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The People of the Ditch
They ask why they still face trails despite this. They ask why Muslims are in poverty and hardship whilst disbelievers enjoy every luxury imaginable, from wealth to good quality of life.
Why is this the case?
There is a simple answer to this. It is mentioned in hadith:
اَلدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِن وَ جَنَّۃُ الْکَافِر
The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.[1]
Now think: what happens in a prison? They are places of difficulty, troubles, worries, scarcity, and hardship. As Muslims, this means the same things will certainly come to us in this world.
The responsibilities of a Muslim
Allah proclaims in the Quran:
اَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ اَنْ یُّتْرَکُوْۤا اَنْ یَّقُوْلُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا وَ ھُمْ لَا یُفْتَنُوْنَ (۲)
Do people think they will be left as they say, “We believe”, and they will not be tested?[2]
In Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān, it says, “We learn Allah shall test believers as per their strength of faith. Illness, poverty, problems; these are tests from Him which differentiate the sincere from the hypocritical.[3]
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellence of sending of ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech intentions
- The People of the Ditch
- Brief introduction to Sūrat al-Burūj
- What we can learn from this
- 1) Muslims and trials
- The responsibilities of a Muslim
- Allah tests those He loves
- Trials are also a mercy
- Remain steadfast upon Islam
- 2) Do not cause harm
- Who is good or bad?
- The sanctity of Muslim blood, wealth, and honour
- 3) The biting fish
- The intoxication of power
- Pious Deed number 18
- Sunnas and manners of travelling
- Announcement
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 Duroods
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 28th November 2024
- Remaining Sunnas and manners of travelling
- Dua for goodness in this world and the Hereafter
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
