them to bring shovels and other tools with them to the riverbank.
The pious man led the way as the village inhabitants headed to the river. They all believed they would be fixing the broken river banks, but to their surprise, the pious person began breaking what was left of them. Seeing this, people were hugely disappointed and returned with broken hearts. They had no way of escaping the flood now. Terrified, they climbed upon the roofs of their homes with their children to avoid the impending water.
After a while, they observed the water coming towards the village was slowly subsiding. It eventually stopped completely. They also saw the pious man returning with his shovel on his shoulder. Surprise gripped the entire village. They rushed down from their roofs, went to him and exclaimed, “What happened? How did the flood stop?”
He explained:
BOOK TOPIC
- Pleasing Allah: our greatest priority
- Excellence of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 3 actions that lead to Paradise
- Sweetness of faith
- 3 levels of acceptance
- The first level
- The second level
- Being content with divine decree
- Good and bad destiny is all from Allah
- Smiled upon the death of a son
- The third level
- Why is this contentment necessary?
- What does it mean to be a slave?
- Allah has placed you wherever is best
- Why did this happen?
- Allah has granted everyone the best for them
- When being blind was better
- Glad tidings for the one who remains pleased with divine decrees
- Those who will fly from their graves into Jannah
- How to please Allah
- The flood that came to a standstill
- What should we do to remain pleased with Allah’s decree
- Reading a booklet weekly
- Department of Spiritual Cures
- Prayer Times Application
- Sunnahs and etiquettes of wearing shoes
