Asalam Alaiykum Waramotulai Wabarakatu brothers and sisters
I wont take much much of your time with this writeup so spare few minutes and read this through.
Let start with some questions; how familiar are you with your Quran? What do you do when you are in distress or worried and your heart hurting? Will start with the latter.
When you ask most of our youths these questions, you tend to come across answers like 'will just hang out and chill with my pals', 'i will just be alone and probabaly take a nap' or 'i plug my earpiece and turn the music on' but really brethens, will that solve the problem?
let relate you listening to music at your time of distress to that of you taking alcohol, it doesnt last and once youre sober, you find out that you are still on a spot with your problem still staring at you and your heart might hurt even more, this is the same with chilling out with friends, it helps, alittle, but it wont solve it, they might even make you do things you ought not to do, like you smoking and drinking, getting you all high, but at the end of the day what have you done or achieved? youve probably added more to your distress and sinned, gaining nothing but vanity.
when you plug in your earpiece, why is it music youre listening to? why not Dua? or Tafsir? or the glorious Quran? do we even have those on our phones? When you go out with your friends, why dont they take you to mosque or pray with you? believe me, a friend that doesnt remind you of Allah, is nothing but a burden to your life.
Has it ever crossed your mind when youre troubled to perform ablution, observe some rokats, sit on that mat and pour your heart out to the best of listeners, until theres nothing left to say, pick up your Quran and read to your best ability, cry if you want to, theres nothing hidden to Him, HE is all-knowing, ask for His mercy, He is most merciful, He knows all youre going through but still say it out to Him, and when youre done,with this, close your eyes with your heart open, and say with a firm intention and Iman 'oh Allah, i testify that theres no god except you and i trust and know that only you can take this pain away from my heart, please have mercy on me' then let it go and see what happens next...
Brothers and Sisters when you are in any situation and your heart aches, try this, know that Tawakkul breaks down barriers you didnt even see coming your way. All praises to Allah, all mistakes on my side, please forgive me, Jazakumullah Khairan.
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