Salaams bros,
My turn on the blog again, and luckily Nabil hasn't tracked me down in Detroit to remind me (yet). Haha, I kid I kid...in all honesty I'm so glad I do get reminded, it's a nice break from work to write these posts. So I've been out here for a few months now, even though it feels like just yesterday when I left the east coast. I'm pretty busy with research; they have me working on multiple projects at the same time but alhamdulillah I'm learning a lot. It also feels nice that I'm actually contributing to knowledge instead of just taking from it. I am applying to residency as well, so please keep me in your duas.
I'm sure most of you have heard the following hadith before:
This hadith (in my opinion), is soooo important to the mental well-being of Muslims. We are constantly challenged and tested in life with various tribulations: academically, financially, emotionally, etc. Every one of us can think of a time when something "bad" happened to us. What we need to realize is that ALL that happens in this world, good and "bad", is as a result of Allah's will. One common question I have heard in relation to this is if we are going through a calamity, how are we supposed to know if it is a test or if we are being punished? From my viewpoint, it doesn't really matter, because the response should be the same: we need to realize this is Allah's will and pray that he helps us through it. Each test we are put through is an opportunity to better ourselves and remove sins from our record. So the next time any of us is in a tough situation, no matter how small, inshallah let's try to think of this hadith and feel comforted that Allah is rewarding us in ways we can't recognize.
--Zain
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