Ask Allah for beauty man
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Salaam
im 23, hmdl im a practising muslim for over 3years, insha allah i try to go to
saudi arabia for studying, but i have a big problem with my apperiance, when i
was younger allah swt gave me beauty ,beautiful hair ,face..., but how older i
got how uglyer i got, i know we have to say hmdl and be thankful to allah swt
for all the things that allah swt gives us,but every time i look into a mirror
soubhanallah akhi i feel very very bad, because i know i wasnt always like
this,now i made pictures for my pasport, and soubhanallah in pictures its even
wourse, my face is like misfigured, i know leaving a sunnah is not an option
for me,but because i have sunnah beard hmd,l i look even more ugly and older, my
mother and big sister also many times they say, bad things about how i look, my
hear my face ,beard..and i see that people sometimes they look at me strange, people
saying i changed much before i was beautiful now not anymore, and its killing
me from inside, i try to think possitive, but akhi i have also a heart and
emotions, and i live with this issue already to long, what can i do ,what can
be the reason that allah swt made me like this, is it for my sins,or can it be
a test is it possible that allah swt give me back beauty in this world if i
dont fail insha allah, is there a du `aa for this problem, can i ask allah swt
for beauty and if yes how? i know this life is just temporary, and we have to
ask allah swt to save us from hell fire and give us a place in firdaws insha
allah, wich i do, but allah swt gave me this problem wich for me now is very
big, and allah swt created for every problem a solution,and everything has its
reason, and i just want to figure it out what is the solution and what can be
the reason, because i dont feel good im very depressed and alone, also my
attitude changed, im always thinking i avoid contact, with many people im not
social or even aggressive, and this gives me more worries because i know i will
be punished for this also, please answer me inshaallah, wa
3alaykmslmwrwb.
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Answer:
Ask Allah for beauty
man
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 82 Surah
Infitaar verses 6-8:
6 O man! What has seduced thee
from thy Lord, Most Beneficent?
7 Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion,
and gave thee a just bias;
8 In whatever Form He Wills,
does He put thee together.
Allah Subhanah fashioned and created His creation in
whatever form He Willed and Pleased, and it simply does not befit a believer
who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day to be displeased or
dissatisfied with anything with which the Lord Most Gracious Himself is
Pleased!
Just as The All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord has bestowed one
with more wealth, or age, or status, or rank, or position than another,
similarly it is at the sole Discretion of the Lord that He chooses to bestow
one with more beauty and form than another.
In whatever form your Lord Most Gracious has chosen and
pleased to grace you with….as a believer who believes in Allah and the Last
Day, it is your duty to be satisfied with what your Lord is pleased with, and
be sincerely grateful unto Him.
Thus my respected brother, rather than displaying
ingratitude by being dissatisfied with the bodily form which your Lord Most
Gracious Himself is Pleased to provide you with…..it would be prudent to beseech
your Lord for things which would be far more beneficial for you and your
Hereafter.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 5099 Narrated by Aisha
Allah's Messenger (saws) used to say, "O
Allah, just as Thou hast made my form beautiful so make my character
beautiful."
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan