Allaah The Almighty LovesDeliberation - I

Dear brothers and sisters, if you think about the negative results of
many of our deeds, you would find that rashness and lack of
deliberation are the main reasonsbehind losing what we want.
Deliberation means not being hasty in seeking anything and acting
purposefully to gain it. Consider how Allaah The Almighty disapproves
of haste. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): } O you who have
believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information,
investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over
what you have done, regretful. { [Quran 46:6]
The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam , praised the delegation of
'Abd Al-Qays from the Hajar region for their deliberation and
tolerance, as he said to Ashajj 'Abd Al-Qays: "You have two
characteristics that Allaah and HisMessenger like: forbearance and
deliberation." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Those who are deliberate enjoy the love of Allaah The Almighty and the
praise of the Prophet, . This is because the Prophet, , attributed
deliberation to Allaah The Almighty and attributed hastiness to Satan.
TheProphet, , said: "Deliberation is from Allaah and hastiness is from
the devil. Allaah is the one who pardons His slaves most andthe thing
that Allaah likes most ispraising Him." [Abu Ya'la: Narrators of
Saheeh Hadeeth [
Fadhaalah bin 'Ubayd narrated, "Once, while we were sitting with the
Prophet a man entered the mosque and performed prayer and invoked
Allaah The Almighty without praising Him and without asking Him to
confer His blessing on the Prophet . The Prophet said to him: 'You
have been hasty in your supplication.'
The Prophet, , taught his Companions to first praise Allaah The
Exalted duly, as He deserves, then ask Him to send His blessings upon
him (the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam ) and to grant him
peace, then to supplicate Him. Then the Prophet, , heard a man praying
and praising Allaah The Almighty and asking Him to send peace and
blessings upon the Prophet, , so, he, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam ,
said: 'Invoke Allaah and He will answer your invocation and give you
what youask Him for." [An-Nasaa'i], [Al-Albaani: in As-Saheehah [
How good is patience and deliberation, as it brings good qualities
that reassure a person and enable him to avoid any harm that might
afflict someone who is hasty. Patience and deliberation brings peace
of mindduring the night and inner peace during the day. Abu Haatim
said, "The hasty person cannot be caught, while the patient,
deliberate one cannot be preceded. The silent person can never regret,
while the one who speaks can is never be safe of from making mistakes.
The hasty person usually speaks before he is sure; answers before he
understands and praises before he tries."
Dear honorable brothers and sisters, how much will the merchant lose
if he buys merchandise that he does not know? How much will the
spouses regret, if they get married without careful consideration or
consultation? How great is the regret of the husband if he hastens to
divorce his wife without talking to her politely or submitting the
issue to two wise arbitrators? How much will the student regret if
heis hasty during an exam and doesnot think carefully about his
answer? How much will the friend feel sorry when accusing his friend
without having any proof of this accusation? Will the judge be just if
he is hasty with his sentence?
Great was the wisdom of the Prophet, , which Allaah The Almighty
granted him. 'Ali said , The Prophet sent me to Yemen as a judge so I
asked him, 'Will you send me as a judge and I am still young and do
not know about judging?' The Prophet replied: 'Allaah will guide your
heart and fix your tongue (on thetruth). When two parties come toyou,
you must not say your judgment unless you listen to each one of them
as this would make the issue clearer to you.' 'Ali said, 'Since then I
became a good judge or was never in doubt regarding any judgment.'"
[Abu Daawood and Ahmad] [Ahmad Shaakir: Saheeh [
The Prophet, , disapproved of those who are hasty with their
invocations and considered hasteone of the reasons that render
aninvocation unaccepted. The Prophet, , said: "The supplication of any
of you is answered unless he is hasty with it and says, 'I invoked my
Lord, but He did not answer my invocation.'" [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
Deliberation is part of the personality of a confident person,as a
deliberate person is usually more likely to evaluate his status and
position. He is characteristically self-confident, decisive and not
hesitant, as he does not accept failure. He is aware of what he
intends to do and scrutinizes it well by studying (its implications)
and consulting others until he decides to do it, while relying on
Allaah The Almighty. If he makes a mistake, he quickly repents without
blaming himself or despairing of the mercy of Allaah The Almighty. The
Prophet, , said: "Good morals, deliberation and moderation are one
part of the twenty-four parts of Prophethood." [At-Tirmithi: Hasan

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