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Ibn Ishaaq said: Humayd at-Taweel told me, from Anas ibn Maalik: The incisor of the Prophet SAW was broken on the Day of Uhud, and his face was scored. The blood began to run down his face and he began to wipe it away, saying the while: “How can people prosper who have stained their Prophet’s face with blood while he was calling them to their Lord?” So Allah revealed the following ayaat concerning the said words:

Not for you, [O Prophet] (but for Allah) is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.

Allah revealed this ayah that no, you cannot pass judgment on any servant of Allah even if he comes fighting you. You cannot say that he will not be guided. Why? Because this decision lies only with Allah. It was Khalid Bin Waleed and Ikramah Bin Abi Jahal who attacked the Muslims and that is what led to the huge loss that the Muslims suffered at the Battle of Uhud. But the same two people Khalid Bin Waleed and Ikrama Bin Abi Jahal embraced Islam within four to five years.

Allah SWT is the Lord of the day of Judgment. He can forgive or punish. The decision is only His.

What does this teach us?

We should never be judgemental. If today you see a person committing sins and harming others, you should not pass the judgment that he is never going to get Hidayat or Jannat. Allah dislikes such people. Who knows that he might receive guidance from Allah one day. Our focus should be on ourselves. Others will get what they deserve, our concern should be our own amaal.

Maybe you have seen that whatever we say about someone comes around in front of us because Allah dislikes this. He loves all of His creation, He knows what everyone is doing, and He doesn’t take a long time to forgive.

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"Allah is the one who send water from the sky, the He gave life to the earth after the earth was dead."

What did Allah use to give life to the earth? Water.

Without rain, can this planet survive? No!

Allah produces two kinds of things for us by using this water.

Farm, palm trees, grapes, etc -these things dont grow by themselves. We have to take care of these trees. A farm is not made by itself, we have to put a lot of effort into it.

Then there are fruits that grow on their own, without a farmer.

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However, the ayah is not about water and sky. That is its second purpose. The primary purpose is defined in the previous ayah where Allah tells us that He sent the book from the sky.

To understand the effect of Allah's book on earth we have to understand the effect of water on earth.

Water is essential for earth, without water it will die. If water is delivered it will bring earth to life. Same is the case with people. If we leave the book of Allah, we'll face a moral and spirituall death.

If Allah's message is delivered to everyone, to every heart, in a perfect manner, Allah will bring it to life.

No matter how bad the situation is, this book has the power to bring people back to life and plant flowers in their life.

Lesson to learn:

If you feel far away from Him, purposeless, dead spiritually, get closer to His book. His words will bring you to life 🌼

-From Surah Nahl

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Why is it that people got everything they wished for and here I am, still asking Allah after years and He hasn’t granted?

It’s been so long and the trial still hasn’t ended. He just needs to say “Kun” and my life will change, but why isn’t He saying so?

Why is the khayr being delayed? What is the hikmat behind delaying the khayr?

Yousuf AS was sent to prison. He knew that a man would go free and serve the king. He asked him to mention him before the king and ask the king to free him. But what happened? Allah made that man forget. So, Yousuf AS had to spend years in prison. Why?

In the longer trial, in the delay, there is khayr. More patience is equal to more Ajar. What Allah has decreed for us is better than what we think for ourselves.

If Yousuf AS had gotten out soon where would he have gone? What would he have done? There was nothing that he could have done, no place he could have gone to take refuge. He got out of prison years later at the request of the King himself and from that moment his entire life changed. He reached a high status the moment he got out of prison. If he had left the prison soon he would have been in the position to ask the king himself, but now the king himself summoned him, he himself needed Yusuf AS.

Things turned out way better than they’d have been before. Things were in Yousuf AS’ favor now.

Allah knows it’s been long. He knows you’re waiting for the trial to end. He is all-hearing, all-seeing. Yes, His one KUN can change our lives, but if He is delaying it, Have faith that there is khayr in it. Just as He did for Yousuf AS, He’ll take you out of your prison too. Hang on. Do not give up.

When you’re put in hardships and times of loneliness. When you feel like your abilities are being wasted. When you feel imprisoned, locked up. Accept the decree of Allah. You are not being wasted. Yusuf AS’s time in prison did not go to waste, there was a learning for him. He has to be in prison because he had to experience something over there that he wouldn’t otherwise experience

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Dear Allah,

Certainly, there is a relief after hardship.

