Question:
Asalamu alaykum wr. wb.
My Shaykh, I’m a 2_ year old under an enormous debt, and living illegally in a country I was born in. I don’t have a job and no future. things have been getting worse since I was 12 years old, and now I have become weary inside.
I tried to get married and migrate, because I saw a pious woman following Grand shaykh Q.S. After praying to Allah to change my status quo and help me complete half my deen. Yet, I have failed because I’m a destitute.
My heart tells me abandon everything and go do zikrullah in some obscure place. I was told, if I go without permission, I’ll always be with my ego, and this is why I beg you for permission. Dunya has rejected me, and I wish to reject her back.
JazakAllah Khair,
Asalamu Alaykum wr. wb.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Do not abandon but try again. There are far more destitute people that would be happy and honored to marry. Keep struggling where Allah Most High placed you and do not seek for dunya not to reject you but for Allah and His Prophet to accept you. Then everything will fulfill you insha-Allah.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
