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In the past month, I've seen a lot--A LOT of brothers and sisters who's iman has either dropped considerably or they're trying to figure out their way.
I want you all to bear in mind that a forum is a place for discussion, support, and reminding. There are a lot of positives that can help us in our iman, but there are some downfalls as well such us having varying opinions, bluntness/criticism, negativity, and ignorance. So while you're trying to figure something out, you're getting different answers. Varying answers leads to more confusion...What do you do??
This is how I imagine some of you (bear with me on my weird analogies
) your brain is a square, and islam is a circle. Once you realize that Islam is a circle, all of a sudden you start thinking that "I don't understand why Islam does this or says this or is this.." then you may see other people who have circle brains and you wonder "how do they understand Islam but not me, why is their brain a circle and not a square like mine??? why do i have to suffer?? Maybe Islam is just not meant for me.." Basically, you wake up to the fact that you don't know much about Islam and you also don't know about your own self either because you've been blindly following and now you've come to a place in your life where things aren't going so well. As you search for answers, you get distracted and start asking random questions (yes a lot of you ask questions that really have no real significance in your life).
So, this is a reminder for you all:
The first word that Allah sent down to Muhammed (peace be upon him) was IQRA. You all need to go to the basics of Islam. Leave the forum, take a break. Read the Quran and read the tafsir. Some of you try to nitpick the difference between what the quran says and what science says and haven't even read the Quran cover to cover (probably never even took anything above basic science either). You wonder about why your life has been so bad and you blame Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but you did not learn the essence of "sabrun jameel" or how Allah trials the servants He LOVES. You will educate yourselves for worldly gains to get a degree, cry about how can't find a job, pray only once because you're desperate, and then complain about how Allah is not listening. You spent your whole life learning the knowledge of this world, and you never once dedicated time to take a course about your own deen. Why? Iqra!
The people of this forum have limited knowledge and even moreso, we don't know your entire situation. Allah does though! So the least you can do for yourself is to learn about your deen. Ask questions that awaken your soul instead of nitpicking with scientists and scholars about why this occurs or why that occurs. Listen, there are scientists who know more than you and I about the world and they are Muslims. There are scholars who spent majority of their life studying Islam, who will always disagree with other scholars, and yet they are still Muslim! There are people who become Muslims from a history of atheism and witchcraft. There are people who are dying from the worst diseases or from famine and war, and they still have their deen intact. Yet you're over here wondering "why is there suffering in the world? Why does one scholar say you have to do this but the other says you shouldn't?" If the sufferers believe in Allah and say ALHEMDULILAH, then there's something they have that you need to gain. If Atheists can accept and understand islam, then you can renew yours. IF scholars can put aside religious differences and still practice Islam, then you have no excuse.
Also remember that the people that faced the BIGGEST trials, were the prophets pbut. Not you, not your family, not the kid dying from cancer...It was the prophets. They lived amongst the WORST of people during the WORST of times. How did they get through it? Read about the sahaba, the closest people to them. You can connect to anyone of these beautiful people. Bilal came from slavery, Mus'ab bin U'mair came from wealth...how did they discover Islam and become the best of the best? Read about Yusuf who was betrayed by his brothers, about Ayoub who's patience was tested to an extent we cannot even understand. Learn about these things..whatever trial you are facing, you can connect with them and learn how they overcame it, because if they were able to, you FOR SURE can, especially when you have an advantage of not having tests even near theirs!
You have a gift of Islam and just because you don't know how to use it, doesn't mean you put the blame on Islam. So back to my analogy...You can shape your square brain into a circle by triggering knowledge that applies to you and your soul. Slowly it will soften and take it's proper shape..What difference does it make if dinosaurs ever existed but are not in the Quran? They're not here NOW, but your depression, your problem, your confusion, your "fill in the blank" is still here. How will you deal with that from an Islamic perspective? IQRA.
Put aside your arrogance and desires which can only satisfy you momentarily, and for once do something that will benefit your soul for eternity. I'm not saying to refrain from asking questions, No, ask questions..but ask the right questions at the right time--the time when you are able to actually comprehend the logic behind everything. Knowledge builds upon itself...we don't teach children how to write stories before they can read and write the alphabet and put together sentences..right? Sooo why do some of you search for answers that do nothing for you in the end? Your soul is suffering, fix that first, because even if some of you thought about leaving Islam it doesn't remove the fact that Allah exists..it doesn't take away the fact that your life will one day cease to exist and you will have to meet Him..and it doesn't take away the fact that just because your desires don't meet with Islam it makes it false. Islam will never become a "square" for you..you have to fit yourself into that round mold. I see the zeal of some of you working so hard to do something to fulfil your lowest desires, to break someone, to seek revenge, to harm yourselves to the point of suicide, but that zeal is not even there when it comes to saving yourselves and finding the path to Allah.
