bless him with his infinite blessings and give him the promised station as he has promised!) ran, the stones where thrown to such a degree his blessed body was full with flowing blood his blessed feet was covered in blood due to the excessive bleeding, imagine how the beloved felt, this happened at a time when his closest source of comfort from the dunya terms, his beloved uncle and wife, kadhija radiallahu’anha (may Allaah be pleased with her) passed away, the most disliked person by the disbelievers in his home town Makkah, in despair he turned to Ta’aif but what was their reply we have just seen. One of the events which happened before the throwing of the stones was, he Salla’huali’hi’wa’Salam, went to meet the leaders of the town, to do dawah. The three leaders in answer to his Salla’huali’hi’wa’Salam wishes, said words like “if you had any good the first people to benefit from you would have been the people from your own town” the other said “if you are a real prophet then who am I to talk to you and if you are not then you are a liar and I have no time to speak to you”.
Imagine! O Muslim what he the greatest and the most closest to Allah Azzawajal must have been going through, BUT understand what was to come after the experience, the Is’ra’wal’miraj (the night ascension), more so immediate help and guidance was given to him when he made the dua under the tree, angels of wrath were sent to him but as he Salla’huali’hi’wa’Salam is a mercy to all the worlds replied “no, maybe later Ta’aif will be from the muslims” to the nearest words, and we see the fruits of it today.
So, understand and remember o Muslim with every hardship/s there will be ease, if not in this world then in the real life of ours in akhirah (afterlife) InshaAllaah. Do not try to look at the situation from your limited perspective. As the wisdom behind everything in the infinite knowledge of the almighty is far greater than you can imagine.

The question of free will

Mans great misconception amongst others is the idea of free will, what is the free will? Know o obedient slave of the greatest, that we have been endowed freedom of will in two areas, that is to say we can either do good or evil, none, on the face of the earth can delay ones departure from this deceptive world or do something which no man has been able to do. Come to understand this then, we only can do good or evil, we can either accept the divinely revealed words or reject them, we can either worship our lord or reject him and worship the outcast and the cursed one. Many a time, in amongst the past and the present generation man has tried to determine his own life by whatever means, either by wearing out his energy in trying to prolong his life span, or to shorten it, but to no avail. Only what is written will come to pass. Realise this that you cannot increase or decrease the amount of providence Al rizq you have, not even by one grain of wheat. Whatever rizq you have been destined will unfold no matter the circumstances, but at times it can be delayed. This is to the effect that ones life will not be summoned to account before the lord of the worlds, unless you have been given your destined share, the angel of death (Israel – the name of the angel of death) has no ability to recall back the soul unless you have had the full share of your rizq. The angel of distributing the destined rizk for all of the creation is consulted before his (Israel) duty is to be extinguished, as to whether the son of Adam has had his full share. Once the report has given to the angel of death that it has been fulfilled, only then does the powerful angel appear at your presence
Al rizk is distributed to the slave of the almighty, no matter what route he takes, i.e. good or evil, the route or the channel you adopt to obtain your destined share.
Clear this from your mind, that a robber who steals from a house would have most certainly have attained the amount of wealth, be it in the form of food, gold or silver but he chose to steal. Nevertheless the channel through which he acquired the wealth was evil. Understand therefore we can only intend and do good or evil; the case of worshipping is the same o brother in faith, for we can only worship the lord or the evil nafs which resides in our selves or the outcast one. There is not the case of, not worshiping at all, or anything.

The expansion (Al Bast)

The state of the heart is at ease, no situation arises that the heart does not stay in its mutual harmony. No situation has the effect of changing it to that of the previous state mentioned, although, it can be so. Know that at the time of the heart being in the state of expansion you experience a state to where, all is seemed as being in peace. To perform good deeds you feel at tranquillity and find it easy, one at peace with his heart. To perform extra prayers and acts of good deeds you will opt for. When seeing, hearing, listening and speaking you avoid words, which are of unworthy to be mentioned, you avoid listening to things, which the shariyah does not permit.  You avoid going to places where it’s not permitted, on seeing, you lower your gaze to what has been disallowed and also including the rest of the bodily organs which every son of Adam utilises either to
Disobey or obey the almighty. Eating, the private parts, the hands for examples. You try to perform A’mar’bil maruf’wa’nah’ya’nil’munkar (performing and commanding what is good and forbidding what is evil).
Understand this, that as the heart is one of which is changing from time to time, the wise one will be always vigilant of its activities. In some cases it is transmitted to us from the wise men as being the nafs. Know and realise, do not be deluded in thinking you are what you are acting as, for surely when the sate of constriction reappears upon us the real state is apparent.
As the wise men have said, the one who at times of difficulty is the same person at the time of ease is the real servant of Allaah. This is however something, which is not easy for all to accomplish as most of mankind, are drowning in the sea of sins. This can be attained however when one goes under a strict tazkiyah (purification) of the heart programme under the guidance of a teacher.
One who is under such state should have the concern that Allaah has not left him to himself, for he has said, the sons of Adam with whom his wrath has been decreed will have their full share fun and joy here in this transient world, so no reward shall be for them in the life to come. For, to be in the curse and wrath of the almighty is one of great hardship upon you and will be, as the almighty has shown us in his mighty words. The Satan was one of such examples, he was in the sate of expansion as all was going well for him, elevated in the sight of the almighty and furthermore taken into paradise, he at these times was at ease and proud of himself of what he had achieved, and performing acts of righteousness for these reasons. No hardship, no pain was upon him BUT when placed in front of the test, the state of constriction appeared and a mighty constriction it was! This made him react in ways he did not do before making apparent all the evilness inside of himself.
Know therefore o seeker of truth the wise saying of the men of our ummah.
So whatever state you are experiencing do not change when hard times afflict you. As the proof of Islam Al ghazali said; if one is to pour water from a container at one go on a rock then no trace will there be on it, but if a drop is constantly poured on the rock over some time, a mark will be left on it. In light of the wise example, do acts of I’badaah in consistency. Do not do it for states, feelings or situations, for Allaah surely loves acts with steadfastness. Allah does not love a man who acts righteous one day and acts like a devil the next whereas a man who does an act of worship whether it is small or large but with steadfastness is loved by Allaah.
 From the examples of the past the almighty often tests man at times of ease, at times when the son of Adam is satisfied. To see whether or not you still turn to him, cry to him as you used to, to ask of him and to thank him. Take advantage of this state o slave of Allaah at these times, make constant du’aa (to make a request to Allah) ask the almighty to aid you in your worship and to give you steadfastness in I’badaah so at the times when the heart is not inclined to righteousness you persevere in acts which will be a means of you felicity on the day of rising, and for the trials to come.  Take this advice of a brother to the concerned one, understand clearly now, what your aspirations and hope in life should be, clear your mind and realise how deceptive this life is, every day, you see, hear and listen to how people have been deceived, of how people have been let down by other people for surely a lover leaves his beloved at times of difficulties the past has been to an example to us for such situations. Remember not to give your heart to anyone but to the almighty. Do not give the inner part of the most precious part of the body to anyone apart from the one who hides mans countless sins whether they are of small or large, the one who loves the son of Adam more than the mother loves her child.

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