During a Jumah Khutbah in a small town, an Imam talked about the significance of saying “Insha Allah” (which means “If Allah wills”) when planning to do something in the future. After a few days, a man who had also attended the Khutbah was going to buy a cow from the market. On the way, he met a friend who asked him where he was going. He told him about buying the cow but did not say Insha Allah in the end. His friend reminded him about the Khutbah and told him to say Insha Allah. However, this individual said that he had the money he needs and the energy to go to the market, thus, there is no point of saying Insha Allah as he will certainly buy the cow. He thought that saying Insha Allah will not make any difference.
When he reached the market, he found a cow that met his expectations. He bargained with the seller and came to a reasonable price. Finally, he decided to pay for the cow but was dumbfounded when he discovered that his money was missing. A thief had stolen the money while he was walking through the busy market. The cow seller asked him whether he was going to buy the cow or not. “Insha Allah, I will buy it next week,” he said. When he reached home, his wife inquired about the cow. He told her about how he forgot to say Insha Allah, and also added, “Insha Allah, I wanted to buy the cow. But Insha Allah, my money was stolen. Insha Allah, I will buy it next week.” His wife clarified to him that we should say Insha Allah for things that are yet to happen, not for those things that had already happened. He never forgot his “Insha Allah” again.
This incident was narrated by Shaikh Wahidullah from Toronto, Canada
although the principle is correct, inshAllah does not have to be said out loud in all circumstances, but saying inshAllah out loud is beneficial for certain reasons, others hear you, u teach others, it again strengthens ur faith in Allah swt. the real importance is believing from within that it is only in the name of Allah you begin a task (bismillah), and through the will of Allah swt that a task will be completed,(inshAllah) and however the task goes, then it was Allah swt wished it to be (mashAllah), and therefore all thanks are to Allah swt (Alhamdulillah).
Allah hu Akbar!
obviously in the story detailed above, the man did not firmly believe that things only happenthrough the will of Allah swt.
Last edited by Ummah; 05-19-2006 at 11:49 AM.
"So after the truth, what else can there be, save error?" [Quran 10:32]
But do you know that when a group of people came to ask the prophet (SAW), he said he would tell them tomorrow, hoping that the answer would come in revelation. But it didn't come, so each day they would return, until he said insha-Allah, and the revelation came.
This is what I heard.
ive heard a similar story-the guy says i'm going out to the field if it rains i=ll go shopping and if it doesn't i'll see to the crops. his wife told him to say insha allah, but he said there was no need since it could either rain or not rain and he had plans incase of either. but when he wnet out some robbers caught him and beat him up. they forced him to lead them to a faraway place and on the way it rained and he was soon drenched and muddy.
by the time he got home it was past midnight. his wife answered the door"who is it?"
the man replied "its me insha allah"
ive heard a similar story-the guy says i'm going out to the field if it rains i=ll go shopping and if it doesn't i'll see to the crops. his wife told him to say insha allah, but he said there was no need since it could either rain or not rain and he had plans incase of either. but when he wnet out some robbers caught him and beat him up. they forced him to lead them to a faraway place and on the way it rained and he was soon drenched and muddy.
by the time he got home it was past midnight. his wife answered the door"who is it?"
the man replied "its me insha allah"
ive heard that one tooo
"So after the truth, what else can there be, save error?" [Quran 10:32]
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