So, I'm feeling better now
Things are really looking up
And on top of that, it's wedding season
The time of the year when you try to outshine the groom
And pretend you're him for a moment
And that it's you getting married
And this isn't just any wedding
Kareem's getting married
And I couldn't be happier
I'm going earlier to help set up
And even got him and his wife some flowers,
and a pretty nice gift Which I'm pretty sure he's gonna love
And I’ve gotta admit
I’m looking pretty smooth
Oh God!
Here we go again
People seem to mess up my good and bad moments
I'm not really sure it was worth it for me to jump in and stop that fight
But whatever it was that I was able to prevent,
Better have been worth my time and my flowers
But I wasn't gonna let that fight spoil my day
If I have time, I’ll just stop by a grocery store and buy some new flowers
The day is still young, and I've got plenty of time to make it
You've gotta be kidding me
The only reason I got is because I know Kareem would've done the same
An opportunity presented itself to help someone
And I've learned the value in doing so
No, it wasn't the best time
But I remembered the prophet –pbuh- taking time out, even on the day of Eid
To serve an orphan
For some reason,
the man didn't know how to change a flat tire
I, on the other hand, have done it a million times
The man was so grateful that he actually wanted to take me out to lunch
But I told him I had to make it to a wedding
But his smile made being late worth it
You know what?
Kareem’s gonna have to believe me this time
My appearance makes it pretty clear I wasn’t just stuck in a bathroom
No
No You’ve gotta be kidding me
AlHamdu-lillah
My car breaking down here would have been literally the worst thing ever
I’ve gotta get moving now
Hopefully no more unexpected people on the way
Ok, this stinks
But at least it’s not a human being
No! God!
What more could possibly go wrong tonight?
I look like I’ve been mauled by a pack of wolves now
Just whatever
And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse
Why?
Why is this happening to me?
At that point I thought
maybe killing myself last week wouldn’t have been such a bad idea
so let me get this straight
I’ve been helping people all day,
Getting dirty,
And wasting my time,
And no one has time for me
What am I supposed to get out of this?
What’s the point of this all?
I just don't understand
So finally,
a guy stops and offers me a ride,
Telling me I looked familiar
So he figured out in the car,
That he saw me in the masjid last week
And the craziest thing about it
Was that he was actually on his way back
From Kareem’s wedding
We really hit it off that night
And he even welcomed me into his home
And kids,
That's how I met your mother!
“It might be that you hate something,
and it ends up being the best thing that's ever happened to you”
Now here, Zeyara meets his future father-in-law
And it might not always end up that amazing
But at the end of the day
“how amazing is the affair of the believer,”
The prophet-pbuh- said:
“because anything that happens to him,
He's always good”
It’s such a liberating experience to submit yourself to the decree of Allah
Realizing that sometimes things are not going to go the way you plan
And that's better for you
And so the prophet –pbuh- told us never to say if
If this would've happened,Or if I would've done that
Because those open the door of Satan
Because then you start thinking things would’ve been different
But at the end of the day
Allah prepares you for amazing things
Especially when you're doing good things for people
And see, those are the things that can actually even change the decree of Allah
The prophet-pbuh- said:
“supplication and good deeds can avert bad decree”
And what that means is that
when you're in the state of helping people
And doing good things for people
And doing things right
And then apparent misfortunes happen
You have to realize at that point you’re only seeing a pixel of the whole picture That only Allah sees,
and Allah’s planning is perfect
And your understanding of that planning is what's flawed
And you submit yourself to that knowing that it’s all going to be okay
And that as long as you're in the cause of your brother
You know that Allah is going to be in your cause as well
And you never know who or what Allah is saving you for