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The Hidden Objection to God's Decree!

٣١ مايو ٢٠١٥
The Hidden Objection to God's Decree!

I went to the hospital with my daughter (Nour), who had "choked" on a piece of pistachio, where it turned out that in this case, a bronchoscopy procedure was necessary. After the procedure was over, the doctor told me: (Before you, a father and mother came with their seven-year-old son. When I came out to them from the operating room with the piece of pistachio that was in their son's bronchi, the father did nothing but raise his hand and slap his wife "Enough" with all his might in front of people)!! Of course, what is the "justification" of the father? The mother had to pay attention and not let the boy choke on the pistachio!! Do you know, my brothers? Far from the anger that boils in my heart and yours towards this "man"?! I consider this to be one of the cases of hidden objection to God's decree and destiny! And how many such cases there are! The father did not accept the idea that he would have to spend around 400 dinars "for a pistachio seed", and he does not want to object openly to God's decree of this matter upon him, so he "vented" (released it) on the poor mother, even though it is not negligence at all to leave a 7-year-old child eating nuts! If each of us were honest with ourselves, they would find in themselves a similar hidden objection to God's decree and destiny! Do you want examples?: 1. You owe money to someone, whose financial situation is much better than yours. You know that the payment deadline has arrived, and you know that the law obliges you to pay. But still, you procrastinate... Examine well what your inner self is telling you and do not acquit it of the charge! It tells you: (Why is my situation worse than his? What is better about him than me that he should have more money? This is not justice! The thousand dinars he wants from me do not make a difference to him, but they make a difference to me)... It is: a hidden objection! 2. You stand in front of the mirror...You know that what you are wearing is not a proper hijab, but your inner self tells you: (In the end, it is good that I am wearing the "hijab"! Why did God not give me beauty as He gave to other girls? How will I get married? At least when I "fix" my situation, someone might marry me. If God had given me beauty, I would have obeyed Him with the proper hijab)... It is: a hidden objection! 3. The one who does not lower his gaze and "stares" in his dealings with his "female colleagues" and in his heart that God did not bless him with a wife of the beauty that satisfies him or that she is difficult for him. 4. The one who does not master his work on the grounds that employers do not give him an appropriate salary, even though he knows that this does not exempt him before God. 5. We, when we punish our young children "by venting", not with upbringing and rationality, for actions expected from those of their age. And many others.... Believe me! It is a hidden objection to destiny! I do not say this to you so that you accuse others, but accuse yourself! And search in its depths. And contemplate what Ibn Al-Qayyim said: (Most of creation, indeed all of them, except whom God wills, think of God with the wrong opinion of evil! For most of the children of Adam believe that he is deprived of the truth, lacking in luck, and that he deserves more than what God has given him! And his inner self testifies to that, and with his tongue he denies it, and he does not dare to declare it, and whoever searches his inner self and delves into knowing its depths and its secrets will see it hidden in it like fire in the wick). O Allah, we ask You to be pleased with Your decree.