Ismail ibn Musa Menk - Dealing with Tough Times

Ismail ibn Musa MenkOctober 3, 20190 comments

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Death & Afterlife Aqeedah Gratitude Tawakkul Trials & Hardship Quran Tafsir Patience

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In this powerful lecture, Mufti Ismail Menk explores the Islamic understanding of hardship, explaining why Allah tests every believer and how those tests are a sign of His love rather than His abandonment. Drawing on verses from Surah Al-Baqarah, the story of Musa and Al-Khidr in Surah Al-Kahf, and prophetic hadith, he reminds us that the answer to every difficulty lies in sabr (patience) and salah (prayer). He also offers a practical framework for distinguishing between a test and a punishment based on whether the experience draws you closer to or further from Allah.

Ismail ibn Musa Menk

Mufti Ismail ibn Musa Menk, widely known as Mufti Menk, is a Zimbabwean Islamic scholar and one of the most followed Muslim personalities in the world, with tens of millions of social media followers. Born in Harare, he studied Shariah at the Islamic University of Madinah and specialized in iftaa (jurisprudence of issuing legal verdicts) at Darul Uloom Kantharia in Gujarat, India. He heads the fatwa department of the Council of Islamic Scholars of Zimbabwe (Majlisul Ulama Zimbabwe). His motivational lectures and daily reminders, delivered in simple and uplifting language, reach audiences across the globe, and he was named among the world's 500 most influential Muslims.

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