![]() ![]() It is a sign of nifaaq and kufr to have bad thoughts of Allah because those who have bad thoughts of Him are those who do not believe in Him The munaafiqoon and mushrikoon have no share regarding having good thoughts of Allah. This produces good actions and obedience, and will be your share and portion of the People of Eemaan this is a description of the People of Eemaan Indeed, having good thoughts is constructed upon perfecting your knowledge and understanding of Allah. It is said that whoever is more knowledgeable of Allah will be the most fearing of Him and whoever is most fearing of Him will be foremost in acts of worship and will be furthest from acts of disobedienceĪs Allah says, “It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah.” Then he (Ibn Mas’ood) said, “And I swear by the One Who there is nothing worthy of worship but Him, that there is no slave who perfects his assumption of Allah except that Allah will give him what he assumed and all of that good is in the Hand of Allah.” A believing slave has not been given anything better than having good assumptions about Allah.” Ibn Abi Dunyaa (rahimahullah) said in “Having Good Thoughts AboutAllah”: ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood (radhiyAllahu ‘anhu) said, “I swear by The One Who there is none worthy of worship but Him. Having good thoughts about Allah is from the most tremendous blessings and greatest bounties that Allah gives to whomever He wishes “And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge) I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me.” Verily! Those who scorn My worship will surely enter Hell in humiliation!” “And your Lord said: ‘Invoke Me, I will respond to your (invocation). In your du’aa to Allah for the good things of this dunyaa and aakhirah, you must perfect your thoughts about Allah that He will answer you He did not say “when Allah makes me ill” – he attributed this to himself He did not attribute becoming sick to Allah as he attributed creation, guidance and sustenance to Him. These aayaat indicate that Ibraaheem (‘alayhis salaam) had good thoughts about Allah. And when I am ill, it is He who cures me And Who will cause me to die, and then will bring me to life (again)” ![]() “Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me And it is He Who feeds me and gives me to drink. If some of the calamities of this world or pain afflicts you, even some of those diseases that are called incurable or fatal, it is upon you to perfect your assumptions about Allah, that He is Ash-Shaafee and there is no remedy or healing except His healing. If you deeply ponder upon His Beautiful Name, At-Tawwaab and that Allah will accept the repentance of His servants and pardon them for their offences, then it is upon you to perfect your assumptions of Him, that He will accept your repentance regardless of what your offense is If you know the Name of Allah, Al-Ghaffaar, then you have to perfect your thoughts about Him when you make istighfaar. It is based upon having good knowledge of Allah, specifically about his Lofty Names and Perfect Attributes. Hasan al-Basree (rahimahullah) said, “ Verily, when the believer perfects his thoughts about his Rabb, he would have perfected his actions and the faajir is the one who has corrupted his thoughts of his Lord, so his actions will also be corrupted.”ĭeeply reflect upon this consistent, strong connection between having good thoughts of Allah and good actions. Having good thoughts about Allah will produce good actions and this comes from having knowledge of Allah – one is the result of the other. Side Benefit: The ‘Ulamaa` pay close attention to those statements and actions of the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that happen close to his death by days, weeks or months because the revelation is about to cease Jaabir (radhiyAllahu ‘anhu) said, “Three days before the Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) died he said, ‘Do not allow anyone of you to die except that he is perfecting his assumptions about Allah.’” Having good assumptions of Allah brings about praiseworthy effects and beneficial fruits in this life and the next It is one of the obligations of Tawheed in fact, the Tawheed of the slave will not be correct except by having good assumptions of Allah Having good thoughts of Allah is an enormous act of worship and has a lofty position for those seeking to get close to Allah. Compilation of Tweets from the lecture, “Having Good Thoughts About Allah” by Dawud Adib (hafidhahullah) ![]()
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