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 Nafsiya Reflections: Frustration

Welcome to today’s episode of Nafsiyah Reflections- Frustration

I was going to start by talking about patience in these hard times in finding strength in all that’s going on. I thought... that was the solution, and what would change our Nafsiyah, or our feelings and psyche and in turn know how to control ourselves with what is currently happening, as an ummah. And that’s partly true. What I didn’t realize was the fact that we are in all this chaos because of one thing, not the Coronavirus itself, but is because we don’t have a State.

You may ask me what does that have to do with anything right now? What does this virus, this Ibtila’, this hardship has to do with not having a nation? This is just another test. See, I was looking at it from the wrong perspective. I felt this sense of frustration that we were not really social-distancing like we should. As the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

" إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِالطَّاعُونِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَدْخُلُوهَا، وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا "

"If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place."

We do not enter and we do not leave. This would have solved everything from the get-go. It would have contained it. قَدَّرَ اَللَّهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَل َ. Allah decrees and what He wills He does.

This does not mean that we should be impatient. For we can never forget the hadith of our beloved prophet, peace be upon him,

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " عَجَبًا لأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ "

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it.

For in this there is Khair, good, for us! But we should know how this all played out, and who exactly the players are in this game. These systems don’t care about anyone but themselves. These so called leaders care only about the economy that they feed on and people are merely numbers... statistics... data. They had not taken this threat seriously, since it wasn’t their precious bills on the line yet. And now that it has hit, there is no solid system or safety net for anyone. People were worrying about treatment costs after testing positive for Covid-19! That is mind-blowing, and so sad! Because of the secular systems we live under, this capitalist, blood sucking system does not care about humanity but rather the ruin and destruction of anything other than the gain of the material world. For they have no interest in preserving their own people if it coincides with their greed for money. They have not put up boundaries, have not enforced the safety measures needed to take control of this. Their negligence has gotten us to where we are today.

This is a wakeup call. This is a wakeup call to all the Ummah of Muhammad peace be upon him. When all around the world Masajid are closed, when prayers are not performed, when visiting your parents becomes difficult, then this is definitely an eye opening, wakeup call!

My dear Ummah, this plague, this virus... is a call to re-unite us once again! This is a call, that if we had a government that served Allah SWT caring for its people, and not money, then we would have contained this much better than they have. It would have instilled in us, fear that this could spread and would have taken the necessary precautions to put an end to this. As Rasool Allah Sala Allahu alayhi wasalam ordered. Instilling in us the fear of how serious this virus can be. “Social distancing” as they call it, was mentioned by our powerful prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. The Khilafah would have taken the necessary measures to make this happen on the ground. This Khilafah would have given medical care immediately. Containing this could have saved people’s lives.

But it wasn’t being contained. And lives are being lost. For those of you who have lost or may lose someone to this virus, may we remember that this dunya is not for long. This dunya is merely a pathway, a hallway, a short trip to our hereafter, our akhirah. May we remember who we are as the loved ones of our beloved prophet Muhammad sala Allahu alayhi wasalam, who expect anything from this dunya and are ready.

We know that to Allah we belong and to Him we will return. Knowing that a person who dies from plague is a Martyr and gains that honor on judgement day!

For on that day, we will smile and our faces will be bright, standing with Muhammad peace be upon him and inshAllah gaining the ultimate reward of seeing Allah subhano watala. Knowing we are the servants of Allah! The ones who did everything they could to please Him! Knowing in comfort and trust that He was The One over us the entire time! For we do not look at this world, this dunya, as anyone else does! Knowing this world is a delusion. As the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

"‏ لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ ‏"‏

"If the world to Allah was equal to a mosquito's wing, then He would not allow the disbeliever to have a sip of water from it."

This dunya is worth nothing to us, other than being our way to Allah (swt). But what we can currently do now, is follow our beloved prophet’s footsteps, to bring back the Khilafah (Caliphate), to bring armies to liberate us, to unite us, to protect us! Giving Nusrah to a Khalifah that will change our lives from this state, to being the nation that will be the example in leading the world with Mercy in its care for human kind. The Islamic Ummah!

Jazak Allahu Kharyan for joining us

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