How merciful is Allah? ️

By Hisham Abu Yusuf | 2026-10-07T17:41:18.374802+00:00 | Topic: Khutbah | Masjid: Hisham Abu Yusuf

One day in Medina, a woman lost her child. And back in the day, they didn't have lost and found. They didn't have the police.

So the child is lost, the child is lost. And for days and weeks, this mom is looking for her child. Even for 10 minutes, a mother starts to panic.

But imagine days and weeks. And one moment happened in Medina where this woman found her child. And when she found her child, she began running to him and crying and sobbing.

And she grabbed her child. And the Prophet ﷺ turned around and all of his companions were crying, just watching the incident. And he said to his companions:

أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ؟

"You see this lady — can you imagine her throwing her child into a fire?" They said, impossible.

He then said to his companions:

لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا

"Allah is more merciful to His servants than this mother is to her child."

You see, you knew Allah was merciful. But when he gave that example, you understood it in a different way.

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