Standing Still

[psyah]

Re: Standing Still

@redvelvet

^These two lines remind me of the saying that Allah tests you to bring you closer to Him.

Would Beta’s case not also be admirable in the sense that she accepted Allah’s will for her? If you consider Istikhara, apart from guidance …I think maybe another reason why it’s done is so that one doesn’t spend all that time waiting and hoping and can find out what Allah’s will is…it puts an end to continuous dua. Your post makes me wonder how many of the duas we might have gotten had we persisted longer; conversely I think if that thing was in your qismat you would have gotten it had you made dua irregularly, and then there’s the saying that the only thing that can change qismat is dua. It’s like a catch 22 isn’t it? I think the most important aspect is perhaps detachment. To make Allah the end goal of our ibadat and not the worldly dua itself. Reversing the equation can lead one to falling apart and I guess it makes ibadat deficient. Fortunate are those who can maintaint such sincerity of iman consistently. Thank you for the detailed response, Psyah.

Sister Redvelvet

Perhaps my point needs to be emphasised a bit more … It is not important that we get our du’a accepted … What is important is that we spend our time doing du’a … And if it gets accepted, we should find something else to ask quickly so we can return back to a state of neediness with Allah (SWT) …

as for istikhara then the adab of it is that the heart endears towards the choice that is best … So if a decision is being made but the heart feels uneasy with this … Then perhaps the decision is the wrong one? Even istikhara is not done once … that too is an oft repeated pattern until clarity and contentment is reached.

If something is happening outside ones control in a direction that is opposing the desired and concluded one then a) not enough effort is being put in towards the intended goal and b) if it is miraculously being taken over then do du’a for patience … So the du’a doesn’t need to stop … Things working in our favour Alhumdulillah do some nawafil , things apparently not working in our favour … Make that itself into a means to get closer to Allah (SWT) … do more du’a … Being happy in the state of asking is recognition of the blessing of the one who is needy before The Lord.