Yaqīn

 

How do I know I've reached the level of certainty (yaqīn)? ⤵️⛅

My dear readers, we often hear the word "yaqīn", but how do we actually feel it?

How do we know our hearts are full of trust in Allah?

It's simpler than we imagine - it's a "feeling"

If it settles in your heart, your whole life will change 

To know if you've reached it, check these two things ⤵️

1. Yaqīn doesn't mean your problems are solved

Yaqin means your heart is calm even when the problem is still there 

Before, you'd cry, stress, think a thousand times how it'll be solved

Now you say from your heart "Allah will manage it" and sleep peacefully 😌💗

You feel internally: don't fear, you have a Great Lord

You love your sujūd, love talking to Allah 

Not just wanting something from Him, but because you feel His closeness is the safety 

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If your heart is still burning with worry, you're still at the start

If your heart is calm, accepting whatever Allah chooses, congratulations 

You're in the midst of yaqīn 

2. True yaqīn is being sure Allah will mend your heart, even if you haven't seen it yet 

Like when you ask a very generous person and smile before getting it? That's yaqīn in Allah 

You don't say "maybe He'll respond"

You say "thank you Allah, You've responded" 🌧️💕

You trust Allah has something better by a million times than what you wished for

This feeling makes you walk among people confident, smiling, at peace

Because you know good is coming, Allah just picks the right time 

My dear readers... 

Yaqin is raising your hands to the sky and lowering them knowing your need is met

It's knowing Allah is more merciful with you than your mother - how could He abandon you?

Search your heart... if you feel calm, simplicity, peace, and the path to Allah is beautiful even with hardship

Then you've reached the beautiful stages of yaqīn

This conveys encouragement to recognize the feeling of certainty (yaqīn) in Allah's plan and mercy . 

Sunnah of Walking

We all walk from place to place. Sometimes it’s just a short few steps to get something from the other side of the room, while other times we take longer walks to reach another place. Sometimes we even walk to exercise. Whatever the reason for our walk, it is a great idea to learn how our beloved Nabi ﷺ walked and add his style to our walk.

✨ Imagine the rewards we would get as for every step we take, we will get the reward of following a Sunnah! So those of us who target 10, 000 daily steps, that would be 10,000 rewards! Amazing right?

> How our amazing Nabi ﷺ walked:

1) He would raise his feet and walk. He would not drag them along the ground.

2) He would place his feet whilst slightly leaning forward.

3) His natural walk was fast and firm but at the same time it was very humble.

4) He would not walk proudly with his chest puffed out and would not try to show his authority.

5) His motion while walking was that of a person descending from a higher ground to a lower ground.

6) He would not walk very fast as if running but he would cover long distances in a short time. This was a special favour of Allah Ta’ala upon our beloved Nabi ﷺ.

7) Our beloved Nabi ﷺ never wore only one shoe. He said shaytan wears one shoe so he would oppose it.

Let us walk the walk of our beloved Nabi ﷺ one step at a time and bring blessings and rewards with each step we take.