The meaning of ‘Trust Allah’.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Say I was alone in a field and 100 people came rushing at me to attack me. Now, I can either run away and save myself, or I can stand and fight. Undoubtedly, whatever Allah, the Most Powerful, wills to happen, will happen, and undoubtedly, whatever he doesn’t will to happen, won’t happen. Now I know that Allah says:

“If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you.” – [Quran, 3:160]

and he says

“and put your trust in Allah if you are believers indeed.” – [Quran, 5:23]

I also know of the famous story of Umar ibn Khattab Radhiallu Anhum, narrated by Taqy Al-Din Al-Fasy, in vol. 6 of his book (Part No. 26; Page No. 40) "Al-‘Iqd Al-Thamin fi Tarikh Al-Balad Al-Amin (The Precious Necklace in the History of the Secure City)", related by the authority of ‘Ali Radhiallu Anhum:

“I do not know of anyone who did not emigrate in secret except for Umar ibn al-Khattab; because when he wanted to emigrate he strapped on his sword, put his bow over his shoulder, carried his arrows in his hand, and came to the Ka’bah where the nobles of Quraish were in its courtyard. He strongly performed seven circumambulations, and then prayed two raka’ats at the Station (of Ibrahim). Then he approached their circle one step at a time and said, ‘May faces be deformed. Whoever wishes to bereave his mother, orphan his children and widow his wife then let him meet me behind this valley.’” Ali said, “Not one of them followed him except some weak people whom he guided and then he went his way.”

as well as other Aayaats and Hadeeth, instructing us to put our faith in him, and trust Him, the Most Powerful. There are also sources in the religion which talk about small armies defeating larger armies, because of their conviction and trust in Allah.

But then we also have the famous Hadeeth written in Tirmidhi, where Rasoolullah SAW tells a man to tie his camel and trust in Allah (rather than just trusting Allah without taking measures). This is something else which we need to consider.

Now I’m here with these 100 goons rushing at me, and I can either stand and fight or run away. My ultimate goal here is to please Allah. Not to defeat them or to follow my desires - but to do what Allah would like me to do.

Do I:

a) Run away, interpreting fleeing as “tying my camel”, seeing as it may be the common-sense and sensible thing to do.

b) Put my faith in the fact that despite that I am one, and they are one hundred, Allah will grant me victory, because I recognise that He, solely, grants victory and that he is the Most Powerful, and I expect the best from him. Sort of like what the smaller armies did when fighting the larger armies, which led to their victories.

c) Stand and fight, and put my faith in the fact that whatever the result (which is probably me getting absolutely mauled when looked at in a rational sense), I believe in Allah and trust that he does good for His slave, so even though I might get destroyed now, I will ultimately be the winner, by getting rewarded in this life or in the Afterlife.

What do you guys think? It’s an honest question from me. If I’m honest, the thought came from hearing the mentioned story of fearless ‘Umar Radhiallahu ‘Anhum, and the fact that he and the Prophet SAW both were different in how vocal they were about their emigration. ‘Umar was loud and proud about it, whereas the Prophet SAW was more cautious. I assume that neither of these approaches were mistakes from either of them; rather they were just different characteristics presenting themselves.

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