Guide-to-Sound-Creed-A-Book-on-Muslim-Creed-and-Faith

Principle 1: Belief in Allah, Mighty and Exalted be He
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badith, that Allah is the One Who alternates day and night and the
real Crea<strong>to</strong>r and Maker of all vicissitudes therein. Therefore, even if
the Muslim believes that Allah is the Only Ordainer, he should avoid
sayings which show inveighing against time as these sayings that bear
a similarity <strong>to</strong> those of the disbelievers. When the Muslim avoids such
sayings, then he averts imitating disbelievers and keeps his <strong>Creed</strong> perfect
and is polite <strong>to</strong> Allah, the Almighty."
Likewise, the act of accusing and condemning the wind is prohibited exactly
as cursing time. This prohibition is demonstrated in the badUh which provides
that Ubayy Ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger
ofAllah (PBUH) said:
"Do not abuse the wind. When you see that which you dislike say,
'0 Allah! We ask You for the good in this wind, the good in what it
contains and the good in what it has been commanded <strong>to</strong> do. And
we seek refuge with You from the evil in this wind, the evil in what it
contains and in what it has been commanded <strong>to</strong> do.' "
(Related and deemed §ahlh by At-Tirmidhi)
Like His innumerable other gifts, the wind is a gift from Allah, which is
essential for man's health and sustenance. It blows by the command ofAllah, since
He is its real maker. But ifAllah wills, He can turn it in<strong>to</strong> a means of destruction
and ruin. Therefore, one should pray <strong>to</strong> Allah <strong>to</strong> enable him <strong>to</strong> benefit from its
good effects and save him from the bad ones.
Reviling time, wind and other things created by Allah may entail a number
of evil consequences. Reviling the wind is meaningless since it is only created
for man's service. In addition, reviling the wind or time is an act ofpolytheism;
that is when reviling the wind, a reviler thinks that such things can bring
benefit or remove harm, though Allah Alone is the real cause behind them.
Revilement, then, is directed <strong>to</strong> the One Who created such things, i.e. Almighty
Allah. Man, when the wind blows, should say, "0 Allah! We ask You for the
good in this wind, the good in what it contains and the good in what it has been
commanded <strong>to</strong> do. And we seek refuge with You from the evil in this wind, the
evil in what it contains and in what it has been commanded <strong>to</strong> do." Ifhe says so
when the wind blows, he will be regarded as one seeking refuge with Allah and
really relying on Him; this is the pure faith which stands opposite <strong>to</strong> the belief
of Pre-Islamic Arabs.