#aslim

“Alḥamdu li-Llāhi ‘alā kulli ḥāl. Yā Muawwila l-aḥwāl ḥawwil ḥālanā ilā aḥsani ḥāl” (dua).  Thanks be to Allah ﷻ for every condition. Thanks be to Allah ﷻ a million times for all the blessings, baraka, health, and everything else. This is a great duty to practice towards Allah; however, people do not fulfill their duties towards Allah ﷻ. They curse at Allah’s blessings (ni‘mah). To good that is done [towards them], they react with evil instead being in thankfulness. And for this reason, the things that happen to them are curses, whereas for a mu’min all that happens is good. There is good in all of what happens. Evil does not come from Allah ﷻ; it is people who cause it to come. “Yurīdu ’Llahu bikumu l-yusra wal yurīdu bikumu l-‘usr” (Qur’ān 2:185). Allah ﷻ wants goodness for you, not difficulties or hardship. This is the word of Allah ﷻ in the Holy Quran. It is what Allah ﷻ promised people, and yet people ask for evil with their own hands. They ask for bad, but then cannot endure it.

“Fāṣbirū awlā taṣbirū asw’un ‘alayhim, innama  tujzawna mā kuntum ta’malūn" (Qur’ān 52:16). Whether you show patience or not, nothing will change. This is the situation now. The world is helpless, and people are going mad to do something, to go here or there and do this or that. They run around, but in vain, [and then] they return. It is a time of wisdom, and people should submit to Allah ﷻ. They will be in comfort.  “Aslim, taslam” (Hadith). The Holy Prophet ﷺ says in the letters he sent to the kings, “Aslim, taslam.” Submit so that you find peace. This is what to do now in this situation. To those who are not Muslims, who have no faith, submit to Allah ﷻ, accept Him and find peace; otherwise, whether patient or not for the one who has no faith all else is vain. All that he bears with is for no use. For a Muslim every grain of it is for his good.This matter of faith is more important. The [real] vaccination is a vaccine of faith and strength of faith, insha’Allah. By such means, the station of those with faith is elevated, may Allah ﷻ bless it and accept it.”

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