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Making a bargain with God
Most of us have been in situations where we've made a bargain with God. By that I mean we say we will, for example, be a better muslim, pray more, or do x, y or z as long as He gets us out of the situation we are in at that time.
Is it right to do such a thing?
Is it right to do such a thing when you kind of know that you won't keep your end of the bargain?
Is it right to do such a thing?
Is it right to do such a thing when you kind of know that you won't keep your end of the bargain?
Comments on this journal
Instead of asking, you do something God really likes, and often.
What is that one thing God really likes that will make your wishes more likely possible in the future?
life is simple, whereas we keep on trying to make it as complex as possible.. Follow the KISS formula..
cheers,
sb
"In our prayers, is it best to ask for what's for the best and that we can peacefully accept God's verdict rather than what we desire as an outcome?"
As long as you keep working on your spiritual side so that you can receive every now and again what you want from prayers.
If your intentions were good, then it's all right.
" . . . free-loading off of God's will??", that is interesting.
dont you think it is good that someone can want something so much that they pray - and not only pray, but that they offer up some kind of payment from themselves as well? as opposed to prayer alone which is free-loading off of God's will??
However, when praying for the well-being of a loved one....what do you guys have to say about the idea of praying for peace instead of a given outcome. like in the face that your loved one may be the victim of a hate crime, would you pray for justice or would you pray for peace?
In our prayers, is it best to ask for what's for the best and that we can peacefully accept God's verdict rather than what we desire as an outcome?
And I paid a flipping license fee for that piece of sh*t software :@ !!!
I think I know Who's to blame
*CF looks accusingly up to the sky* :#
*Then CF feels daft, cos he realises She's everywhere* :P
so i guess, doing good deeds and then making dua for returns in this world is perfectly fine. It's just that asking for hereafter makes more sense.
bur it probably wouldn't hurt.
we do du'a all the time for all kinds of things, in the mosques in our homes, everywhere.
this seems a slightly different version of the same process.
and you're right it could have been a test or anything else (it could have even just been natural laws kicking in, leading too her pathology w/o God's intending it as punishment or reward or anything)
is it logical? probably not, but much of what we do is illogical (people love their kids, despite them being a serious drain on their $$$, time, energy and everything else) people love other people, even if they are scuzz, self-centered, arrogant buggers.
people put up with CF when he clearly deserves to be taken outside and beaten with a sack full of cats.
it's illogical but we do it.
so, is her supplication, in this way, a bargain type situation, wrong? i don't think so.
good for her for trying. being weak infront of the power of the almighty is part of what makes us human, understanding his role in our lives is real and direct is part of what makes us muslims.