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Qadr is of two kinds: one that is chosen for us and which we have no control over, and the one we choose. The same goes for our social circle.

We Have Family That We Have No Option Of Choosing,
But We Can Choose Our Friends
According To Our Niyyah And Our Goal In Life!

Imam Al-Qurtubi said: if we know what will happen to us at the moment of death, we will never have friendship except with Allah . Because he is the only one who can benefit us in the moment of death and after death, when the real life begins.

Why Is It That We Neglect This Friendship?

Why do we get busy with worldly matters and surrender to conditions and predicaments? Because we do not value the goal or we do not have it in the first place. Instead we make our daily routines to be our goals, which is the case with the majority of people.

Conditions And Calamities Are A Procedure
To Bring The Best Out Of A Person.
Take The Example Of An Olive,
How It Is Ground And Squeezed Between Rocks
In Order To Extract Its Best "Olive Oil"!
The same goes for fruits and flowers; they have to go through severe processes in order to produce their very best. So what about you and me? We have all kinds of issues and problems in our lives; why did Allah put us in these predicaments? Why doesn’t Allah give us what we like? Why does Allah allow us to go through calamities and what does he want from us?

Allah Squeezes And Grinds Us Through Life
In Order To Get The Very Best Of Us—Iman (Faith).
Our Trust And Reliance In Allah Are Developed At Times
When We Are Really Stuck And In A Desperate Situation,
When We Are Squeezed In Life And Are Surrounded
By Problems That We Can’t Control.
Allah Squeezes Us In Order For Us To Say Ya Allah;
This Humbleness To His Lord Is The Very Best Of A Person!
Calamities and trials are always going to be there and a believer will overcome them due to his belief and reliance on his Lord. But what happens if a person doesn’t have Iman?? When Allah squeezes a person like that, what comes out is kufr , rebellion, whining and complains , uptight and rigid behavior, questioning Allah’s wisdom asking things like ‘why don’t you give me what I want?’ Asthagfirullah! A mo’min always returns to Allah with all his difficulties.

Ahmed Moait