What can your child and family learn from a Hurricane?

This is the dua of the Prophet (saw) in strong wind:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيرَ مَا فِيْهَا، وَخَيرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشرِّ مَا فِيْهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ

O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good that is in it and the good that it brings, and I take refuge in You from its evil, the evil that is in it and the evil that it brings

 Earlier this week I spoke with our Sanad Prep students about the oncoming hurricane. Children often don’t know how to feel until they see their parents respond in these situations. As an educational organization, Sanad Trust has a magnificent responsibility to help guide young men and women to always seek to understand and appreciate Allah, by understanding and appreciating the world around them. In this short talk, we shared a few words of naseeha. In events like a hurricane and others, we should have a least a moment where we see Allah and help our children see the same. These are signs for us to remember Him and turn to Him.

Audio Recording:

For perspective, the “Great Red Spot” of Jupiter is an anticyclonic storm that is believed to have been in existence and in constant rotation for at least 350 years when first discovered. And this is only what Allah has allowed us to see and/or experience by His permission.

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Red_Spot)

May Allah protect us during these events, allow us to see the benefit in them, and come through closer to Him.