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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Imam Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasā’i, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Hibbān in his Sahih, and Al-Hākim

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Hadith text: If only you relied on Allah the way you should, He woul…

عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزَقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا».

Explanation of the hadith: If only you relied on Allah the way you should, He woul…

Lessons: If only you relied on Allah the way you should, He woul…

• The Hadīth highlights the merit of reliance upon Allah and that it is one of the best means whereby sustenance can be obtained.
• Reliance upon Allah does not contradict the pursuit of the proper means, as he informed that true reliance does not run counter to going out in the morning and returning in the evening in search of sustenance.
• The Shariah devotes attention to the acts of the heart, as reliance upon Allah falls under this category.
• Attachment to the means alone constitutes a deficiency in one's religion, and abandonment of the means denotes a deficiency in one's reason.

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