What Motivates a Person to Always Trust Allah’s Plan?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

What motivates a person to trust Allah’s plan at all times?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

Trust in (a.k.a reliance on) Allah Most High is a direct result of one’s certainty in the fact that Allah Most High is the Only Provider and the Only Withholder; the Only Giver of harm and the Only Giver of benefit; and the Only One in whom the creation should put their hope. [Muhasibi, Adab al-Nufus]

True Reliance and Trust

Imam Harith al-Muhasibi mentions the following:

“The one who is true in his reliance upon Allah does not find his heart humbled for any created being. This is because his heart is filled with trust in Allah’s guarantee.  The one who is true in his reliance sees even the small blessings of Allah as being great due to his knowledge of the greatness of Allah Most High.” [Ibid.]

“Thus, (…) his heart is so at peace that he does not see any blessing in the heavens or the earth except that it is from Allah.” [Ibid.]

Related:
How Can Someone Always Have Trust In Allah?
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Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.

He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.

In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.