This year you taught me that your help does arrive. But, it could be in ways or forms we could not have pictured. No doubt, it is better than what we ask for.

When I look back at all the previous years, I marvel at how every difficulty was leading me to a more satisfactory life. We plan but you are the best planner, indeed.

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To everyone who struggled this year. Those who are waiting for relief. To the ones hurt by their own favorites.

Please know that relief is near.

You may think that it’s been very long and no help has arrived. I want to remind you that it was longer for Yusuf AS. It was hard for Ibraheem AS as well when his own father asked him to leave the house for not worshipping idols. It was tough for Musa AS when he had to leave his city without any provision or future ahead of him. Maryam AS went through intolerable pain when she gave birth to Esa AS, to the point that she wished for death.

Yet, all of them came out of their difficulties victorious.

You will too.

Never surrender. Work on yourself, for yourself, no matter how hard that seems. There is no other way around it.

Allah helps those who help themselves.

Do whatever you can while you wait for bright days.

If there is nothing that you can do. Then ask for HIS help. Pray, make dua, build a connection with HIM and you will see the doors opening for you in mysterious ways.

The troubles of this temporary life should not allow you to sin. There is no excuse for sin.

“And whoever fears Allah- He will make for him a way out.” -Quran

May this year be kinder and gentler to you.

Ameen.

