Peace
be upon you brothers and sisters. May Allah bless all of you. To our brothers
and sisters who have taken and will be taking their examinations, I would like
to wish all of you a good luck and may all of you succeed with flying colours.J
Dear
brothers and sisters,
Have
a look at our own lives, we frequently complain at every little thing? We might
think that our lives are more distressing and pity compared to our friends or
relatives. Why are they wealthy? Why am I so unlucky? Is this my fate of life?
Indeed, we always view the contrary whenever we see successful people. Having
this kind of thoughts makes us give up easily and assume that this is our
destiny while we actually have no knowledge about it at all. Therefore, it is
important to realise that our fate is in the hands of Allah, who is
All-Knowing. Allah knows what best for us. If we do not get what we have
planned and worked for, there must be hikmah behind it. This is because Allah
has a better plan for us in the future or the hereafter. Yet as a Muslim, we
should strive for the best, work hard and always pray to Allah after that. This
is what we call as tawakkal. The question is how we can get a good destiny? In
this blog, I would like to share a few steps on how we could change our destiny
with Allah’s will.
Prayer
&Doa’
This
is one of the first things that we must always bear in our mind as a Muslim. Performing
five times prayers in a day is the second pillar of Islam after reciting the
two Syahadahs. It is vital for a Muslim to obey Allah’s commands by
accomplishing all the five pillars. Besides performing prayers, another act
that can change the qada’ and qadar with Allah’s will is doa’.
According
to Tsauban R.A, the Prophet says, “Nothing can resist the fate besides prayer”.
- Authentic hadith narrated by IbnHibban in his Sahih. (Agreed upon by
al-Zahabiauthencity).
Hence,
there is no excuse for us to stop praying to Allah. Furthermore, Allah has
listed out a few times and places where doa’s is certainly fulfilled
(Mustajab). This shows that Allah has a full of compassion on us and He is
indeed the Most Merciful.
Good
Deeds
Sometimes,
doing something for the benefits of ourselves is not good enough. What we
should be reminded is that we must always perform good deeds for the others
such as charity. Though, the easiest way to be a generous person is by
volunteering in any community services or by just helping the unfortunates. Allah
loves people who are willing to sacrifice their work and time for other
people’s convenience. By doing this, insyaAllah we will be rewarded with
pahala.
This
is based on the hadith narrated by Anas bin Malik, saying that the Prophet
said: “The charity is able to suppress the wrath of al-Rabb (Allah).” Hadith
narrated by Tirmidhi no. 664.
HusnuZon (Having Good Intention) of Allah and Others
At some point in our lives, we might have met people who
keep blaming Allah whenever they had a misfortune. To them, Allah does not love
them anymore or Allah has acted unfairly to them, and many other excuses. It is
absolutely irrational for us to blame Allah for whatever we encounter in our
lives. Do keep this in our mind; has Allah not given us enough? We should be
grateful since Allah has created us and given us a life.
Most importantly, born as a Muslim is one of the biggest awards that Allah has
had ever conferred us. Also, we should always have good intention not only to
Allah but other people as well.
The Prophet says:"Do notdie unless youare husnuzon(good intention) ofGod." -AuthenticHadithnarrated by Muslim, Ahmadandal-Bayhaqi.
I would like to share a story about an ordinary young lady who has a bad
perception towards a young man in a railway station which takes place in the
U.K. This lady is on her way to her hometown. While waiting for the train to
come, she gets herself a newspaper to do the crossword, a cup of coffee and a
packet of cookies. As she goes and sits on a bench, a perfect ordinary-looking
young man sits beside her, wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase.
At first, the lady does not notice anything weird in that man. Suddenly,
the man leans to his left and picks up the packet of cookies, tears it open,
takes one out, and has a bite of it. What she does is has a look at the
newspaper, takes a sip of coffee, tries to do the crossword as she cannot do
anything. What do you think happens next? She will just have to go for it and
there she tries very hard not to notice the fact that the packet is already
mysteriously opened. She takes out a cookie for herself. She thinks, that will
settle the man. But it is not because a moment or two later, the man does it
again. He takes another cookie.
He takes one, she takes one, he takes one, and she takes one. It feels like
a lifetime. Finally, when they get to the end, the man stands up and walks
away. Well, they exchange meaningful looks then he walks away, and the lady
breathes a sigh of relief and sits back. A moment or two later the train is
coming in, so she tosses back the rest of her coffee, stands up, picks up the
newspaper, and underneath the newspaper are her cookies. As she notices her
cookies, she feels embarrassed as she is the one eating the man’s cookies.
Hence, this shows us that having good intention of others is essential and
this helps us build rapport with other people and become a respectful person.
Effort & Hard work
Last but not least, we could change our fate of life by
effort and hard work. We must not solely depend on chances or luck for us to
get what we want. If our first attempt doesn’t work, try to find a new way to
reach to the top and never give up if we ever fail. Many people in this world
from the past had shown to us that hard work really pays. For instance, our
Prophet Muhammad S.A.W never gave up preaching the people about Islam. He is
the best role model that we have in Islam. There is no reason for us to never
put an effort in order to become successful.
There is a saying that journey to a million miles begins with
a single step. So, start your journey by setting a goal in every single thing
that you do. Always begin with basmallahand remember Allah once you are at the
top.InsyaAllah you will succeed.
At that’s it for this time, thank you for willing to spend
your time reading this article. I hope it benefits you. Assalamualaikum w.b.t.
Written by,
Muhammad Anwar bin Azrin
Bureau of Economy
MSOC 2013/2014
"One of the
hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter"
- James Earl Jones
