Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

‘Allâhu ta’âlâ gives every wish of the person who trusts only in
Him. He makes other people help him.’ Yahyâ ibn Ma’âdh ar-Râzî
(d. in Nishapur in 258/872) said, ‘Others will love you as much as
you love Allâhu ta’âlâ. Others will fear you as much as you fear
Allâhu ta’âlâ. Others will give you help in proportion to the
worship you do for Allâhu ta’âlâ.’ Do not run after your own
advantages! Abû Muhammad ’Abdullah ar-Râsibî (d. in Baghdad
in 367/978) said, ‘The largest curtain between Allâhu ta’âlâ and
man is man’s thinking of only himself and his trusting in another
man who is incapable like himself. We should think of ingratiating
ourselves not with men, but with Allâhu ta’âlâ.’
“We should behave with a sweet language and a cheerful face
towards our wives and children. We should stay with them as much
as to give them their due. We should not attach ourselves to them
so much as to turn away from Allâhu ta’âlâ.
“We should not consult the ignorant and deviated men with
religious posts about our religious matters. We should not stay
together with those who are fond of this world. We should follow
the Sunna in everything we do and should abstain from any bid’a.
When we are happy we should not overflow the Islamic limits. Nor
should we give up hope for Allâhu ta’âlâ’s help when we are in
trouble. We should not forget that there is easiness alongside every
difficulty. Our attitude should never change in happiness or in
trouble, we should be in the same state in abundance and in
scarcity. In fact, we should feel easy in scarcity and uneasy in
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abundance. Change of events should not make change in us.
“Instead of looking for others’ faults, we should see our own
faults. We should not deem ourselves superior to any other
Muslim. We should hold every Muslim higher than ourselves.
When we meet a Muslim, we should believe that our happiness
may depend on the blessing he will invoke on us. We should be
like servants with those whom we are obliged to. A hadîth sherîf
declares,