❝If something leaves you powerless and incapacitated, then repeat: ‘Lā ḥawla wa lā quwata illā billāh’ (translation: there is no might nor power except with Allāh), Allāh will make your matter easy.❞ Ibn al-ʿUthaymīn, in: Sharḥ Riyāḍ aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn 5/522.…
﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:71 ﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:74 ﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:77 Prophet Mūsā faces several setbacks in his path to seek knowledge. But each time he continues on with an unshaken resolve until the journey ends following an agreement put forward by Prophet Mūsā.…
When you’ve been asking Allāh for something for quite a long time and due to a ḥikmah (wisdom) that only Allāh knows, your request has been delayed. Then when you see another be given a similar blessing — one that you have been pining for and praying for, it might be natural for a person to feel a burn in their heart. A bitterness. A jolt of sadness, mixed with jealousy and envy (perhaps?). Some might go to the extent…