A Weakness That Allah Loves

Did you know that there is a type of weakness that Allah [swt] loves? You say that impossible! There is no such thing! Allah [swt] loves the strong, loves a strong believer, a strong Muslim! Absolutely!.  But there is type of weakness  that Allah [swt] love and this is weakness that we display with our Muslim brothers and sisters. They are the only ones technically. That is allowed for us to be weak with. This is why Allah [swt] says in the noble Qur’an :

  

‘O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion Allah will bring forth [from place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him (who are) humble toward the believers, powerful against the disbelievers, they strive in cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon whom he wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing [5:54].

He uses the word Adillah and Dhul usually means disgrace. Of course Allah [swt] is not saying that we should be disgraceful but rather that we should be low. Allah [swt] says :

“do not extend your eyes toward that by wich we have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the believers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [of mercy] to the believers.”

Lower your wing to the believers. So you should not try to be above, you should not always try to be supreme with your brothser and sisters. It is allowed for you  to be somewhat weak with them. In other words, treat them kindly, treat them well. Think of them highly, try not to be, you know ostentatious or prompous with them, right? This is meaning of being weak, not that you should be...you know, weakness in general is not something that Islam condones. 

But with your Muslim brothers and sistes, you should be as gentle and lenient and cordial as possible. And this is why Prophet Muhammad [saw] said in the authentical hadith, he said ‘that iman [believe and faith] is a sabr [patience] wassamaahah’ [samaahah] has many deep meaning. A lot of deep meanings. One of them is forgiving and pardoning. Another one is leniency. So all of these  beautyful meanings, we should try to implement aong with our brothers and sisters.

How come Allah [swt] muslims amongst each other, they don’t treat each other this way? Even though the prophet [saw] is telling us that it is a parth of faith. Even though the Prophet [saw] is telling us that it is a part of faith. It is part of faith to treat your Muslim brother or sister this way. And this is why in famous hadith also, a man went out Allah [swt] one day. It seem he was thinking about the issue. He went out and he said, ‘I’m giving charity’ with what? Not with his money...but with his honour. With his pride! In other words he said, ‘my honour, my pride is sadaqa [charity] for whoever wants to insult me today.’ Right?

It’s slightly a different concept of charity. He means to say, ‘let anone insult me . let anyone say whatever they want. I have forgiven them and I have pardoned them.’ And this is why the next day prophet Muhamad [saw] said, ‘who is the man who went and performed charity with his own self, with his own honour, with his pride?’ and the man said. ‘Me! Oh massenger of  Allah.’ He said. ‘Allah [swt] has accepted you r charity!’

How many of us are ready to say,  ‘if a muslim brother or sister has laked about me, has backit men, he said something incorrect aout me, has accused me, if anyone of them has done that. I have forgiven them. It is a sadaqa from me to them! This is the meaning of weakness that Allah [swt] loves. A weakness that we practise along with our muslim brothers and sisers and only with our Muslim brothes and sisters and insyaAllah this will only make us stronger Muslim! Stronger in faith. And stronger and better even in the perception of our Muslim brothers and sisters.

Thanks to our amazing reminder, Syaikh Mohammad Kotub. Ourthanks to who amazing reminder, Mufti Ismail Menk. May Allah Glorified and exalted be He grant that to us. Ameen.