asalamualikoum welcome back to Allah loves so one of the things that causes
people usually to become disillusion in their journey to Allah is when they stop
trusting Allah. when they start feeling like things are out of control in their
lives that they did the dua'a part they did the tawba part everything that we've
mentioned in the first few episodes I did my supplications I did my repentance
I saw closeness to Allah but things are not going right and because things are
not going right I'm starting to question the substance of that I'm starting to
question whether or not my tawba was even accepted my repentence was even accepted
and all of that serves as a major hindrance between me and Allah ibn
abbas, the cousin of the Prophet peace be upon him he said that whoever
establishes their belief in divine decree like truely has a great sense of
qadr (fate) of understanding that Allah is always in charge establishes their
tawheed establishes their monotheism and whoever has that in shambles then their
entire premise for accepting a creator their entire premise for tawheed
is going to be shaky and faulty and so it's important for us to solidify
that as much as we can now I'm not going to talk about why bad things happen to
good people and the question of evil now you can find plenty of resources that we
have at Yaqeen and other lectures inshaAllah ta'ala on that subject but I
want to talk about tawakol in the capacity of the love of Allah now
Allah mentions "in allahu yuhibbu al mutawakoleen" that Allah loves those
that put their trust in him why does Allah loves those that put
their trust in him what are the implications of that and what does that
station look like for the first thing it's in the same capacity as "in allahu
yuhibbu an yos'al" Allah loves to be asked so putting your trust in him means
that you are expressing your love for him and you are expressing your desire
to be nourished and sustained by him and you're expressing you know you don't
make dua'a unless there's a reason for you making that dua'a so when you put your
trust in him you are acknowledging his power you're acknowledging his
attributes in the capacity so Allah loves that you put your trust in him the
second part of that is that Allah removes
distractions from him in the process you see if you're constantly feeling like
things are out of control and you have to get this right you have to get this
right and everything is falling apart then you're going to not have the
ability to focus on a lost man without you'll always have a sense of
disturbance because things are not going the way that you feel like they should
be going for you that doesn't mean that you should be lazy and say I love Allah
and I have trust no that means that as things are unfolding in your life around
you you're able to still maintain perspective and see Allah through all of
that and put your trust in him the third part of that is the station of being a
"mutawakel" and the station of being someone who has that trust of Allah
subhana wa ta'ala and longing longing for the reward of Allah (swt) in
the hereafter you see if you think that God is punishing you in this life and
that you're living in perpetual punishment then it's very hard for you
to believe in a place of perpetual reward so tawakol here allows
you to have a sense of tranquillity and in this life and a sense of longing in
the hereafter. ibn al qayem summarizes this very beautifully he says
that there are three ways to trust Allah (swt) three levels says the
first level of trust of Allah is the way that one of you would trust an agent
that you would trust a "wakee"l when you trust an agent then that agent is still
in service to you you're not in service to the agent and so you give the agent
instructions and when the agent doesn't do exactly as you tell the agent to do
then you're going to lose trust in that agent you're going to try to replace
that agents Allah is not going to be that type of a "wakeel" for you you have to
move it up so he said the second type of trust is the type of trust that a child
has for the mother now a child goes to the mother when the mother
inflicts reward or punishment because the child knows that there is no one
that loves it more than the mother and no one that can offer it a greater sense
of comfort than the mother so even if the mother punishes the child the child
cries and flings their arms up in the air and goes back to the mother for
comfort because the child trusts the love of the mother and that the mother
has their best interest at heart even when the mother
system and the third one he said is to trust Allah the way that a person who
was being washed when they are dead a person who is being washed would trust
their washing complete trust in Allah (swt) complete trust that
allah (swt) will not move you in a direction out of hatred or in a
way that's not in your best interest complete trust that Allah subhana wa
ta'ala will maintain your affairs complete trust that Allah subhanAllah
wa ta'ala will see you through every difficulty and that every difficulty is
meant for you to gain further perspective and to gain a greater
closeness to Allah subhana wa ta'ala on that path to his love and so that trust
that element of trust in a relationship with Allah allows you to focus on the
love when there is mistrust there cannot be true love and so Allah mentions
"ina allaha yuhibbu al motawakoleen" Allah loves those who trust him we ask
Allah (swt) to make us amongst them Allahhoma Ameen, see you all next time
insha Allah.