The Challenge

As I come home from a life changing course (AlMaghrib 3Day Seminar) I realize although the knowledge I gained is amazing, I realize the real challenge is applying it to my lifestyle. I got the tools needed to change my lifestyle to that which pleases Allah but how am I going to use these tools and how long will it take me to properly and effectively use these tools and see the results of my efforts?

Today I realized it is not just about what you have learned, but it is about how quickly/effectively you are able to apply what you have learned.

"The most important aspect of knowledge is purifying yourself.
 The second part is acting upon it"

-Omar Sulieman AlMaghrib 2012

I have learned alot this weekend, any one of the 350 students can attest to this,but the question is not just a matter of what have you learned? It is how are you going to apply what you have learned to your life?Humdallah this question was addressed during the seminar..

 

Am I capable of changing?

Imām al-Ḥasan al-Baṣri said, “The nafs is like a strong horse. The goal is not to kill it but to tame it.” You want to keep yourself in control. It is good to have a strong and powerful horse as long as you are in control of it and it is not in control of you. Allah does tell us in the Qurʾān “those who swallow their anger” and not “those who do not have anger" Allah does not expect you to eliminate and suppress your desires and natural things inside you but to keep them tamed"

This is the challenge, the challenge of control

As I walk out of the NJIT campus after this 3day course I feel as if I have left behind the beauty of akharih,re-entering back into the dunya...  As I return back to dunya, my journey of applying my knowledge begins at home.

"We are tyring the tazkiyah, and Allah sends us hardship and trial to complete the purification process. At the end of fitnah, if a person is patient, Allah elevates them so much so that the Prophet says, "On the Day of Judgement, the people who were not tested will see the reward of those who were tested and will wish they had scissors to cut their skins"

I realize my process of tazikyah begins at home.

al-Ghazāli said there are three difficulties of knowledge:

1. Keeping yourself in the pursuit of knowledge.

2. A person acts upon that knowledge.

3. Being saved and protected from your.

Ḥasan al-Baṣri said, “If Shayṭān saw you consistently obeying Allāh, he will seek you time and time again. If he sees your consistency, he grows hopeless of you and rejects you. If he sees you losing it, then he has hope.” The Shayṭān perceives weakness, but if a person is

consistently engaged in pursuing Allāh, then he loses hope.

-Via Omar Sulieman

The amount of intention and sincerity will show in its efforts. When someone has sincerity,they will continuously work and show enthusiasm.

This is the final results of your begining:intentions