The Sabr Series--Part III b)

Bismillahir Rahman nir Rahim

In the Name of Allah the most Beneficient

and Forgiving

Sabr IV

How has it been so far? Did you enjoy the journey till now? iA you did :)

Lets move on to the last 2 categories of Sabr:

ii)In the way of Obedience   of Allah swt.:

we have to do what Allah swt wants us to do, namely pray 5 times a day,give zakat, speak kindly to people, Not Lie, Stop gheebat , read the Quran regularly.

A very interesting point that I would like to mention here is that , to do all the above and more we need Sabr.

 The “will” to do the acts of obedience make us physically do the acts. But if we really want to do them in the best possible manner and hence gain the maximum reward, we need to have Sabr.

Now I see you asking me ”why sana”? well, the answer is, that as we start trying to increase our obedience to Allah swt, the shaitan gets after us with more intensity. To repell the accursed shaitan, we need to be patient to be “consistent in refusing the various treats the shaitan offers us if we don’t obey Allah swt.”.

 No one can attain Sabr by simply wishing it. One has to set “goals” .

For example: Zara has set her goals for “Acts Of Obedience”. They are as follows:

1.       Goals for Salah: 

atleast 1 rakat with concentration.

2.       Pray Salah at awaal waqt

3.      Proper wu’du

4.      Say bismillah before wu’du

5.      Read the shahada after wu’du

6.      Pray before one is too tired( specially isha)

7.      Learn and recite the duas in Ruku, sujood  (all these points are taken from how to increase khushoo in salah)

8.      Learn the last two ayats of Surah baqarah

9.      Recite Surah mulk every night

10.   Start reading Surah Kahf from thrusday after magrib.

You will need to personalize them according to what you need to do.

May Allah swt make it easy for you.. amen

iii) In the Acts of Disobedience to Allah swt:

1.       Learn anger management techniques

2.      Stop lying

3.      Stop gheebat

4.      Stop complaining

5.      Stop overspending

6.      Increase Fear of Allah swt

7.      Imagine the Day of Judgment and think of how would you like to be on that day as you feel the urge to gossip about a friend’s dress :)

8.      Imagine the horrors of the grave every time you feel lazy for getting up for fajr.

As I said before, you will need to personalize them  as per your needs.

      

Abu Yahya Suhayb ibn Sinan said, “The Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘What an extraordinary thing the business of the believer is! All of it is good for him. And that only applies

to the believer. If good fortune is his lot, he is grateful and it is good for

him. If something harmful happens to him, he is steadfast and that is good for him too.’” [Muslim]

It is very interesting to note that the  prophet s.a.w NEVER disobeyed Allah swt.. and he never got angry or showed impatience.

So , lets focus on our acts of Obedience and Disobedience to Allah swt.

May Allah swt make it easy for us.. amen

Inshallah see you next time!!

The Sabr Series--Part 1

Bismillahir Rahman nir Rahim

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Forgiving.

The Sabr Series-I

,As we start on a road trip, we are faced with road blocks and speed breakers and scary jungles. And we have no choice except to clear these blocks, reduce our speed, and seek Allah Swt’s help for a safe passage through the unfriendly jungle..

If we cry and shout at each tire burst, each wrong turn, then we will be too drained out to reach on time and such emotions take half the fun out of driving as we miss the beautiful landscape painted for us by Allah swt.

Hence we need to prepare ourselves mentally and physically with all sorts of things like water, extra food, fuel, tires, for such situations.

This is exactly how the “road trip” of our lives is. We start our journey and our destination is paradise.

Allah swt warns us in the beginning of the journey that if we get stuck then we should “seek help through patience..”(2:45)

As Allah swt says “Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere”

 “Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah , and indeed to Him we will return."” 2 : 156

“Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.”2 :157

In Surah Hud (11:11), Allah (S.W.T.) again promises to reward those who are patient in adversity:

Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward.

 What better reward than Allah’s mercy, guidance  and forgiveness?

The word Sabr in Arabic means to “control one self” when one is faced by something a person dislikes.

The Messenger of Allah sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, “Strange is the affair of the Mu’min (the believer), verily all his affairs are good for him. If something pleasing befalls him he thanks (Allah) and it becomes better for him. And if something harmful befalls him he is patient (Saabir) and it becomes better for him. And this is only for the Mu’mmin.

These rewards are proofs of Allah swt’s pleasure and inshallah will take us to jannah on the day of judgement.

So on this note. Lets begin the The Sabr Series, with the intention to please Allah swt and better our selves and the quality of our lives while we are in this Dunya.