Trials

I know of a brother who recently had to drop out of school so he could get a job to help out his family. He was going to graduate this semester, but he had to drop out. I know of a brother who is living his life after losing his mother. His mother whom he loved so much. His sisters have married and moved on. I know of a brother who does not have a house. He does not even have enough money to feed him every day. I know of a sister who got engaged to a brother, but had to break it up for personal reasons. I know of a mother, who had to listen to her daughter being murdered on the phone…overseas. Allahu Akbar…and I sometimes feel like I am being given hard tests.Yet here we are.. complaining about the dumbest things. We have so much to be thankful for. Alhamdulillah.

“Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. “Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.”(Baqarah:286)