Hikmah

Today I learned something amazing! Another of my favourite Quranic story is the story of Prophet Musa (as) and Khidir (as). Everytime I come across this story I will learn something new. So 2 new things I learned about the story (one today, one last week)..

1. This is from a lecture by Syeikh Bilal Philips. He said we think that the 3 stories of Musa (as) and Khidir (as) all has the same theme ie everything that happened have hidden hikmah (Allah's wisdom). But have we noticed that in the 3 stories Allah is teaching us about 3 different hikmahs? Amazing, amazing....The 1st about the fisherman's boat, the hikmah was known quite soon, probably in the next few days. The second story the hikmah will NEVER be known in this lifetime, because the child died, and the parents would always miss him. They will probably know in the next life. The third story the hikmah were to be known in many years, when the orphans were adults and would find the treasure. So in everything that happens to us, know that there is always a hikmah behind it, whether we will know it soon, many years later or NEVER. But there always is.

2. This I got today from my Ipod's apps of daily hadith. There is a hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (ra) that says-"If you take care of the commands of Allah, Allah will take care of you". According to a scholar, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, one of the thing that Allah will take care of us is that he will take care of our children. This was reflected in the second and third story of Musa (as) and Khidir (as). The child who was killed will of course go to Jannah because he died as a child. So he was saved from becoming a disbeliever and making his parents disbelievers. Allah saved him because his parents were righteous. Now, I have always look at this story from the point of the parents, but it has never occurred to me that Allah is saving the child too. And the third story also Allah send Khidir (as) to re-erect the orphans' house to secure the treasure underneath it. Allah took care of the orphans because their parents were righteous. So if we take care of Allah's commands then Allah will take care of our children even AFTER our deaths. There is no better life insurance than this. Who is the better carer of our children other than Allah swt Himself?

No wonder we have to read AL-Kahfi every Friday. When can I understand it straight away?

I have this anxiety of not being able to finish at least the beginner's classes before I start working again. I know too well I won't have time and energy to..I don't want to think about it!! But...there is a hikmah in this.. I just have to believe it. Ya Allah...help me..You Own Time..please give baraqah to my time...