:: Fatalism or Tawakkul :: Umar Bin Khattaab (Radi Allahu Anhu) heard the Messenger of ALLAH (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him) saying, “If you trust ALLAH with the right kind of Tawakkul, HE will provide you sustenance as HE provides for the birds – they go out in the morning with empty stomachs and come back in the evening with full stomachs.” [Tirmidhi] A bird sitting in its nest, praising ALLAH (Subhana Wa Ta’ala), will not have its stomach filled. It has to go out to seek food. It is only the bird that after glorifying ALLAH (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) goes out and makes an effort to find food, that comes back full. Belief in ALLAHs qada and qadar does not preclude action. Hazrat Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) asked a group of people sitting around: “Who are you?” They replied: “We are resigned to the will of ALLAH and have placed our trust (made Tawakkul) in HIM.” These people refused to bother with trying to earn a living using Tawakkul as an excuse. Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) hit them and told them not to twist the concept of Tawakkul. He said, “You lie! Such a person is resigned to the will of ALLAH who sows the seed and then places his trust in HIM. It is not Tawakkul to sit with idle hands. Gold and silver do not descend from the sky.”
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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