You have drawn near to Allah, but your academic performance has weakened, and my soul has started to beautify for me the idea that the cause of this weakness is obedience. What should I do?
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe. Here a questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. After that, I love you for the sake of Allah, and I bear witness to Allah regarding what is in my heart, and I turn to you with this question: I was a student who excelled in my academic achievement. During this academic term, Allah increased my diligence in the matters of my religion, so I began attending circles of knowledge, I made an effort to attend seminars and lectures, and I increased my reading of beneficial books. This is what I praise Allah for. However, on the other hand, my academic level weakened compared to before. So Satan and my soul began trying to convince me that the cause of this weakness is my turning toward the path of obedience. I fear that I will rely on what my soul desires. What is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
First, may Allah love you as you have loved us for His sake. We ask Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, to make us and you and all our brothers among those who love one another for the majesty of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah says on the Day of Resurrection, “Where are those who love one another for My majesty? I will place their shadows in My shadow.”Sahih Muslim 2566 Muslim narrated it in his Sahih, and it is in the two Sahihs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 701 And whoever remembers Allah in fear, We will grant him relief.
As for the good that Allah has given you, and your turning toward the circles of knowledge, and toward the obedience of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and toward enjoining good and forbidding evil, these are among the blessings of Allah upon you. This is a great good. Praise Allah for it and thank Allah for it, and commit yourself to this great good. At the same time, preserve the times that help you with the affairs of your studies and with excelling in your academic level, so that you combine between the two benefits. Strive in this and in that.
So set aside times for you that help you with caring for the lessons, so that you may be successful, if Allah wills, in excelling in them. At the same time, you also care for the obedience of Allah and what Allah has made obligatory upon you, and leaving what Allah has forbidden upon you, and the company of the righteous, and so on. This does not contradict that; rather, it helps with that. Obedience to Allah helps you toward good, and it is among the causes of Allah’s success for you, so that you succeed even more if you do what you can in caring for the lessons and studying them. At the same time, you are diligent in what Allah has made obligatory upon you, and in leaving what Allah has forbidden upon you, and in caring for the causes of good and salvation. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe. Here a questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. After that, I love you for the sake of Allah, and I bear witness to Allah regarding what is in my heart, and I turn to you with this question: I was a student who excelled in my academic achievement. During this academic term, Allah increased my diligence in the matters of my religion, so I began attending circles of knowledge, I made an effort to attend seminars and lectures, and I increased my reading of beneficial books. This is what I praise Allah for. However, on the other hand, my academic level weakened compared to before. So Satan and my soul began trying to convince me that the cause of this weakness is my turning toward the path of obedience. I fear that I will rely on what my soul desires. What is your guidance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
First, may Allah love you as you have loved us for His sake. We ask Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, to make us and you and all our brothers among those who love one another for the majesty of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah says on the Day of Resurrection, “Where are those who love one another for My majesty? I will place their shadows in My shadow.”
in My shadow when there is no other shadow
في ظلي يوم لا ظل إلا(peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah will shade their shadows in His shadow
صلى الله عليه وسلم سبح ظلهم الله في ظلهAbu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “There are seven whom God will cover with His shade on the day when there will be no shade but His: a just imam; a young man who grows up worshipping God; a man whose heart is attached to the mosque from the time he leaves it till he returns to it; two men who love one another for God's sake, meeting thus and separating thus; a man who remembers God in solitude, his eyes pouring forth tears; a man who, when accosted by a woman of rank and beauty, says, ‘I fear God’; and a man who gives alms concealing it so that his left hand does not know what his right hand bestows.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
إمام عادل، وشاب نشأ في عبادة الله، ورجل قلبه معلق بالمساجد، ورجلان تحابا في الله، اجتمعا عليه فتفرقا عليه، ورجل دعته امرأة ذات منصب من جمال، فقال إني أخاف الله،gives charity and conceals it so that his left hand does not know what his right hand spends, and a man who remembered Allah
يصدق بصدقة فأخفاها حتى لا تعلم شماله ولا تنفق يمينه، ورجل ذكر اللهAs for the good that Allah has given you, and your turning toward the circles of knowledge, and toward the obedience of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and toward enjoining good and forbidding evil, these are among the blessings of Allah upon you. This is a great good. Praise Allah for it and thank Allah for it, and commit yourself to this great good. At the same time, preserve the times that help you with the affairs of your studies and with excelling in your academic level, so that you combine between the two benefits. Strive in this and in that.
So set aside times for you that help you with caring for the lessons, so that you may be successful, if Allah wills, in excelling in them. At the same time, you also care for the obedience of Allah and what Allah has made obligatory upon you, and leaving what Allah has forbidden upon you, and the company of the righteous, and so on. This does not contradict that; rather, it helps with that. Obedience to Allah helps you toward good, and it is among the causes of Allah’s success for you, so that you succeed even more if you do what you can in caring for the lessons and studying them. At the same time, you are diligent in what Allah has made obligatory upon you, and in leaving what Allah has forbidden upon you, and in caring for the causes of good and salvation. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 099 اقتربت من الله ولكن ضعف تحصيلي الدراسي وبدأت نفسي تزين لي أن سبب الضعف هو الطاعة، ماذا أفعل؟ — youtube.com
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