Reliance on Allah (Putting Your Trust in Allah)

Assalamualaikum,

I remember this sermon that was delivered a few months back. I can write a bit longer this time since I made use of my O2 PDA to record parts of the sermon.

The khatib started the sermon by elaborating about the fear that we, as human being, are experiencing in this world.

We all have fears. We all have problems. For some of us who are students, we are afraid of failure for we have spent a lot of money and travelled from thousand miles away to come here to get a BSc, Masters or PhD. We fear about extending our stay here and spending more money if we cannot finish at specified time.

Some of us are migrant workers who have left our countries to get jobs to take care of our families. Some have worries because we have left our families back home, but some who bring our families with us would still have worries of how to raise our children in this environment and how to meet the needs of our family. And for those of us who haven't got married, we are worried about how to get good partners. We have fears about the state of our health. Are we going to survive this sickness? Some of us are worried about the wars back home and fear that there will be no more peace.

Understanding the principle of reliance on Allah (tawakkal), will make all of our fears totally disappear. Why? Because Allah is in control of everything and the end result of everything is with Allah.

Imagine a life without struggle. Imagine a life without sweat. Imagine a life in which you always get what you want. You want a good health, you got it, you want money, you got it. What kind of life will it be? We do not rely on the creator anymore. But.. do all these material/worldly thing like degree, good wives, mansions, good cars can bring the peace of mind to us? No..some of the people commit suicide because there is no peace of mind in them. So, what can bring us peace of mind?

Sakinah (tranquility) will bring us the peace of mind that we need. So, the way we can get sakinah is to put our trust in Allah (tawakkal). We will never experience the effect of trust in Allah if we never truly trust in Allah. We need to practice doing our jobs/tasks with the best ways we possibly can, and totally rely on Allah of the end results. Can we really say we trust in Allah, if we do not or cannot accept the results that turn out of the tasks we have done?

We need to practice to rely on Allah on the things that we do in this life, and insyaAllah we all will gain sakinah.


Wallahu'alam.