Salam Yo,
First off, Alhumdulilah (All praise is due to Allah).
I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you supporting my writing work and taking the time out to contact me. I’ll try my best to get back to you as soon as possible insh’Allah.
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Well there you have it, sorry if I wasn’t clear like Windex.
Your brother from another mother,
Saad Ahmad Rashad
Saad@chillyoislamyo.com
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Salam brother!
Salam brother!
I have a question in regards about Islam and the concept of free will. I asked my imam and he really didn’t give me a clear cut answer I was looking for so I would like for you to please explain to me the concept of free will. What confuses me is because Allah (swt) knows EVERYTHING and can control EVERYTHING, why did he give us free will? if he knows what we are going to do, why bother with it? Hope that makes sense…haha
Jazakalla khair!
As Salaamu Alaikum Brother Mohammed,
No…I’m not Saad…lol But for an overwhelmingly l-o-n-g time I had this exact question. Subhanallah I thought I was the only one! But after much thought I came to a conclusion which eased my pain.
Allah (swt) gave us the free will or the opportunity to chose between right and wrong, good and evil. Even though Allah already knows and controls everything in the heavens and on earth, He gave us the intellect to make a certain choice. For example, if He places a test upon us, we have our own intentions. Even though we can’t completely control what will happen in the future, we do have the control to like, dislike, fight against, or draw near to something.
I guess it all comes down to what’s in our heart. Also how hard we strive for the cause of Allah in the face of difficulty. All we can do is ask for His supreme help and guidance Inshaallah.
I hope this helps and didn’t make it more confusing…
Dear brother Saad,
I really enjoyed reading your blog on shaking hand with the opposite gender. I face i every day, ad God willing I have decided to stop, mabrook for al the deeds your are going to get for me ending this habit. I wanted to had that the frist reason a woman wear her veil is becuase she realizes the capacity of her femininity, that every piece of her is beautiful, letting him touch your hand, is like lettign a hand touch your back, or your face, thank you, you know I alwsy felt really shy when I shook hands with men, and finally I have come to the complete realization of why,
Brother Saad, I would really like to ask you to talk about your ver of women beautifying themselves outside their house. you that for women not displaying her beauty is a true test. every woman wants to be beautiful, even if she already is, she lives on being beautiful. I cover my hair, but not my face. I dont really wear make up, just ee liner and lipstick, but even I can see how much better I look when I add some color to my face. I want some advice to quit doing that. I know I am already beautiful, and no confirmation from any man mater to me,well I mean, I am lieing ofcourse it does matter, but I dont know how to stop, I feel un polished if i am not atelast wearing a little something. I have tried talking myself out of it, maybe if I hear it from you I will be able to stop.
Gazak allah kheir
i love u
Assalamualaikum wbt,
I really enjoyed reading your blog. Keep up the good work!
But may I suggest you one thing? I’d love to learn sunnah from our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Siwak, what do Prophet did and did not do. That would be lovely. Thanks. Love from Malaysia.