"AND TAKE PROVISIONS ALONG, FOR THE MERIT OF PROVISION IS TO ABSTAIN (FROM ASKING)." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:197)
This verse is a warning for those who leave their homes for Hajj and Umrah without adequate preparation claiming that they do so because they have trust in Allah. Then they end up asking other people for money and provisions, they not only suffer themselves but become a burden on others as well. That is why they have been instructed that they should take the provisions required during Hajj with them when they set out for the journey. This is against Tawakkul (trust in Allah). In fact the very essence of Tawakkul is that one should first acquire and collect all the means and resources provided by Allah Ta'alah to the best of one's ability, and then place their trust (Tawakkul) in Allah. This is how Tawakkul has been defined by Rasool Allah ﷺ. Forsaking all efforts to acquire means of subsistence (tark-al-asbab) and then calling it Tawakkul is sheer ignorance.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
This verse is a warning for those who leave their homes for Hajj and Umrah without adequate preparation claiming that they do so because they have trust in Allah. Then they end up asking other people for money and provisions, they not only suffer themselves but become a burden on others as well. That is why they have been instructed that they should take the provisions required during Hajj with them when they set out for the journey. This is against Tawakkul (trust in Allah). In fact the very essence of Tawakkul is that one should first acquire and collect all the means and resources provided by Allah Ta'alah to the best of one's ability, and then place their trust (Tawakkul) in Allah. This is how Tawakkul has been defined by Rasool Allah ﷺ. Forsaking all efforts to acquire means of subsistence (tark-al-asbab) and then calling it Tawakkul is sheer ignorance.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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