How will I be tested by Allah?
Allah may test you with ease as much as
he tests you with hardship throughout your life.
Does Allah test
everyone?
Yes, God does test those people whom He loves
most. Prophets, those nearest to God, always had very difficult lives. But
don't look at everything which is painful or difficult as a test, and
don't look at happy, easy things in life as a
blessing. Allah may test you with ease as much as
he tests you with hardship.
How does Allah test
us with ease?
So often that we think Allah only tests us with hardships,
but this isn’t true. Allah also tests us with ease. He tests us with His blessings
and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests so many of us fail.
We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them
into false idols in the heart.
Why Allah puts
difficulties in your life?
The reason we struggle and go through hardships is
to guide us back to Allah when
we've forgotten about Him, when we go astray. It is a reminder, out of mercy
from Allah to bring
you back to Him.
What are the signs
that Allah loves you?
For sure, there is no precise way that we can use to tell if
Allah loves a slave as it falls in the matters of the ghayb. We only depend on
signs from the ayat of Allah to measure if we are from amongst those whom He
loves.
1.
If you find yourself in constant mention of
Allah in your thoughts and actions. This could be a sign. In a hadith
Qudsi, Allah says, ‘if my slave
mentions me to himself I mention him to myself ’. There are many ways which
we can do this as taught by our beloved Rasulullah. This involves making
adhkaar [words of remembrance].
2.
If you hold fast to the book of Allah. Know
that the Qur’aan is the direct speech of Allah and whenever you recite, you are
reciting the words of your Lord. Allah will make it easy for you to recite,
memorize and act upon with sincerity His book when He loves you.
3.
If you have a sincere love for those whom Allah
loves. For example the anbiyaa, the shuhadaa, and the righteous of His
slaves among angels and mankind. Read through the biographies of those whom the
love of Allah was manifested for example Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Muhammad
[Alayhimu salaat wa salaam] etc. Rasulullah said, ‘a person will be with those whom he loves’ this is in regards
with tomorrow in the aakhira. On the same note, your friends and companions
should be people who are watchful of the love of Allah.
4.
Allah will make easy for you acts of ibada which
are ordinarily not practiced by most people. In essence, you reap more
reward and at the same time fix the condition of your soul for the pleasure of
your Rabb. Allah gives you an unquenched thirst for more ibada with sincere
intentions with hope and fear for Him.
5.
If you find yourself on constant reproach of
your soul. Nafsil-lawwama is good for the slave of Allah in this duniya
and not for the aakhira. This means, you are taking account of your-self for
your bad deeds before the day of accounts reach.
It is in the best of our interests not to be under those whom Allah says; ‘…and shaytaan has beautified for them
their evil deeds…’ [surat an Nahl 63] may Allah safeguard us.
6.
If you don’t feel safe from the punishment of
Allah no matter how many good deeds you have done. This is because you do
not know whether Allah has accepted them or not. It helps you to purify your
intentions and we know that only the good deeds done with proper procedure and
intentions are best.
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