Bilqees and Wisdom

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah's Messenger ﷺ said:

❝If Allaah wants to do good to someone, He bestows upon him the understanding of the Deen.❞

📚 [Saheehain]

Indeed, it is a huge blessing from Allaah when He تعالى bestows Wisdom and comprehension of the Deen upon his slaves. And whoever receives this blessing has received a lot of goodness.

PART 1:

In the past, and even in these days, there were people who were given wisdom even before they accepted Islaam and then Allaah increased them more in guidance after they accepted Islaam.

One such person was Bilqees بلقيس - the queen of Saba'. She was bestowed wisdom even before she accepted Islaam.

Qataadah رحمه الله said about her:

❝May Allaah have mercy on her and be pleased with her - how wise she was as a Muslim and (before that) as an idolater!❞ [Tafseer Ibn Katheer]

When Bilqees received the letter from Sulaimaan عليه السلام asking her to become Muslim and to come to him in submission, she consulted the chiefs and ministers of her land. They suggested to her that they are prepared to go to war against Sulaimaan عليه السلام. And this is where she spoke words of wisdom:

﴿قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ﴾

{She said: "Verily! Kings, when they enter a town (country), they ruin it, and make the most honorable amongst its people low. And thus they do.} [Surah al-Naml (27): 34]

When you don't have the strength, are outnumbered, and don't have the weapons to fight your enemies. Instigating the enemies under such circumstances is suicidal.

PART 2:

Then amongst us are those who are Muslims, and read the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, but have not been given the wisdom to understand them. Rather, they do the opposite of what they've been commanded.

Even after seeing the chaos and the bloodshed in Libya, Syria, Egypt and other places, we still see people who have one and only one mission - to protest and revolt against the rulers and to destabilize the Muslim lands. THEY HAVE BEEN DEVOID OF WISDOM AND GOODNESS. Whatever happens in the Muslim world, they only want to blame the rulers. They don't want to change themselves, but they want to change the rulers. They don't want to follow the Qur’aan and the Sunnah but they want the rulers to be pious. They don't realize that the problem the Ummah is in is because of their sins and their unwillingness to submit themselves to Allaah's Commands.

PART 3:

The Muslims are being suppressed / tortured / killed in Syria, Palestine, Kashmir, Burma, Libya, Iraaq, Sudan, China, the riots in India, and in many African nations. No one can help the Muslims except Allaah.

The more we fear Allaah, the more our enemies will fear us. But since our fear of Allaah is decreasing, and our sins increasing ... Allaah has removed the fear from the hearts of the kuffaar against us. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: ❝The People will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their food.❞ Someone asked: “Will that be because of our small numbers at that time?” He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: ❝No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be froth and scum like that carried down by a torrent (of water), and Allaah will take the fear of you from the breasts (hearts) of your enemy and cast al-Wahn into your hearts.❞ Someone asked: “O Messenger of Allaah, what is al-Wahn?” He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied: ❝Love of the world and dislike of death.❞ [Sunan Abu Dawood (4297) and graded as "Saheeh" by Shaikh al-Albaanee]