What is the difference between seeking help and reliance?
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The questioner:
Is there a difference between seeking help and reliance?
The Shaykh:
Seeking help is asking for assistance, and reliance is entrusting matters to Allah. Entrusting matters to Allah and depending on Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is reliance. As for the other phrase, yes.
The questioner:
Reliance? No, seeking help.
The Shaykh:
Seeking help is asking for assistance; it is a supplication in which you ask Allah to help you. As for reliance, it is entrusting the matter to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Is there a difference between seeking help and reliance?
The Shaykh:
Seeking help is asking for assistance, and reliance is entrusting matters to Allah. Entrusting matters to Allah and depending on Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is reliance. As for the other phrase, yes.
The questioner:
Reliance? No, seeking help.
The Shaykh:
Seeking help is asking for assistance; it is a supplication in which you ask Allah to help you. As for reliance, it is entrusting the matter to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الفرق بين الاستعانة والتوكل؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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