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“Why me? Why do I have to face difficulties one after another?” Allah saved Yusuf AS from a sin. How? By sending him to prison. Sometimes we’re faced with a difficulty. We don’t understand it. We see it as a punishment. But, it might be Allah’s protection from greater trouble. We learn that Yusuf AS did Ihsaan (good) wherever he went. Yet, he faced trials one after another. Yusuf AS was dumped by his brothers, sold off, ended up at Aziz Misr’s house. But, he learned a lot there. He got to look at the world from a different perspective, from a governor’s house, from their point of view. When he went to prison, he lived among common men, the lower people, it was a different experience that was necessary for him to learn for what he was going to receive later in life. Him being a prisoner wasn’t wasted. There was a learning for him in it. So, when you’re left alone, when you’re faced with a trial, look through it. Find out what Allah is trying to teach you and don’t let it go to waste. Keep doing Ihsaan (good) and don’t lose hope in Allah. Allah does not put us through anything without any reason. Whatever circumstances Yusuf AS faced did not stop him from doing good. As a result, Allah helped him at each step. His worth was revealed every time. People sold him just for a few dirhams, but the man who purchased him saw good in him. He was sent to prison, but the people there found him Mohsin (a doer of good). It was his good doings that made him reach the king who had a dream. Imagine if he had stopped doing good, stopped helping others when he was sent to prison. Imagine if he had given up on doing good when he was falsely accused and deprived of freedom. He could have said, “Why me? Why am I being put in so many difficulties? Why am I in trouble when all I do is good?” But he did not say that. He kept doing it. And it was his good that saved him. He helped two fellow prisoners, and one of them mentioned him in front of the king, and that is how he got out of the prison. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYGs0jCtWRR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Prison over a loss. The wife of Aziz e Misr did not stop. She said, “If he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned.” Nobody stopped her before. As a result, her zulm increased. This is why it is important to stop people when they are harming us, otherwise they’ll increase in it. If someone is harming you, talk about it, stop them in any way that you can. Not doing something to put an end to harm will give them more power over you. — Yusuf AS chose prison over committing a sin. He said, “My Lord, prison is more beloved to me than that to which they invite me.” So what is he saying? "Oh, Allah send me to prison so that I can be saved from this haraam". This shows Imaan. A person is willing to suffer some worldly loss in order to protect his faith. Imaam Bukhari had a thousand Dinaar with him and he was on a ship and he told somebody that he had all that money. That man, after some time said “I’ve lost so much money. Somebody stole it." And he made a huge scene. So everybody started searching and this man's plan was that they'll find it with Imam Bukhari and they will say, "Oh, You stole this man's wealth, now return it to him. The money was not found with Imaam Bukhari. That man went to Imam Bukhari afterward; and asked, "So where did the money go? Where did you hide it?" He said "I threw it in water. I got rid of it" He said, "I got rid of it because I didn't want to be accused of theft because I am someone from whom people take Hadith, the words of the prophet SAW and I do not want to be accused of theft because they will question my integrity, my reliability". So we see over here Yusuf AS also chose prison(worldly loss) over his freedom. What do we learn? When you are stuck in a situation where you have to choose between a worldly loss and something haraam. Choose what will protect your Imaan. That decision defines you as a human, that defines your weakness and strength. That defines if you are strong enough to fight temptations while having faith in Allah that He will help you. And, He will help you. He will send help. He will take you out from your prison (loss) just as he did for Yusuf AS. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYEVSiWljwo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“Ignore this. Ignore what has happened. Just overlook it.” Yusuf AS was declared innocent. Aziz e Misr knew that he was innocent and said to him to let it go, ignore it, overlook it. The victim was being told to ignore. This happens in our society to date. Why? To preserve the family’s reputation. This is so wrong. It’s dehumanizing the victim. It’s unfair to the victim. This behavior gives courage to the predator that they can do whatever they want and get away with it. We need to put an end to this behavior. We need to stop asking the victim to stay silent. Ustadh Nouman in a lecture said that if someone had the right to preserve the family’s reputation, it was Yaqoob AS. He was the grandson of Ibrahim AS. He had a reputation to maintain. He had the right to do so but he didn’t do it. When he found out about Yusuf AS’s dream instead of shushing Yusuf and telling him that his brothers love him so don’t think bad of them, he talked about the issue with that little child. He told him that, “see, don’t talk to your brothers about the dream, they won’t like it.” He knew there was an issue between them. He knew about the jealousy and dispute between the brothers. He didn’t try to sweep it under the carpet, instead, he talked about it and warned Yusuf AS. What do we do when we see abuse happening around us? We ask our kids to stay silent. We tell them, “it’s okay, they’re our people, we cannot speak about them like this, our family reputation will be ruined if we do,” This behavior is immoral! ---- https://www.instagram.com/p/CYBjlgGlCHc/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“I want to leave a sin. Regardless of my efforts, I end up doing it.” The wife of Azis Misr was determined to seduce Yusuf AS. Allah tells us that He too would’ve inclined to her if he had not seen the “Burhaan of his Rab”. “Burhaan” saved him from sinning. Burhaan is evidence, a very strong manifest truth, decisive evidence, which is undeniable. Burhaan was the fact that Yusuf AS realized that this was wrong. He realized that Allah has been kind to him. His master has been kind to him. And, wrongdoers are never successful. What saved him was actually his knowledge. Some books mention that he saw Jibreel AS or the face of his father, or he heard Allah’s command. Whatever it was, Allah was the one who saved him. Why? Because he was a sincere slave of Allah. And then he ran towards the door. He ran to leave the place where he could have fallen into sin. What is the lesson here? If you want to leave a sin, connect with Allah through His book. When you’ll read and reflect on His book daily, it will remind you to stay on the right path in your worst times. I am sharing this with my personal experience. Allah’s book is like a handhold. It holds you. Reminds you. Saves you at every step. Prophet SAW said, “Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you.” And, never allow yourself to be