In the past month, I've seen a lot--A LOT of brothers and sisters who's iman has either dropped considerably or they're trying to figure out their way.
I want you all to bear in mind that a forum is a place for discussion, support, and reminding. There are a lot of positives that can help us in our iman, but there are some downfalls as well such us having varying opinions, bluntness/criticism, negativity, and ignorance. So while you're trying to figure something out, you're getting different answers. Varying answers leads to more confusion...What do you do??
This is how I imagine some of you (bear with me on my weird analogies
) your brain is a square, and islam is a circle. Once you realize that Islam is a circle, all of a sudden you start thinking that "I don't understand why Islam does this or says this or is this.." then you may see other people who have circle brains and you wonder "how do they understand Islam but not me, why is their brain a circle and not a square like mine??? why do i have to suffer?? Maybe Islam is just not meant for me.." Basically, you wake up to the fact that you don't know much about Islam and you also don't know about your own self either because you've been blindly following and now you've come to a place in your life where things aren't going so well. As you search for answers, you get distracted and start asking random questions (yes a lot of you ask questions that really have no real significance in your life).So, this is a reminder for you all:
The first word that Allah sent down to Muhammed (peace be upon him) was IQRA. You all need to go to the basics of Islam. Leave the forum, take a break. Read the Quran and read the tafsir. Some of you try to nitpick the difference between what the quran says and what science says and haven't even read the Quran cover to cover (probably never even took anything above basic science either). You wonder about why your life has been so bad and you blame Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but you did not learn the essence of "sabrun jameel" or how Allah trials the servants He LOVES. You will educate yourselves for worldly gains to get a degree, cry about how can't find a job, pray only once because you're desperate, and then complain about how Allah is not listening. You spent your whole life learning the knowledge of this world, and you never once dedicated time to take a course about your own deen. Why? Iqra!
The people of this forum have limited knowledge and even moreso, we don't know your entire situation. Allah does though! So the least you can do for yourself is to learn about your deen. Ask questions that awaken your soul instead of nitpicking with scientists and scholars about why this occurs or why that occurs. Listen, there are scientists who know more than you and I about the world and they are Muslims. There are scholars who spent majority of their life studying Islam, who will always disagree with other scholars, and yet they are still Muslim! There are people who become Muslims from a history of atheism and witchcraft. There are people who are dying from the worst diseases or from famine and war, and they still have their deen intact. Yet you're over here wondering "why is there suffering in the world? Why does one scholar say you have to do this but the other says you shouldn't?" If the sufferers believe in Allah and say ALHEMDULILAH, then there's something they have that you need to gain. If Atheists can accept and understand islam, then you can renew yours. IF scholars can put aside religious differences and still practice Islam, then you have no excuse.
Also remember that the people that faced the BIGGEST trials, were the prophets pbut. Not you, not your family, not the kid dying from cancer...It was the prophets. They lived amongst the WORST of people during the WORST of times. How did they get through it? Read about the sahaba, the closest people to them. You can connect to anyone of these beautiful people. Bilal came from slavery, Mus'ab bin U'mair came from wealth...how did they discover Islam and become the best of the best? Read about Yusuf who was betrayed by his brothers, about Ayoub who's patience was tested to an extent we cannot even understand. Learn about these things..whatever trial you are facing, you can connect with them and learn how they overcame it, because if they were able to, you FOR SURE can, especially when you have an advantage of not having tests even near theirs!
You have a gift of Islam and just because you don't know how to use it, doesn't mean you put the blame on Islam. So back to my analogy...You can shape your square brain into a circle by triggering knowledge that applies to you and your soul. Slowly it will soften and take it's proper shape..What difference does it make if dinosaurs ever existed but are not in the Quran? They're not here NOW, but your depression, your problem, your confusion, your "fill in the blank" is still here. How will you deal with that from an Islamic perspective? IQRA.
Put aside your arrogance and desires which can only satisfy you momentarily, and for once do something that will benefit your soul for eternity. I'm not saying to refrain from asking questions, No, ask questions..but ask the right questions at the right time--the time when you are able to actually comprehend the logic behind everything. Knowledge builds upon itself...we don't teach children how to write stories before they can read and write the alphabet and put together sentences..right? Sooo why do some of you search for answers that do nothing for you in the end? Your soul is suffering, fix that first, because even if some of you thought about leaving Islam it doesn't remove the fact that Allah exists..it doesn't take away the fact that your life will one day cease to exist and you will have to meet Him..and it doesn't take away the fact that just because your desires don't meet with Islam it makes it false. Islam will never become a "square" for you..you have to fit yourself into that round mold. I see the zeal of some of you working so hard to do something to fulfil your lowest desires, to break someone, to seek revenge, to harm yourselves to the point of suicide, but that zeal is not even there when it comes to saving yourselves and finding the path to Allah.
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