a wonderful job he
did. You then take
him to the toy store
and buy him a gift.
Why? You know it
is written in pathetic
handwriting, but
you still buy him a
gift – this is exactly
what Allah does
with us. All the
pathetic worship we
do, Allah accepts
it.
ٌ
َّ َ ّٰ َّ
ٌاِ ن الل ِب�لناس َل َر ُء ۡوف َّرح ۡي
�ِ
ِ
“Certainly Allah is very kind, very merciful
to the people” (2:143)
None of us will enter Paradise by our actions, but
it will only be through the mercy of Allah . It
comes in a hadith:
ال يدخل أحد منمك معهل الجنة وال
ي� ي�ه من النار وال أ ن� إال ب�محة من هللا
�
ج
“None of your actions will take you into
Paradise and none of your actions will
take you out from the Hellfire, not even
me! Except to whom Allah shows mercy.”
(Sahih Bukhari)
Tawfiq is from Allah .
Ibn Al-Jawzi v says that the actions are strange
things. When people feel they are content with
all the actions that they do, he says why are they
content? All of the tawfiq that you have is from
Allah and if He did not give you that tawfiq,
for example getting up for tahajjud, then you
would not be doing
that. It is only because
of Allah giving you
tawfiq that you could
get up for that. Success
is only from Allah .
Tawfiq is from Allah .
For example, there is a
laptop running with
no battery. I plug it in
the main power switch.
Now this laptop is
running based on that
connection and if I take that plug out, it will
shut down. This is exactly what’s happening; we
have a connection with which we are hooked up
to Allah and it is only with that power from
Him that we are able to do what we are doing. If
Allah wants to turn that switch off, then He
can do that. It’s in His power that He gives us
tawfiq to do what we do. Then it is up to Him if
He wants to reward us or not.
Actions according to Sunnah
What should we do in order for our pathetic
amaal to get accepted in the sight of Allah ?
What should we do to attract that love that a
small little child attracts from his father despite
having pathetic handwriting? What should we
do to make our heart attract the mercy of our
Creator?
Number one, everything that we do should
be according to the sunnah (way of life) of the
Prophet . That is a brand that Allah loves!
ٌ َ َ َ ٌ َ ُ ّٰ
ُ َ
ُ َل َق ۡد َكن َلك ِ ف� َر
ۡ سول الل اسوة حسنة
ِ ِ
“There is indeed a good model for you in the
Messenger of Allah.” (33:21)
23 NISBAH