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You will get tested regarding everything you learn and preach

It’s not a mere coincidence that every time you learn a matter of the Deen, post something regarding it, or preach about it - you are immediately tested regarding it. For sure, Allāh is testing you, to see if you are among the truthful or among the liars. To see if you were just the typical copy-paster/hypocritical speaker, or a man of action, truthful to the Haqq he preached.

It usually goes something like this:

You post about speaking the Haqq and not being afraid of harm in this path, and suddenly you get an email or a knock on the door, letting you know you’re now being “watched”. Will you continue speaking the Haqq regardless, or will you turn back on your heels in cowardice?!

You learn about being patient during trials and being pleased with Allāh’s decree, and suddenly you’re hit by a calamity. Will you wipe the tears and whisper Alhamdulillah, or will you turn around in despair and complain to the people about your suffering?!

You speak about the importance of advising people and suddenly you get advised and corrected. Will you humble yourself (by accepting it) and thank the person, or will you turn away in arrogance, rejecting it and criticizing them?!

The point is, everything we learn/preach/post about the Deen, we will definitely be tested on it. If you fail the test, life will go on and you probably won’t even notice it, but it will come back to haunt you in the hereafter. What’s sad is that majority of people are careless, and don’t even realize when this happens and they fail the test too.

As for those who were fearful of their Lord, they remember everything they said in the past. And when the time comes to be tested, they strive to apply everything with the utmost sincerity & perfection, and with the help of Allāh they succeed. Thus winning the love of the One for whose sake they did all this for.

The tests & trials will feel like mere memories after they pass, but your reaction to it (specifically in the first moments) will have everlasting effects in the hereafter. Effects which you will either rejoice over or regret over.

So remember, it’s very easy to learn, memorize, preach, and post. But when the test comes, that’s when the true colors are shown and the real men rush forward to prove themselves, while the cowards shrink away into the shadows.

Act upon everything you preach, and constantly check yourself to make sure you’re not turning into a hypocrite and a liar. The Haqq is meant to flow off the tongues and be applied in every little corner of your life. Don’t constrict it to just your finger tips and tongue.

Every time we’re about to click the post/tweet button or stand up to preach to the people, we should have sweat rolling down our forehead. Fearing for our sincerity and being tested on it, and praying to not disappoint the One who we claimed to be doing all this for.

May Allāh make us from amongst the Siddiqīn, truthful to our Lord and seeking His face in every single thing we do and say and type. Āmīn Ya Rabb!

#TalkTheTalkWalkTheWalk

Ameen Ya Rabb! Allahumma Barik, what a beneficial and heart striking post, may Allah make us steadfast. Ya Allah, if you see any minuscule good in our hearts, forgive us of our shortcomings and fulfill our wish — that these endeavors shall forever only be for your honorable Face and that our intentions not be corrupted. Dear Lord, allow not for us to slip into contradiction of our preaching and create enemies for ourselves on the Day of Resurrection.

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله وبركاته

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We fail them time and time again, and there will be a time when we won't be able to make amends for our failure and wrongdoings. May Allah allow us to rectify ourselves before we lose such precious doors to paradise and such easy means to His pleasure.

وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ الْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا

“And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.” [17:23]

means, do not let them hear anything offensive from you, not even say "Uff!" which is the mildest word of disrespect,

وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا

(and do not reprimand them) means, do not do anything horrible to them.

وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا

(and do not reprimand them) 'Ata' bin Rabah said that it meant, "Do not raise your hand against them." When Allah forbids speaking and behaving in an obnoxious manner, He commands speaking and behaving in a good manner, so He says:

وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا

(but address them in terms of honor.) meaning gently, kindly, politely, and with respect and appreciation.

وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ

(And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy,) means, be humble towards them in your actions.

وَقُل رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

(and say: "My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was young.") means, say this when they grow old and when they die.

أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ

“Give thanks to Me and to your parents. Unto Me is the final destination.” [31:14]

Focus on the Youth

#ShaykhAhmadTaughtUs

'Abdullah b. Amr reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

لدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌ وَخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ‏"

"This world is temporary enjoyment, and the best of its enjoyments is a righteous woman." [Sahih Muslim]

Because of her adherence to her religion, a woman becomes the best thing that could ever happen to a man in this life, and she becomes the greatest treasure he could ever posses. Yet, we find our sisters today discarding their religion and compromising on it's principles in order to gain value in a worthless worldly lifestyle, not knowing that they're only decreasing their worth thereby.

Dear sisters, your worth and value lies in your religion and your religion only, beware of seeking it elsewhere, lest you become a loser in both worlds.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

"There does not come a year or a day except that the one after it is worse than it until you meet your Lord."

A brother asked Shaykh Ahmad Jibril حفظه الله for some benefits from the above hadeeth and the Shaykh (حفظه الله) gave the following gems.

One of the beloved students of the Shaykh (حفظه الله) asked him why he specifically replied in forgiveness to the sister with this particular verse and the Shaykh answered with the following insightful and profound reply.

