Bismillah!

Why Us?


It was heavily raining in the morning. Kids refused to wake up, instead they wanted me to be with them. Hirah of course always search for my warmth because she’s just three months old. Zaid was too scared for the lightning and thundering. Subhanallah! Even it frightened me. Few months back more than eight lacks of victims were affected and lost their homes, misplaced from the disastrous climate. Wish this time nothing happen in that sort. Wondering how miserable such people all around the world feel everyday losing what they once eagerly and dearly adored and protected. their lives, their possessions…life times savings are all gone with one earthquake, flood, landslide, tsunami, wildfire etc etc. How great Allah is, just one command and everything becomes dust, Allahu Akbar. Yet people forget His greatness.

Thus, disasters and calamities are a result of our increasing evil deeds and disobedience to Allah: not that affected ones are wrong doers. And the ones not affected are the best among others. Everything shown and seen is an example for the living ones. Fear Allah for his powers, obey Allah for His mercy.

"And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He (Allah) pardons much." [Soorah al-Shoorah (42): 30] "Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself." [Soorah an-Nisa (4):79]

Narrated Abu Hurayrah (radhi allahu anhu): "Allah's Messenger (sallalalhu alaihi wa-sallam) said: "When... property given in trust is treated as spoil, Zakaat is looked on as a tax, learning is acquired for other than a religious purpose, a man obeys his wife and is unkind towards his mother, he brings his friend near and drives his father far off, voices are raised in the mosques, the most wicked member of a tribe becomes its ruler, the most worthless member of a people becomes its leader, a man is honored through fear of the evil he may do, singing-girls and stringed instruments make their appearance, wines are drunk, and the last members of this people curse the first ones, look at that time for a violent wind, an earthquake, being swallowed up by the earth, metamorphosis, pelting rain, and signs following one another like bits of a necklace falling one after the other when its string is cut." [at-Tirmidhee (5450)]

Allah sends down such calamities to frighten His slaves and remind them of their obligations and duties towards Him and to warn them against associating anything in worship with Him.

"Don't they see that they are put in trial once or twice every year (with different kinds of calamities, disease, famine)? Yet, they turn not in repentance, nor do they learn a lesson." [Soorah at-Tawbah (9): 126]

Endless natural disasters make clear to His servants that the kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth is alone in His Hands. Happenings of earthquakes are evidence of His astonishing Power: "For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth." [Soorah al-Fath (48) :7] "And none can know the Forces of your Lord, except He." [Soorah Mudhaththir (74): 31]
If the Ummah leaves Allah's Sharee'ah, ignores His Deen and follows its enemies, then Allah has the complete power to send down disasters and calamities, and from them are earthquakes, tsunami, flood and all other natural disasters.

Let’s fear Allah, thank Allah for His endless mercy upon us and remember we will be meeting him one day InshaAllah. And let it be a Happy meeting, how would it feel when you being rewarded for being the best among others, for out standing performance? What could be the reward, Jaanat Al firdouse of course, InshaAllah :)