onward; that means that this thing
was accepted.
Look at our imams, may Allah
give them all reward for what they
have done – ImamAbu Ḥanifah v,
Imam Shafi’i v, Imam Malikv ,
Imam Ḥanbal v. Look at the
acceptance that they got. Almost
1300 years have passed and you
travel around the world and you see
that people are still following them.
This is what Allah does. If He
accepts something, then He doesn’t
finish that action of theirs with
their death. Allah continues
that in the generations to come.
This is a sign.
enjoying it anymore, then something is wrong
with me. It’s something we should find within
ourselves. Possibly we are not acting upon what
we are learning and it is possible that Allah can
take away the tawfiq.
One sign that Allah accepts from people is
when He gives them consistency to do that. So if
people feel they are not being consistent anymore,
then they should be worried. People should look
into their own self and think what is happening
and do istighfar (make repentance). Sincerely ask
Allah for forgiveness.
Continuity in Future
Generations
Another sign that our actions are getting accepted
by Allah is that the generations to come will
do the same thing. For example, if there is an
‘aalim (scholar) and his children also become
ulama (scholars), and they learn from him to pass
on that knowledge to the next generation and
Taqwa in the Heart
The next sign is that people get
taqwa in their heart. If their actions are accepted,
then they become people of Allah . The amaal
are accepted when people have taqwa, and when
Allah accepts the amaal, He gives them taqwa.
Allah says:
ۡ
ّٰ ُ َ َ
اِ نَّ�ا َي َتق َّبل الل ِمن ال َّت ِق ۡ ي نَ
� ُ َ ُ
“Allah accepts only from the God-fearing.”
(5:27)
If you want to define taqwa in a small little English
phrase, then it is “to be on the safe side”. Making
sure that everything that we do is on the safe side;
that is known as taqwa.
Allah has given us this boundary of Islam, this
circle, then to be on the safe side is to walk in the
middle of that. If we walk on the boundary and
somehow slip, then we will go out of the boundary.
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