Five Reasons Why Allah SWT Uses Problems

"indeed, with hardship comes relief "  Quran

The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you – depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how Allah wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their problems rather than pausing to consider what benefit they might bring.

Here are five ways Allah wants to use the problems in your life:

1. Allah SWT uses problems to DIRECT you.

Sometimes Allah must light a fire under you to get you moving. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is Allah trying to get your attention? “Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways.”

2. Allah SWT uses problems to INSPECT you.

People are like tea bags … if you want to know what’s inside them, just drop them into hot ever water! Has Allah tested your faith with a problem? What do problems reveal about you? “When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.”

3. Allah SWT uses problems to CORRECT you.

Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It’s likely that as a child your parents told you not to touch a hot stove but you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something … health, money, a relationship by losing it. “It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws.”

4. Allah SWT uses problems to PROTECT you.

A problem can be a blessing in disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. Last year a friend was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem – but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when management’s actions were eventually discovered. “You intended to harm me, but Allah intended it for good …

5. Allah SWT uses problems to PERFECT you.

Problems, when responded to correctly, are character builders. Allah is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you’re going to take with you into eternity. “We can rejoice when we run into problems … they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust Allah more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.”

Here’s the point:

Allah is at work in your life – even when you do not recognize it or understand it. But it’s much easier and profitable when you cooperate with Him. “Success can be measured not only in achievements, but in lessons learned, lives touched and moments shared along the way”

Allah SWT Knows Best.
~by Shaykh Salih al-Fawzaan

Ya Allah

All my praises are for Allah, my lord the one who is always there

He knows every sinful thought but his displeasure I can’t bear

I ask each day Ya Allah please don’t let me stray

I glorify him with word and deed and not only when I pray

My sins I carry as my luggage throughout my entire life

And although sinful I am, to please Allah is for which I strive

Each day I say Ya Allah forgive me and save me from hells fire

It is you I follow and worship Ya Allah you know I’m no liar

I seek protection in you Allah because as you know I am weak

I do not wish to falter for it is pleasure in Jannah I seek

Ya Allah I ask for your help because to stray is what I fear

So I read Qur’an and pray to remember you’re always near

Ya Allah guide all my actions and make my faith strong

Please help me to know what’s right so I won’t do wrong

Ya Allah our creator who made us all from clay

Ya Allah you are the one who can make sure we won’t stray

Like all humans I’m an imperfect creature and at times I will do wrong

While I follow the road to Jannah which is difficult and long

Ya Allah you know what’s in my heart and my words you hear

And no matter what I say or do my lord Allah is always here

So all my praises are for you Allah every day and night

I will do my best to follow your rules I will with all my might

Ya Allah thanks for guiding me and thanks for this lives test

I will work so hard to follow them so I know in Jannah I will rest   
~by a Sister in Islam

Happiness When Shared, Is Doubled

A great note for all, it will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room’s only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end.

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation…

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.

Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.

Although the other man could not hear the band – he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.

She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.

He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, ‘Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.’

Epilogue:

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy.

-The origin of this note is unknown, but it brings good luck to everyone who passes it on.