Forgive And Ask For Forgiveness

In our lives, we come across many people. We do dealings with many people both at the personal level and the professional level.  We start developing grudges due to someone’s attitude or any other reason.  This grudge starts turning into aversion and even if the person has no concern with your life now, the grudge still remains in your heart. This person could be your relative, friend, or even a family member.  Having negative feelings or thoughts towards another human being is not healthy both in religious and social terms.

Having a forgiving nature is a major blessing from Allah SWT. Those people who don’t have the capability to forgive are always in some state of mental war with their own selves as well as others. People who forgive others easily are in my opinion, very courageous people.   It takes a little bit of effort and a lot of faith and patience to forgive people that have wronged you in anyway. I can understand it’s a difficult task but it is not impossible.

In our daily lives, we make many mistakes and then we ask forgiveness from our Creator. Doesn’t Alllah SWT forgive and then keeps on blessing us? We always want to be forgiven, don’t we? Then let’s develop the habit of having a forgiving nature. Let go of things that have hurt you.  

Take a moment now and forgive all your family, friends, colleagues, strangers and anyone in your life whom you felt has hurt you or wronged you in anyway.  And most importantly, Ask forgiveness from Allah SWT ALWAYS. You never know on the Day of Judgment, this act may do wonders for you as well the other person, In Shaa’ Allah. Ameen. Sum Ameen.

I hope and pray that we all develop a forgiving nature. May Allah SWT forgive us all. Ameen.

The Lost Sheep of La Ilaha Illallah

Intrigued by one of the lectures delivered by Brother Nouman Ali Khan, in which he states we should not criticize people or point out at anyone as they are the lost sheep of La Ilaha Illallah who may come to guidance at any point in their lives if Allah wills.

This statement left me in awe, and inspired me to write this blog. Many times we tend to undermine people if they are doing certain acts that are opposing the religion. This is wrong, extremely wrong, who are we to judge anyone's Iman?

In our lives, we come across many different types of people; we should not judge anyone at all. The authority of Judgement lies only with Allah SWT. Instead, if we feel that the person needs to be told some things then we should tell in a polite and sincere manner. It is usually observed that often we just criticize the person for his/her wrong actions. There is a way to deliver advice, the mode should be polite and the message should get across clearly. We cannot force decisions on anyone and in many cases imposing decisions leads to negative results.

There are some who follow religious teachings a lot and some who tend to ignore it. If we are the ones who are following the religious teachings, say a lot of Alhamdulillah as Allah SWT has blessed you with this Naimah of guidance of which some others are not having. Also, we should never be having the attributes of pride and arrogance in any way or in any matter. If we are at top most positions, if we have more knowledge than others then this is a blessing of Allah SWT like many others. Never ever try to develop the ‘I’ feeling in yourself as this ego will destroy everything in you. There is no single element or attribute that individuals can regard it as their own possession. Everything and I mean everything is given to the humans by Allah SWT, whether its confidence, wealth, power, status, children, loyalty, and others as such.

Now it is the responsibility on our shoulders to advise our other brothers and sisters in Islam to follow the right course, we need to be a helping hand for the lost sheep of La Ilaha Illallah. We should not be critics and make lives miserable for others by pointing them out. If Allah has blessed you with things what makes you think He wont do it for others? Friendly and sincere advice, along with prayers can do wonders for any human being. May Allah SWT bless the entire Ummah with happiness, sincerity and strong Iman in all our affairs. Ameen. Sum Ameen.