Once at a sisters Halaqah, a few years ago, the sister delivering the Halaqah mentioned the Ayah regarding men being Qawwam over women, and when explaining it, she mentioned that one of the reasons is because of what they spend of their wealth (as Allāh mentions straight after). She went on to say that’s one of the reasons husbands are deserving of respect and obedience. No sooner had she finished her sentence then the women began to giggle and smirk. One women interjected, voicing the thoughts of the rest, “Oh but nowadays, we split everything 50/50, and I work the same amount of hours as him and sometimes even more AND I raise the kids, so really, he doesn’t deserve all that obedience and respect now does he? Because we’re on the same status when it comes to providing for the family.” And all the other women who had been chuckling began to agree.

SubhānAllāh, although the sister and a couple others present began to argue with those women and their mindsets and point out that family systems were wrong to begin with, those women didn’t budge and they puffed up in arrogance, insisting that there’s no difference between them and their husbands.

When recalling this incident a few years later, one sister said, “I’m sorry for those women who married such incompetent and useless husbands that can’t even provide for them and expect them to do the job of both husband and wife, of course, it’s hard to have any respect for someone like that, because such a man doesn’t even respect himself if he’s having his wife feed him, but that’s your own ill choice and bad taste. The word of Allāh doesn’t change, however, and it’s ironic how they are going against Islām (by working haram jobs, neglecting Tarbiyah of the kids, and taking on the burden of providing for the family) and are then scoffing at Ayāt of the Qur’an and expecting it to not apply anymore because of their own bad life decisions that go against the Shari’ah.”

SubhānAllāh, the only thought that came to mind during that exchange at the Halaqah and a lesson that was extracted was something that a wise woman told us since we were young children: Once a woman starts working, you can forget that she’ll ever make a good wife.

Dependence (both for provisions and protection) is what breeds admiration, deep respect, obedience, and love. That’s why we are naturally inclined to love and obey our parents. When a woman becomes fully financially independent (even if she’s working from home and the job is Halāl) and has no need for a husband to provide for her, she loses a great deal of admiration and respect for her husband, which in turn makes it even harder for her to obey him, and she will find herself forcing herself to be obedient rather than feeling naturally inclined to do so.

So beware of allowing your women to work until they no longer depend on you whatsoever, even if the job is Halāl, it can have detrimental effects on your marriage and be extremely problematic. Wallahul Musta’ān.

Of course, this conversation was taking place between some sisters with women who were generally not on the correct ‘Aqeedah and were more modern, but the mindset they developed and their reasoning behind it is shocking, considering that they were in their 40s-50s and were all immigrants from traditional Muslim countries, raised in traditional family systems, and they were arguing with teenagers who were born and raised in the West and public schooled for most of their lives. You would expect the parties to be on opposite sides, but clearly the driving factor behind their views was the fact that they were working women for many years and that’s how their mindsets had been corrupted.

A wise sister (may Allāh protect her and bless her) said, “You women, if I let a mouse loose in this room, you’d all be screaming and standing on chairs in fright, but you think that you can be on par with your husbands as the leaders of the family and heads of the household. Know your places and what you were created for, this is not your job, even if you chose it.”

The same sister often says to younger sisters, “If a time ever comes upon you after marriage in which your husband goes through some financial difficultly or loses his job, it’s better for you to lessen your expenditures, be patient, and live on a little then to step out of your home and work to help contribute. That’s what we’ve always done in difficult times. Once a woman leaves home, it’s difficult for her to ever come back. Over the years, I’ve seen the effect that money and working has on women and their marriages, and I’ve rarely seen good outcomes from it.”

This is all a general observation, and in no way intended to take a jab at those sisters who are forced to work out of necessity due to not having husbands or being in such difficult situations. May Allāh make a way for them and protect them.

The Importance of Asking for a Suitable Mahr

"I always say that; a woman should ask for dowry and she should ask for dowry that will make the man think two and three and ten times about divorcing her. If you go and pay one dollar to marry a woman, he’s going to say: “what the heck, I’ll divorce her any day and get another one for another dollar”, if she asks for $5,000, she may not need it, but she asks for $5,000, that’s going to make the man [think], you know, it took a lot of time to gather this money and pay it for her. So, the woman should be wise and we should teach the woman about this in the future. The Prophet صلی ﷲ عليه وسلم said:

أقلهن مهورا أكثرهن بركة

The least in dowry is the most in baraka.

What is that mean? I just told you, you should ask for a large amount of dowry. Not a large amount, but if you got someone who’s coming to you, who’s a car station worker, he has saved up $10.000 maybe ask for $8,000. Cut him some slack. However, don’t go around — he has $10,000 and go and ask him for $20,000, which he could never do. Then that becomes a problem. But he has some amount of money saved, then ask so he can feel he’s getting married. The hadith “the lowest in their dowry is the most in barakah” means [regarding] the Mahr of those around them. Meaning: the Yemeni girls – and I always use this example – are going around for $20,000, some of them, $15,000 to $20,000 . That’s the average dowry men pay for a Yemeni woman. The average, from what I know. A respectable woman comes, says: “no, I don’t want to have $15,000, I’ll take $8,000”. That’s أقلهن مهورا.

She doesn’t go: “Oh, $15,000, no I take a Mushaf, or a dollar”. No, that’s not the right way to do it! Then if he divorces her, she regrets it. If he divorces her when she has the $8,000, no he’s going to think about it, it’s going to be a major problem."

— Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril (حفظه الله)