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Four Points
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa BarakatuhuAt the pestering of my beloved friend, I will make a post bi ‘ithnillah. 
Even though I should be studying for my TCE exam for tomorrow, I decided to take some time out for those readers of my blogs who are disappointed when I don’t update. =P
Narrated Muhammad ibn Abi Imran, “I heard a man asking Hatim al-Asamm: ‘On what have you based your dependence on Allah?’ He said: ‘On four points: I knew that my sustenance cannot be eaten by someone else and I am assured, I knew that my duty cannot be done by anyone else, so I kept myself busy with that. I knew that death will come suddenly to me, so I prepared myself for it. I knew that wherever I go I am under Allah’s Eye, so I am always shy of Him.’
Quite a few pieces of benefit can be derived from this quote. It’s amazing how some words can have several different implications. The following comments are how I perceived the quote. If anyone has anything else, feel free to share inshaAllaah.“
I knew that my sustenance cannot be eaten by someone else and I am assured.”Â
 Know that what you have is yours. It is already been written what you have and what you will do with it. Do not worry about it excessively. What sort of falls into this concept is the following hadeeth (which I truly love…it’s so comforting during trials)
“‘No slave of Allah will truly believe until he believes in Al Qadr its good and bad from Allah, until he knows that what has befallen him was not going to miss him and that what missed him was not going to befallen him.’”(Tirmidhi)
Trust in Allaah that whatever happens is for the best. I cannot remember where I got the following statement from, so if anyone could refresh my memory that would be awesome. “If you were able to see into the future and know exactly what would happen, you would choose to happen what Allaah chose for you.” They said it way better….I think it was on IslamicAwakening.
Moving on….I knew that my duty cannot be done by anyone else, so I kept myself busy with that.
Very interesting thing to say. And what is our primary (sole) duty? Worshipping Allaah subhana wa Ta’ala. No one else can do this for us. On Yawm Al Qiyamah, we will be the ones to answer for ourselves. What kind of an excuse will we give when we are asked why we didn’t perform our salaah perfectly? “Because they wanted to go to a party and I didn’t want to miss out on the fun they were having!” or “My boss/teacher/whoever was waiting on me. I had to perform my prayer quickly in order to keep them happy!” Dear brothers and sisters, I know I have fallen into both ‘excuses’ at one time or another. In fact, I don’t think I have had a perfect prayer as there is always room for improvement. We should try to better ourselves inshaAllaah. Remember our prayers (or lack thereof) do not affect Allaah. Rather they are for US and our REAL future (the akhira). Salaah is the first thing that will be asked about.
‘Abdullah ibn Qart radiAllaahu anhu related that the RasoolAllaah sal Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The first act that the slave will be accountable for on the Day of Judgement will be salaah. If it is good, then the rest of his acts will be good. And if it is evil, then the rest of his acts will be evil.” [at-Tabaraani]
Do not regard acts of worship (not just salaah) as dreaded chores or something to get over with. Wallaahi this advice (as well as the rest of the article) is to myself first and foremost. We should be honored that Allaah has guided us to the Deen. We should be honored that we have been privledged to do these things with full yaqeen.“
I knew that death will come suddenly to me, so I prepared myself for it.”
That’s the smartest thing to do. Let me pose a scenario to you. You know that there is a test in three months. This can make or break your future. Would you wait until the last minute (two hours before the test) to start studying, as you normally do for other tests? Or would you try to utilize the time you have been given in advance to prepare for it? I’m guessing that most of you would study a lot if it truly did benefit or harm your future in an enormous way. Allaah has given us a warning that has been with us since the moment we were born. Why then do we not take heed and prepare for this larger test that will determine where we will end up in the akhira?
I knew that wherever I go I am under Allah’s Eye, so I am always shy of Him.’
This is how the muhsin behaves. A muhsin worships Allaah as if he sees Allaah in front of him, watching. When we are doing something that would make us ashamed if someone who appears to be righteous saw us and that which we would try to hide from people, why do we not remember that Allaah is Watching us always? Why are we not ashamed to commit sins knowing that Allaah can See? Allaahul Musta’an.
I noticed as I was typing this up, I was thinking about the faults in me….so it truly is from the heart. This is naseeha for myself and I am sharing it with you. If you notice any faults in this, it is from me or shaytaan. Any good is from Allaah.Â
Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
