format_quote Originally Posted by
bint e aisha
عن أنس بن مالك قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَعْقِلُهَا وَأَتَوَكَّلُ أَوْ أُطْلِقُهَا وَأَتَوَكَّلُ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اعْقِلْهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ
2517 سنن الترمذي كتاب صفة القيامة والرقائق والورع
“Tie her and trust in Allah.”
Note the "و" in Arabic, it means "and".
I am sure you are right. I do not speak Arabic...but the message is clear:
First do everything you can, and
then trust in Allah.
Of course that does not mean that you cannot trust Allah before that.
Maybe that is where the confusion comes from...
because you always trust in Allah but still need to put effort to achieve things in life.
My favourite example is the farmer.
A farmer cannot just lay back and pray to Allah to have good crops.
He needs to put effort into it. plant the seeds, water it daily, check if everything is ok, etc. etc.
And after he has done everything in his power to have good crops, he can pray to Allah that it rains regularely, that his crops not get affected by frost, hail, sickness, hazardous animals, etc., etc.
Allah won't give him good crops if the farmer doesn't do anything...(normally)