in a place or with a person that makes you sin. Leave that place. Runaway from the situation that can get you in trouble. Do not stay there. Yusuf AS did not stay in the place of Fitnah, he ran away. Prophet SAW said: It’s not permissible for a believer to humiliate himself. Sahaba asked, how would a believer humiliate himself? He saw said: “When the believer puts himself in trials which he cannot tolerate, which he cannot handle, does not have the strength to bear. He is humiliating himself.” Meaning, when you let yourself be in a situation where you’re gonna fall, then you’re humiliating yourself. ---- https://www.instagram.com/seharified/p/CX8eaNLlN7A/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“I treat people with love and respect, but why do they take advantage of my kindness?” We’ve asked this question at least once in life. You deliver your best and receive nothing but dishonesty, falsehoods, emotional invalidation, selfishness, or any other emotional or physical harm from others. This makes you think that maybe Allah does not love me cause if he does then he wouldn’t have allowed others to harm me when I am trying to do my best. First, what others think of you, is not what Allah thinks about you. A great example of this is in the story of Yusuf AS. His brothers dumped him, a caravan picked him and sold him off, he was living as a slave when Allah blessed him with Prophethood and called him “doer of good (Mohsin)” If your loved ones do not see the good in you, that doesn’t mean Allah doesn’t see it. This is why you shouldn’t stop doing good even if the world around you doesn’t notice it. Because remember that it was Yusuf AS’s goodness that brought him blessings. You may not be the best in the eyes of your family, but you are the best in the eyes of Allah and at the end of the day that is all that matters. Yusuf AS was perfect in worship and his dealings with people regardless of what he went through. His entire life was controlled by others, yet Allah called him a Mohsin. A lot of times we feel trapped, especially the women. We think we have no control or freedom over our lives. Even the men have tremendous responsibilities on their shoulders. Whenever you feel like the responsibilities are dragging you away from doing good, remind yourself of Yusuf AS. The good we do will be our salvation. Your life will change, just as Yusuf AS’ life changed. . . . #mindfulness #selflove #mentalhealth #positivity #positivevibes #wellness #inspiration #allahswt #quranquote #instadaily https://www.instagram.com/p/CXf9hdPNyOL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Yaqoob AS said I am going to observe beautiful patience. And I am going to seek Allah’s help Can Sabr be beautiful? Yes If so, does that mean it can be ugly too? Yes Generally when we think about Sabr we think it’s bitter and ugly something that’s not pleasant. But it can be beautiful too How? Sabr means to confine and restrain oneself The difference between ugly and beautiful Sabr is that it's beautiful when you accept the reality, embrace it, while it gets ugly when you dont accept the reality, dont embrace it. The one who doesn't embrace it will find it torturous as a punishment as if someone has done injustice to them. But the one who embraces the hardship will have patience knowing that it is for the best and when they embrace it they live with it with peace and dignity. The foundation of Sabr Jameel is acceptance. Accepting that this is what Allah has decreed for me, it happened by His permission so I will embrace it. This means that the person will not complain all the time, not whine all the time. They will be struggling, it is going to be hard, but they will not complain. Sabr Jameel is Sabr with Izzah. Izzah means dignity and composure. The person who does it refrain from whining and complaining in front of others, he maintains his dignity. It is a Sabr of Ikhtyaar. This means the person chooses to be patient that I am going to respond with patience The opposite of this is Sabr of Qahr. Meaning I don’t have a choice so I am forced to do it. The person who does it is sad, their facial expression displays that, they complain, they get through that calamity but with great difficulty. This is a Sabr of compulsion that I can’t do anything about it so whatever The Messenger of Allah said:There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and says what Allah has enjoined ‘Verily to Allah we belong and unto Him is our return. O Allah reward me for my affliction and compensate me with something better, but Allah will compensate him with something better. What do they do? They accept the reality embrace it and ask Allah for help just as Yaqoob AS did. Then what happens? Allah compensates with something better just as he did for Yaqoob AS. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXa207SNptg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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One day you will be victorious, Allah told him. When the brothers of Yusuf AS dumped him in well, Allah inspired Yusuf AS that one day you will stand in front of them and inform them of the wrong they did to you. Lesson to learn: If you have become a target of somebody’s harm, have sabr and faith in Allah. One day Allah will bring good through that suffering. He is always with the ones who are wrong. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid, from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah." Just as Allah was planning in the favor of Yusuf AS, He is planning for you too. There is no decree of Allah except that it has something good in it and something good that will come out of it. Prophet SAW said: Wondrous are the believer’s affairs. For him, there is good in all his affairs. When something pleasing happens to him, he is grateful, and that is good for him. When something displeasing happens, he is enduring (has sabr), and that is good for him.” (Muslim) Whatever situation you are in today, remind yourself that Allah never puts anyone in a difficulty without any reason. We will see the result soon. So, let us come out of it victorious and not as failures by displeasing Him. If you are being oppressed, stand for yourself if you can. But, if you cannot, then have Sabr and faith in your Lord. He has not abandoned you. He is here. This trial could be the beginning of something beautiful. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXLYoIktou5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The brothers of Yusuf decided to murder him. How did they get so low? This all started with one sin: Assumption. They assumed they were being treated unfairly. Assumption led to envy, then backbiting, and that led to the planning of killing Yusuf AS. One sin led to another sin. Allah said in Quran, “Do not follow the footsteps of Shaytaan.” What are the footsteps of Shaytaan? When he invites you to one sin, do not follow it, because one sin will lead to another and another, and before you know it you’ll be in a pool of sins. Never be like the one who says, “Oh, it’s just one sin, a small sin, no big deal.” Remember, these small sins lead us to bigger sins. Yusuf’s brother thought once they are done with Yusuf they’ll repent to Allah and become righteous after that. This is called delusion. Do we have any guaranty that Allah will forgive us if we repent this way? How are we sure that we’ll get the time to repent? What if we die while we’re sinful? We must get rid of this mindset. The one who fears Allah does not commit sins with the mindset that they’ll ask for forgiveness later on. On the contrary, we must not delay khair. If there is a good opportunity, avail it. We must do good while we have time. Ustad Nouman once said, When youth turns to Allah, miracles happen. It’s like if I drop this cellphone which is in my hand, we’re all 100% sure it’ll drop on the floor and not fly, it’s a fact, that is how strong this fact is that miracles will happen for us if we obey him in our youth. We’re all waiting for a miracle to change our lives, so let’s grab this opportunity while we still have it. