When Calamity Strikes

Mufti Menk

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Islam

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by muslimscentral.com
0:25.0	My beloved brothers, my sisters
0:27.0	When calamity strikes in your life and it has to strike at some point
0:33.0	When calamity strikes in your life and it has to strike at some point
0:39.0	The first thing a believer should do is connect to Allah
0:58.0	Allah describes the believers and Allah says those whom when calamity strikes
1:09.0	When difficulty and hardship befalls them
1:13.0	The first thing they say and they utter is we belong to Allah and unto Him we shall all return
1:22.0	So when calamity strikes the first thing you do is you say inna lillahi wa inna ilahi raja'un
1:28.0	I belong to Allah, what does that mean?
1:31.0	As a believer, the fact that you know you belong to your maker, he made you
1:38.0	He has you here for a short time and you are going to go back to Him
1:42.0	That will cushion whatever difficulty you are going through
1:48.0	Don't think that you won't have hardship in your life
1:51.0	Do not think that calamity shall not strike you
1:55.0	It has to strike you if not today then tomorrow
1:59.0	If it is not already struck it is coming and if it is struck once it may strike many times
2:07.0	And a lot of us have had it many times already
2:10.0	Guess what? It does not get any easier, it gets bigger because that is the plan of Allah
2:16.0	He rewards you in a greater way as time passes
2:20.0	You think it was simple because you lost a child, wait until you lose three or four one time
2:27.0	May Allah SWT not test us with that
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