How is submission to divine decree?
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The questioner : How do we submit? What is meant by submission to divine decree?
The Shaykh : When something happens that you dislike, say: "It is the decree of Allah, and what He willed has happened." Have you not read the hadith?Sahih Muslim 2664. The word closes the door to what I mentioned. You went to the doctor repeatedly and found no cure. Do not be helpless as long as there is a means in the matter; do it. And if something befalls you, meaning: after doing the causes, Sahih Muslim 2664. The things that are within human power.
My dear brothers, I advise you: if I am answering a question, no one thinks about the question they themselves have, so that the benefit does not be lost to them. Perhaps the benefit in the answer to the questioner is greater than the benefit of what they wanted to ask about.
I say: As for the matters that occur, sometimes they are due to your own effort and you are unable to overcome them, and sometimes they come directly from Allah, such as illness, an accident, and the like. In all cases, you must submit, whether it is the thing for which you did the causes but were not successful, or the thing for which you had no power or means and it happened to you. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the Ash'ari school of jurisprudence.
The Shaykh : You see, ten minutes for this.
The questioner : Ten?
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is two lessons.
The Shaykh : When something happens that you dislike, say: "It is the decree of Allah, and what He willed has happened." Have you not read the hadith?
A strong believer is better and is more lovable to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone, (but) cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter) and seek help from Allah and do not lose heart
المؤمن القوي خير وأحب إلى الله من المؤمن الضعيف، وفي كل خير، احرص على ما ينفعك واستعن بالله ولا تعجزAnd do not be helpless.
ولا تعجزdon't say: If I had not done that, it would not have happened so and so, but say: Allah did that what He had ordained to do
فلا تقل لو أني فعلت كذا لكان كذا وكذا، ولكن قل : قدر الله وما شاء فعلMy dear brothers, I advise you: if I am answering a question, no one thinks about the question they themselves have, so that the benefit does not be lost to them. Perhaps the benefit in the answer to the questioner is greater than the benefit of what they wanted to ask about.
I say: As for the matters that occur, sometimes they are due to your own effort and you are unable to overcome them, and sometimes they come directly from Allah, such as illness, an accident, and the like. In all cases, you must submit, whether it is the thing for which you did the causes but were not successful, or the thing for which you had no power or means and it happened to you. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the Ash'ari school of jurisprudence.
The Shaykh : You see, ten minutes for this.
The questioner : Ten?
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is two lessons.