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWx1KSxNWHu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“There are signs in the story of Yusuf (AS) and his brothers for those who ask.” _Yusuf Who was asking? Mushrikeen of Makkah asked about Yusuf AS to the Prophet SAW. So, are these signs only for Mushrikeen of Makkah? No! These signs are for all of us. For you. For me. For everyone. Trust me, once you start learning the book of Allah it feels as if it was revealed only and only for you, it talks just about you. This is one of the miracles of Quran. All the stories in Quran are a way of guiding us. Allah is telling us all here that Patience like Yusuf AS will bring good for us too. So, if the book is sent down for all of us, should we not read it at least once to learn what Allah wants to tell us? If you find reading it hard, start with one ayah a day. Just one ayah with an explanation. One ayah a day will change your life miraculously. I promise. We’re not promised a long life, take this opportunity while you have it because once gone, it won’t return. One ayah a day will remind you to be patient, it’ll help you maintain faith. Reading His book is like holding a handhold so strong that takes you to Jannah. You will not need any friend to rant to once you develop real relation with this book, you won’t need guidance from someone else, this book will tell you what to do. You will receive guidance directly from Allah SWT. Ustad Nouman once said, “There are miracles of guidance in the Quran that only you will experience nobody else can explain them to you. You're gonna be in a state of difficulty in your life, you're gonna open up Allah's book, you're gonna read some page, and read some ayaat and it's gonna have the answer to the exact problem you had. And you cannot prove that to anyone, you cannot convince anyone else that it's a miracle. That's a personal gift of guidance from Allah to YOU where the guidance of Allah came to life for you.” P.s If you’re looking for a Quran course that is manageable with your work/study schedule, I would recommend signing up for @taalibequran course by Nemrah Ahmad. It's a life changer. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWvKY7mt_6d/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Our Lord is Aleem and Hakeem. Aleem- All-knowing. He knows the mysteries hidden in the sea and above it. He knows what we hide and reveal. He knows us, our pain, our silent whispers, and the pain we hide. We say, “Nobody understands us”. But, He does. He listens and sees. Whatever we go through, He is completely aware of it. He puts us into it to help us grow. He knows we can handle it. We ask, “Where is His help if He knows?” The answer is. “He is Al Hakeem.” Hakeem- The Wise. His decisions, plans, are based on His perfect wisdom. He knows why we are in this situation today, and He’ll take us out at the right time just as He did for Yousuf AS. He looks at the bigger picture while our focus is on the issue at hand. His help will come at the right time, not a minute late, exactly at the time best for us. Hikmah means to put something where it belongs. He will put us where we belong at the right time. He has not left us. He is planning in our favor. Whatever situation we are in today, what’s going to happen next, when that will happen, what He gives us, and takes away, everything is as per His divine plan. Trust His decree. He is here. Listening to us. Seeing us. Have faith in Him. Hikmah also means, whose decisions are carried out; nobody can resist them. We cannot escape His plans. So, accept them. We can’t resist, we can’t repel. Accept it and ask Him to help you get through it and He will. Prophet SAW said, “Verily, our Lord laughs at the despair that His servants feel, even though His help is so close.” A companion asked, “Does our Lord laugh?” He SAW said, “Yes.” The companion said: In that case, we will never give up hope of receiving good from a Lord that laughs. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWiJvH7tuYL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We read about toxic love in the previous post. I am not going to define the “types of relations” here or address which relation is haram and halal in these posts because we’re all aware of that already; so lets just focus on the solution. Ustadh Nouman addressing this issue said, “Sometimes in a relationship, you can do everything that you can but if the other person has an emotional disorder and they don’t want to address that, then you can’t help them. You could be Yaqoob AS and still cannot help them. All you can do is have Sabr. Yaqoob AS was a prophet and he could not turn his sons in to correct direction.” They thought, our father has so much love in his heart and he keeps giving to the wrong person, so if we remove Yusuf from his life, he’ll focus on us. They thought their action will control their father’s emotions. They thought of themselves as valuable. Hence they did not want to look in the mirror and see the wrong in them, they just wanted to control Yaqoob AS’s emotions. It was not out of love, it was to satisfy their own self. If this could happen between purest relations then what about others? Yasmin Mogahed said, “If being ‘in love’ means our lives are in pieces and we are completely broken, miserable, utterly consumed, hardly able to function, and willing to sacrifice everything, chances are it’s not love. Despite what we are taught in popular culture, true love is not supposed to make us like drug addicts and what we’ve seen growing up in movies, that type of all-consuming obsession is not love. It goes by a different name. It is hawa—the word used in the Qur’an to refer to one’s lower, vain desires and lusts. If our ‘love’ for something makes us willing to give up our family, our dignity, our self-respect, our bodies, our sanity, our peace of mind, our deen, and even our Lord who created us from nothing, know that we are not ‘in love’. We are slaves. Real love brings about calm. True love allows you to be at peace with urself and with God. Hawa is the opposite. Hawa will make you miserable. You will chase it to your own detriment but never reach it. And though you submit your whole self to it, it will never bring you happiness.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CWVd5nHN_Jb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Toxic Love- A relationship where negative moments outweigh and outnumber the positive ones. Emotionally or physically unpleasant and draining. Damaging. Harmful. Poisonous.

