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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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From Allah, if we believe that there is no one who can prevent what He has given, and no one who can give what He has withheld, then we do not ask for provision except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic).

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The Shaykh : From Allah, if we believe that there is no one who can prevent what He has given, and no one who can give what He has withheld, then we do not ask for provision except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So we do not ask for provision except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and we know that if so-and-so and so-and-so give us something, it is Allah who decreed it, and it is Allah who directed him to give it to us. He is merely a cause, but we are commanded to thank the one who has done us a favor, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. من صنع إليكم معروفًا فكافئوه فإن لم تجدوا ما تكافئونه فادعوا له حتى تروا أنكم قد كافأتموه
Sunan Abi Dawud 1672Sahih (Al-Albani)
But we know that it is Allah (Mighty and Majestic) who facilitated this provision for us and directed this giver to us.
O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the fortune of a man of means is useless before You (i.e., only good deeds are of value). اللهم لا مانع لم أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد
Sahih al-Bukhari 6615
"Al-Jadd" means: fortune and wealth. It means the fortunate person who has luck, who has money, who has children, who has wives, and who has everything he desires from this world. Such a person does not benefit from Allah
the fortune of a man of means is useless before You لا يمنع ذا الجد منك الجدُّ
Sahih al-Bukhari 6615
"Al-Jadd" is the active participle, meaning that fortune, luck, and wealth do not prevent from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because Allah the Exalted owns the dominion of the heavens and the earth. How many a person you see who is happy in his family, has money and sons, and has everything he attains from this world, yet nothing of it benefits him from Allah. He is struck by an illness and no one can remove it from him except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He is struck by distress, grief, and anxiety, and no one benefits him except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And all of this is in the entrustment to Allah. So it is recommended for us, when a person says the salam and seeks forgiveness three times and says: "O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor," that he should remember Allah the Exalted with this dhikr. The order of the dhikrs is not obligatory, meaning that if one brings some of them before others, there is no harm. But it is better to start with seeking forgiveness three times, and "O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor," then to remember Allah the Exalted with the narrated dhikrs. And the discussion of the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr will come, if Allah wills.
Source alathar.net

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