WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:05.280 The Difference between Planning and Reliance on Allah. Javed Ahmed Ghamidi 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:07.989 [Hassan Ilyaas] What is the essential difference between 00:00:07.989 --> 00:00:11.725 using your intellect to plan versus reliance in the divine will? 00:00:11.725 --> 00:00:15.934 We are often told to have faith, reliance in Allah, 00:00:15.934 --> 00:00:19.874 but then we set about a plan, we analyze the pros and cons, 00:00:19.874 --> 00:00:22.764 and limitations in order to achieve the desired result. 00:00:22.764 --> 00:00:26.554 If we always end up planning everything, where does reliance in God fit in? 00:00:26.554 --> 00:00:28.589 What is the difference between the two? 00:00:28.589 --> 00:00:31.839 [Javed Ahmed Ghamidi] In this world, do all the plans we undertake 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.969 and opinions we form, lead to the same uniform results as, say, 00:00:34.969 --> 00:00:38.159 like water, when it is split, maintains the same level throughout. 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:41.239 The way results come about in moral affairs 00:00:41.239 --> 00:00:44.703 are not the same as the results which come about due to physical laws. 00:00:44.703 --> 00:00:48.969 Often we end up putting in all our effort and strength into something 00:00:48.969 --> 00:00:51.679 but we don't end up achieving the desired result. 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.089 Therefore, we have been taught that all results in this world 00:00:55.089 --> 00:00:57.554 can only be achieved through diligent planning. 00:00:57.554 --> 00:01:01.203 Therefore, one must plan and gain worldly knowledge. 00:01:01.203 --> 00:01:07.101 If one wants to achieve something, one must delve deep and obtain 00:01:07.101 --> 00:01:10.892 the requisite scientific knowledge to achieve the correct results. 00:01:10.892 --> 00:01:14.038 Scientific knowledge refers to obtaining knowledge through 00:01:14.038 --> 00:01:16.397 observations and experience of the facts. 00:01:16.397 --> 00:01:19.976 One must not slack in one's effort in planning. 00:01:19.976 --> 00:01:25.247 But since the outcomes of all our schemes are not determinately correlated, 00:01:25.247 --> 00:01:32.101 one must be satisfied and have faith that every outcome is by the Will of Allah. 00:01:32.101 --> 00:01:37.818 It is imperative for man to leave the eventuality in the hands of Allah; 00:01:37.818 --> 00:01:44.819 this enables man to not lose hope and move onwards to the next plan. 00:01:44.819 --> 00:01:47.823 [Hassan] We are told of this event attributed to Syeda Ayesha; 00:01:47.823 --> 00:01:50.359 The Holy Prophet (PBUH) has instructed us to ask Allah 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:52.889 for something even as trivial as a broken shoe lace. 00:01:52.889 --> 00:01:55.778 This means that while one has to make an effort, 00:01:55.778 --> 00:01:59.198 one should also pray to Allah to give one the fruit of one's labour and 00:01:59.198 --> 00:02:04.559 protection from any afflictions, whether natural or human, on the way to the market 00:02:04.559 --> 00:02:13.516 [Ghamidi] One's stepping out, having the will to do so, the money to buy the laces, 00:02:13.516 --> 00:02:17.006 the money being secure is, all of this, by the permission of Allah. 00:02:17.006 --> 00:02:20.603 Man is dependent on Allah each and every step of the way. 00:02:20.603 --> 00:02:24.140 Therefore, he (pbuh) had said, that one must have faith in Allah when 00:02:24.140 --> 00:02:25.410 embarking for any task. 00:02:25.410 --> 00:02:28.460 He in no way told us to just stay at home 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:32.328 raising our hands in prayer, hoping the laces would fall from the sky. 00:02:32.328 --> 00:02:35.438 No, one must leave go out for this, one must have money for it, 00:02:35.438 --> 00:02:37.959 make a trip to the market, and search for the laces. 00:02:37.959 --> 00:02:42.341 However, he said, that a devout Muslim needs to understand that all this 00:02:42.341 --> 00:02:47.758 can be possible to attain only through Allah's permission, and grace.