“Yusuf and his brother are more beloved to our father than us (he loves them more than he loves us) while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error. ” -Yusuf

By saying so, they were discussing the state of their father’s heart and can we understand the state of another person’s heart? If we claim to know, that means we’re saying we know the person inside out, we know their feelings, their thoughts, and we become the judge of that person. Hence, we end up creating a fake reality of that person in our mind. We’re convinced that “this is how that person is” without even *discussing* it with them about what we feel, which btw is the solution to the problem.

So the brothers thought, since our father is doing wrong, he is confused, in error, he does not understand that he is lost so it is up to us to fix that.

How? By killing Yusuf AS.

This is what happens when we do not address our feelings in a healthy way.

They wanted to control their father’s actions and emotions.

When you want to control someone, their feelings, you want them to feel what you want them to feel, you want them to do what you want, that is not love, that is controlling them.

Not a single word in Quran is without any reason, each word has a lesson for us. So what lesson does this teach us? This teaches us how “love” can be toxic. Yusuf AS’s brothers were doing all this for what? For their father’s love and attention. But was that love, actually love? No.

Those were brothers planning to kill their own brother and hurt their own father in the name of love.

Such craziness can exist between parents, siblings, friendships, spouses, or any other relationship.

You could be the one doing this to someone, or someone could be doing this to you. So, what is love then? Will talk about it in next post In shaa Allah.

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Hasad- to dislike that someone should possess a blessing and/or happiness and to want that blessing and/or happiness to be removed from that individual and/or be transferred from him to oneself' Yousuf AS had a magnificent dream and when he told his father about it he advised him to keep it a secret and asked him not to share it with his brothers as they might conspire against him because of what Shaytaan may put into their heads. Lessons to learn: Do not share everything with everyone, especially on social media. This does not mean to become secretive or always scared. Just be careful. Why? First, It can ruin our intentions. For example, you wanted to do charity and you went ahead and shared it on social media. Shaytaan can mess with your head and put Riyaa (show off) in your mind. Second, it can make people jealous. Jealousy is natural. It can rise between colleagues, our closest friends, and even siblings. We can express our blessings but sharing each and everything should be avoided. Prophet SAW said, “Seek help for fulfilling your needs by being discrete.” Meaning, if you want to fulfill your goals then be discrete about them, don’t publicize them. Why? “Because every owner of the blessing is envied” (hadith) What made the brothers of Yousuf AS dump him into well? Hasad. Another thing to note here is, Yaqoob AS did not say that your brothers might harm you, he said, “ Shaytaan is a clear enemy, he could put things into their heads.” So when you keep your blessings to yourself for protecting them, do not think that your brother/sister, friends, colleagues, might harm you, or they are your enemies. They are not. It is Shaytaan who messes with the heads. Our family, friends, people on social media, might love but they are not safe from the whispers of Shaytaan so we ourselves have to be careful. This will prevent us from falling into danger and them as well from jealousy. An example of Hasad is Iblees himself. Why did he refuse to prostrate to Adam AS? Hasad made him. Hasad made him Shaytaan while he was in the company of angels. Now his goal is to make us the same. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWNsbF4tAlG/?utm_medium=tumblr