Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

Ibrâhîm fulfilled the vision and since he fulfilled it out of absolute
contentment, willingness and submissiveness to the Wisdom of
Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in what He commanded, the
doom was arrested and it was said to him, ‘Do not kill your son.’
Then a ram offered as a sacrifice descended from heaven. As if
Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, Himself ransomed Ismâ‘îl with
that ram. Not only that, but instead of taking Ibrâhîm’s sole son,
Ismâ‘îl, Almighty Allah gave him the glad tidings of a second son,
Ishâque.
As a rule, anyone who proceeds to fulfill the Divine Commands,
still within the veils of the Unseen, though blind to their wisdom
but out of trusting the Divine Omniscience, will surely receive a
great reward. The further steps the Decree beyond the power of
imagination, the stronger the faith enclosed in the hearts. There are
people who refuse to abide by the prohibitions set by The Creator
for missing the wisdom behind, when the wisdom is unveiled and
the harm that befalls man because of them becomes evident, they
start to forbear. But their forbearance does not arise from belief in
the Command of Allah, but out of belief in medicine, science or
others.
We have to know that there is a difference between the duty man
assigns to another and the duty The Creator enjoins upon His
creatures. In the former, we have to know the wisdom behind it to
fulfill it, but in the latter we fulfill it out of belief in the absolute
Wisdom of Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, in whatever He
legislated. Everything judged by Allah and our minds stand
powerless to understand, we fulfill out of belief in the Omniscience
of The Legislator.
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