“And whoever strives ˹in Allah’s cause˺, only does so for their own good. Surely Allah is not in need of ˹any of˺ His creation.” (Qur’an 29:6)
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Ramadan Day 18: Allah is not in need of us. We are in need of Allah.
*18th of Ramadan*
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*Heart Illness: The tounge*
Sa’d Bin Mu’ath May Allah be pleased with him asked the Blessed Prophet (saw): are we held accountable for what we say?, The Blessed Prophet (saw) replied:
“May your mother lose you, are the people thrown in hell on their faces for other than their tongues?”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/nawawi40:29)
In another Hadith: “The man can say a word -which he doesn’t care about-, which would make him fall to hell for 70 years.”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:3970)
There are many diseases of the tongue.
Obscenity, cursing and swearing.
Laughing and joking excessively-everything in moderation. (These actions cause one to drop their guard)
Backbiting
Gossip
Lying
Mockery and ridicule
Whistling
The tounge is small in size but big in crime
*Fate and Destiny*
“But you cannot will ˹to do so˺ unless Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” (Qur’an 76:30)
We should believe in destiny by Allah either good or evil, The Blessed Prophet (saw) said:
“You will not believe and reach the reality of faith, until you believe in fate good and evil that it’s from Allah exalted.”, Ubada Bin Assamit -May Allah be pleased with him- said: “O messenger of Allah, how can I know good fate and its evil?”, he said: “To know that what missed you wasn’t going to hit you, and what hit you wasn’t going to miss you, if you died upon other than this you will enter hell.”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/abudawud:4700)
The meaning of destiny is an area of difference in opinion by Islamic schools:
Some over affirmed it, and they are the Jahmis who said that humans have no free will, and the human is like a string that’s moved by wind.
Some over denied it, and they are Mu’tazilis who deny the effect of divine will on human beings, and that humans are completely independent in choosing and making actions.
Some took a middle opinion that collects all these proofs, affirming destiny and free will, saying that all humans in their actions good or evil have the aspect of كسب acquisition but not creation, and acquisition entails reward and punishment, but creation doesn’t, as Allah is the creator of everything including the actions of people, and this doesn’t contradict that Allah knows everything that people will do, some actions Allah likes and some he dislikes, so the human is not forced to do an action, but whatever actions they do is known by Allah in eternity.
The last one is our creed, the creed of people of truth and straightness the Ibadis, and it collects all textual proofs that seem contradicting on the surface in a comprehensive way.
Fate is a secret from the secrets of Allah, that’s why we aren’t supposed to dive deep into it, but we should believe that Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala doesn’t punish a person for other than his actions, so when Allah punishes someone for his evil that he acquired, and not for the action Allah created, and the same with good deeds.
And the people that deny acquisition and claim that punishments and rewards that are entailed by actions are because Allah found these good and evil actions at the hand of the human, without the human acquiring it is impossible, as Allah is more merciful and greater than punishing someone for something he had no choice in.
For those who want to acquire more in depth information on this subject you may wish to see the following article:
*Priority of Imamate in Prayer*
when praying in congregation, here is the order of who should be an Imam from the Hadith of the prophet peace be upon him:
1- The most knowledgeable in reciting the Qur’an
2- The most knowledgeable in Sunnah
3- The earlier in Hijrah (migration to Medina)
4- The older in age
So if a more knowledgeable in Fiqh and a better reciter are present the better reciter should lead, as long as he has a enough Fiqh knowledge to pray.
The Fasiq (sinner) is not qualified to lead a prayer, but if he does then the prayer is correct as long as nothing else corrupts it and Allah knows best
May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah!
May Allah (swt) Forgive the Ummah!
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