One of the most important means of increasing one’s provision is having Taqwa i.e., being conscious of Allah The Almighty and fearful of Him. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {“And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). 3. And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.
And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for all things.”} [Quran, 65: 2-3]
Allah The Almighty will reward the one who fears Him and is mindful of what pleases Him in all situations, in this life and the Hereafter. One of the worldly rewards is that Allah.
The Almighty will make a way out for him from hardships and adversities and will provide him from means which he never could have expected. Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {“And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwa (piety),
certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes”} [Quran, 7: 96].
Shaykh As-Sa’di may Allah have mercy upon him said, “If they truly and sincerely believed with their hearts and proved their belief with actions, and were fearful of Allah inwardly and outwardly, then Allah would have opened for them blessings from the,
Heavens by sending rain and the earth by causing plants to grow by which they as well as their cattle would benefit; they would have lived the richest life without the least difficulty or effort.”
What is this piety that Allah The Almighty has made a reason behind gaining provisions? Why did He inform us that He would provide for the pious and grant them sustenance without limits and measures.
Piety is what puts a barrier between you and that which harms you; it is a protection, which entails fulfilling all that Allah The Almighty has commanded one to do as well as refraining from everything that Allah The Almighty has prohibited.
