Islam exposes the biased attempts to discredit it - PDF document

3- The Prophet, who is the ideal of all Muslims, as stated in the Quran, used to work,plan, deliberate and prepare everything that was needed and then put his trust in God.Putting trust in God does not mean neglecting work and praying to God to fulfill ourhope. The reason for this is that faith and trust in God is not only necessary but alsoobligatory, to remind us of God Almighty which inspires us with a spiritual energy thatenables to overcome obstacles or problems with determination and resolution. This trustand dependence on God should be a strong and positive force and not a passive and anapathetic attitude.Relying completely upon God, without making any effort to realize one's aims on thepretext that God's Will will be done as He Wills, is not accepted by Islam, for God doesnot assist a person who makes no effort to help himself. God, however, aids the personwho strives to attain his aim: "Verily God will never change the condition of a people untilthey change it themselves'' (13/11).Omar ben Al khattab expressed his great displeasure concerning a group of men whospent all their time praying in a mosque and depending upon others to work to maintainthem and he exclaimed: "The sky does not rain gold or silver. ''He supported hisstatement by relating one of the sayings of the prophet and said: "Do what birds do.They go out every morning with empty craws and return at the end of the day with fullcraws''. People should learn a lesson from the birds that go out every morning in searchof food and return at the end of the day with full craws. towards Salman