Could Never Be Me!

Hian. You say???

As-salaamu 'alaykum warahmatuLlaahi wabarakaatuH. Hi guysssss.

Welcome back to my YouTube channel.😂

Y'all thought I had ghosted gain, dint you?🌚 No. Ghostn’t I. I'm here again.

How are you all doing today? Me, I'm good alhamduliLlaah. Really good, in fact. School is hectic as usual. We're rapidly counting down to exams and it feels like the days are disappearing real fast. But Allaah has been most merciful and I am more than grateful. AlhamduliLlaah.

Today, we're reflecting on Surah At-Taghabun Q64:6.

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ۚ وَّٱسْتَغْنَى ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allāh dispensed [with them]; and Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

At-Taghabun 64:6

In this verse, Allaah talks about the peoples from the past who disbelieved in Allaah's Messengers and who looked down on them. They looked down on the Messengers Allaah sent to them, for the sole reason that they were people just like them. Human. Normal. Simple.

And Allaah dispensed with them. Because He is Al-Ghaniy, The One Who is Free of Need. And in every situation, it is we who are the needy.

Reading this verse, the message felt very personal. It was very loud and very clear.

I'm not even going to lie here. I've had times in the past when I would be struggling with stuff and Allaah would send me reminders from the MOST UNLIKELY sources. And I would be so defensive. Because ahnahn? From where to where???

I'll give examples.

The time in my early days of Uni when I was really struggling with my hijab and a sister came to talk to me about it. Now, this sister was someone we had gotten into uni together. I resumed with really proper hijab, maashaaLlaah. She didn't. And by the time I was struggling, she had gotten really better. BaarakaLlaahu feehaa.

So she came to me one day and spoke to me really kindly about how much they looked up to me and how I was starting to give mixed signals. I said thank you and smiled. But deep down, I was soooo annoyeddddd.

Who does she think she is? Did I not know how she entered this school? Because they've now heard small fatawa in the masjid, they think they can now judge me??? Hian.

You know, Shaytaan really is one incredibly cunning bad-word.🌚

Because one of his favourite ways of getting to us is to make us think and feel “Hian, could never be me!”

But waLlaahi it would be you so much, you go even collect award on top. And when he's on a streak on your matter, he makes you think of the messengers Allaah sends to you with reminders pe “How can this person who is sooo obviously below me (for your cockroach mind o) guide me/remind me of Allaah?”

In those moments, I hope you'll pause and remember that the people who disbelieved in Allaah's Messengers all also thought, “Shall we be guided by human beings?”

And they were all dispensed of by Allaah.

If that person who does not even wear hijab at all makes a comment abut your jilbaab, boya you should make Du'a for them and for yourself o. Instead of thinking, “hian, person wey no dey even wear any hijab??”

And the next time someone who appears to be a “very unlikely source” reminds you about Allaah’s boundaries, I hope you don't immediately jump on the abeg-abeg-from-where-to-where? train of thought.

Even if na still likely source who appears to be “doing too much” or “holier than you”, I hope you allow yourself to dial back that thought and let yourself LISTEN and HEAR. And when all is said and done, maybe make Du'a.

May Allaah rectify them. And you too. And me too. May Allaah rectify us all.

Until laters,

Raali.💜

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NB. It is jímọ̀ already. A báríkà. Don't forget your Friday Sunnahs.🫰

Allaahumma salli wa sallim ‘alaa nabiyyinaa Muhammad wa ‘alaa aali Muhammad kamaa sallayta ‘alaa nabiyyinaa Ibraaheem wa ‘alaa aali Ibraaheem. Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

Allaahumma baarik ‘alaa nabiyyinaa Muhammad wa 'alaa aali Muhammad kamaa baarakta ‘alaa nabiyyinaa Ibraaheem wa 'alaa aali Ibraaheem. Innaka Hameedun Majeed. Aameen.