Allah states: “It’s They whom created both Death & Life, challenging which of you behaves best.”.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.67, V.2)
Anything which the Human experiences, from the Time we’re conceived until our Final-Hour, is a Fitnah/Test. There’s Certain-Fitn/Tests which’re meant to teach us something. Then, there’s Certain-Fitn meant to admonish/humiliate us. And, then there’s Certain-Tests meant to grant us Joy, Happiness, etc. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to always tell or decipher which Fitnah indicates which Purpose. What must/should at All-Times be remembered: Allah makes/allows it all to occur.
I’ll use myself as an Example: my Ole Instagram-Page (@themuslimmodel) was hacked & then I was locked-out of my own Account. Then, the Hacker/Hackers changed the IG-Name to “@themuslimmodel_” & began mass-messaging People, attempting to scam them out of Monies. I had reported this Several-Times to Meta, Facebook, Instagram, etc. (their Quality/Security Resource-Departments are really crappy honestly). However, the Fact that this was able to occur to anyone is worse than the Fact that it happened to me. Ironically though: I wasn’t even angered when this happened. I allowed myself to not overreact. I kept Composure & relied upon Allah, then Basic-Intelligence, to attempt resolving This-Issue.
I’m surprisingly grateful, that Allah allowed/decided this to happen to me for Several-Reasons:
a. It serves as a Dhikr/Reminder, that only Allah controls everything & that only They can impose/prevent anything Positive/Negative.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.284)
b. It serves as a Dhikr that everything via ad-Dunyā/the Mundane is temporal/temporary: it all has an Expiration-Date. Just as Allah states, regarding the Existence of the Jinn/Fire-Being & the Human-Being on Earth (via The Qur’ān: Chpt.55, V.26&27): “Everyone upon it shall perish. But the Face of your Lord, Possessor-Of-Majesty&Nobility, remains.”.
c. It serves as a Dhikr that Social-Media really isn’t that important. Also, via Social-Media: so/too many Persons live Fake-Lives & portray Pseudo-Narratives of themselves. Most-People simply aren’t what they actually pontificate/promote via Social-Media…Most-People aren’t Socially-Transparent anyway.
d. Honestly, there’s more Important-Things which I’m more concerned about, as opposed to losing any Energy over a Social-Media Hack. However, the Main-Thing for me is simply to make it clear to People that I never take any Part/Share in Monetary-Scams.
e. It’s actually a Relief for me: I get to have & experience a Social-Media Rebirth after a Social-Media Death. Just as Allah details how/why They decided to create/impose Seasonal-Weather upon the Earth: “Rebirth after its Death…as Signs for Intelligent-Persons.”.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.164)
Gareth Bryant 1443, A.H./2022, C.E.
Gareth Bryant 