Itqan

Salaam,
Alhamdulillah we have completed our RnD project. Praise be to Allah! I used to think that praying for first class and striving hard to achieve this degree sounds a bit duniawi, or wordly matter. How do you justify that? BUT

I attended a motivational talk a few days ago (Jazakallah khair for the brother who organized it,best motivation ever), the main hadith goes like this.

Rasulullah SAW once said in a hadith narrated by Imam Tabrani:

“Indeed Allah loves one who does work, he does it with itqan.”

Itqan means doing the best at it.Simple, yet it puts everything into perspective. We work hard for this degree because Allah loves us for that. MashaAllah.

Another hadith goes like this

From Abu Ya'la Shadad ibn Aws RA, from Rasulullah SAW : Allah has decreed excellence (ihsan) for everything, so when you kill, then do the killing excellently well (in the context of retaliation for combat) and when you slaughter(an animal), then perform the slaughter excellently well, and let any of you sharpen his knife and let him put the animal at ease." [Muslim]

do your best and never give up, because
O my sons! Go and inquire respecting Yusuf and his
brother, and despair not of Allah's mercy; surely none
despairs of Allah's mercy except the unbelieving people.(Yusuf,12:87)

Allah loves excellence in everything we do, be it in seeking knowledge, and even cooking if you think of it!

Oh yeah, interesting story, i was asking my friends the reference for this hadeeth a day before the talk. Lo and behold! Allah gave me the answer Himself,the next day i was fated to attend the talk specifically about itqan. SubhanAllah, how Allah works wonders.Allah is the Most Knowing

Peace to the whole wide world