“And Allah is powerful over everything.” [2:20]
This phrase above occurs 33 times in the Quran.
I was reading about hoarding during the coronavirus pandemic. The first item to go was toilet paper.
Of alllll the things… it was toilet paper!
Psychologists say that at times of uncertainty, human beings are likely to want certainty in SOMETHING. So they chose the cheapest thing that anybody could buy in bulk to prepare for societal breakdown. Toilet paper.
Everyone cannot hoard food and other expensive items. But everyone can hoard toilet paper – so it became the first thing to go. And as others found out, it became a true craze and even more supply was bought out.
What we have to realize is… Yes we can prepare for such a situation. But we must always keep in mind that Allah is in control – we can never, ever have complete control. We can try. We can attempt.
But we will never be in complete control.
And that concept is not suffocating – it is liberating to not be in control. It means we can de-stress (stress reduces our immune system’s power anyway) and take the precautions that are within our reach.
Then leave the rest to Allah.
Macha’Allah it is liberating indeed knowing ALLAH is in control. THE most liberating thing.
Maybe that’s why I never hoarded the tp 😅
Also bcs when you have the spray nozzle you don’t have to hoard it 😆
Assalamu alaikum brother
What you said is absolutely right. We cannot have total control of anything as everything is in Allah SWT hands.
I think people who hoard know that they can’t control the situation. They feel they need some sort of security so they fill their homes with things they are used to something they can see, something they think they have control over.
I believe we should do our very best we can and have Tawakkul in Allah SWT that everything will be ok.
“As what is meant for us will reach us even if it’s between two mountains and what’s not meant for us will not reach us even if it’s between your two lips.”
So why worry about what’s out of your control. That’s my thought anyway.
Jazak Allah khair.