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The Shaykh :"And we believe in Him

there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage

ما من دابة في الأرض إلا وعلى الله رزقها ويعلم مستقرها ومستودعها

[Hud 11:6]

" Every creature that crawls on the earth, whether human or non-human, and the word "creature" here is grammatically superfluous, but it carries a great meaning, which is the intention of generality, meaning any creature on earth. Its provision is upon Allah the Mighty and Majestic, who has undertaken to provide for it. For this reason, you see animals and insects; Allah guides them to their provision or guides them toward it. Perhaps a piece of food is far from an ant's hole, and the ant finds its way to this food because Allah has given it a strong sense of smell so that it reaches this food and feeds on it. A man told me that he was at a buried well, meaning one with no water in it, and he would see a snake coming out every day, every morning, and it would stretch itself out like a stick, and a bird would fall on it, and it would eat it. This snake was blind and could not move on the earth seeking provision. So Allah the Exalted would bring it provision. He said, "I witnessed this repeatedly until he killed the snake." He said, "How is this?" He found that it was blind, but Allah the Mighty and Majestic guides provision to it in this manner. So look how Allah guided provision to it while it was in its hole, blind and unable to come out.
So there is no creature on earth except that its provision is upon Allah. Now, if someone were to say, "Do we not find that people or animals die of hunger?" The answer is yes, but this is a trial and a test from Allah the Mighty and Majestic, by which He tests the servants. It becomes an expiation for the one who died of hunger if he was a Muslim, and it serves as a lesson and a warning for others.
So what is the permanent abode, O servant of Allah? The Hereafter.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : The permanent abode is the permanent abode. This is the meaning of your answer. Now, who knows?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : What is it?
The Student: ... O Shaykh

The Shaykh : Yes, what is it?
The student: ... or the place to which a thing ends up.

The Shaykh : What is it? I am asking what it is.
The student: Life.

The Shaykh : The Hereafter. The Hereafter is the permanent abode, as the Exalted said: The temporary abode is this world until the Hour stands. All of this is a temporary abode; the human being is a deposit in it, and whenever the depositor wills, He takes it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So Allah knows the state of the servants in this world and the state of the servants in the Hereafter. He knows that among us are those who do good and whose end is Paradise, and that among people are those who do evil and whose end is the Fire.
That is, of the provision, the permanent abode, and the temporary abode, in a clear book, meaning in a clear, manifest writing. And that is the Preserved Tablet, from which the other writings branch out. So when the angel reaches the fetus at four months, he is sent to it and commanded to write its provision, its lifespan, its deeds, and whether it will be wretched or happy.