Papaano akong magsasagawa ng ṣalāh? - Tagalog - Osoul Center Team
For The People Of Understanding:
Summary: ❝Our success and safety don’t depend on who wins the midterm elections. Our success lies in obeying Allaah. Our safety lies in worshiping Allaah alone (Tawheed). So, seek Allaah’s help through prayer and supplication, wake for Tahajjud, and seek forgiveness for our shortcomings while the rest of the world sleeps, is heedless and careless. Without Allaah's help, all our precautions and safety measures are useless.❞
The solution for this Ummah is not in changing the rulers, governments, or regimes:The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia – as a precautionary measure – has decided that, for a full week, education will be conducted “remotely” (i.e., online) for all students as well as school staff from teaching and administrative bodies.
All eyes are on the US midterm elections. It is alleged that after this election, if Trump wins, the war in the Middle East will restart, and people have been told to evacuate. Many governments worldwide are urging people to stockpile food and water and prepare for emergencies.
First, it doesn't matter whether it is the US or Europe; whether it is the Democrats or the Republicans; whoever comes to power in the West, their policies have always been harmful to Muslims. Each party has its own domestic policies that it wants to implement, but when it comes to Muslims, they are all the same. Different parties but the same agenda against Muslims.
So, whoever comes to power, the successor turns out to be worse than his predecessor. George Bush Jr. was a Republican, and he harmed millions of Muslims. Then came his successor, Barack Obama, a Democrat – and many Muslims had hope in him, but he dropped more bombs than his predecessor. Governments changed, leaders changed, but the only change we saw was for the worse, as the Prophet ﷺ said:
❝No time will come upon you but the time following it will be worse than it.❞ 
Change does not come by changing the rulers. Change comes when we change ourselves for the better, as Allaah تعالى said:إِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّـهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَالٍ
{Verily! Allaah will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do not change their state of goodness themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allaah). But when Allaah wills a people's punishment, there can be no turning back of it, and they will find besides Him no protector.}
What we learn here is:1) The people will remain in a good state as long as they uphold righteousness and piety.
2) When they turn to evil and disobedience, their condition worsens, and Allaah’s blessings are taken away from them.
3) Our sins are our own worst enemies. As Allaah تعالى says:
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
{Evil (corruption, chaos, destruction) has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil deeds, etc.), so He may let them taste part of (the consequence of) what they have done that perhaps they will return (to the obedience of Allaah and repent)}
4) We cannot expect the rulers to be pious while we are ourselves sinning.
It is reported that `Alee Ibn Abee Taalib رضي الله عنه was asked: “O Ameer al-Mu’mineen! Why did the people obey Abu Bakr and `Umar, and Dunya - even after its constriction - became vast for them? Then you and `Uthmaan were made the rulers, but the people did not obey either of you, and the Dunya - even after its vastness - became constricting for you? `Alee رضي الله عنه replied: ❝This is because the subjects of Abu Bakr and `Umar were the likes of me and `Uthmaan, whereas my subjects are the likes of you!❞
5) When Allaah decrees His punishment, then there is no turning it back.
Zainab bint Jahsh رضي الله عنها said to the Prophet ﷺ: “Shall we be destroyed though there are righteous people among us?” The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Yes, when evil increases.❞
6) None can benefit us against Allaah, as the Prophet ﷺ had said: ❝And know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allaah had already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allaah had already prescribed against you.❞
7) Don’t rely on your strength for the desired change. First become righteous and ask Allaah for the changes that you desire, as the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝If you ask, then ask Allaah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help from Allaah [alone].❞
Peace and Security are guaranteed for those who shun Shirk, as Allaah تعالى says:فَأَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْأَمْنِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ * الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
{So which of the two parties (the Believers or the polytheists) has more right to security, if you should know? They who believe (in Allaah and worship Him alone) and do not mix their belief with Dhulm (injustice, i.e., by worshiping others besides Allaah) - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.}
9) Establish Worship of Allaah on earth, and He تعالى will fulfill what He has promised you:
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
{Allaah has promised those among you who believe, and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the earth, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practice their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islaam). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieved after this, they are the Faasiqoon (rebellious, disobedient to Allaah)}
THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND OBEDIENCE, ALLAAH تعالى WILL BRING ABOUT A CHANGE WHICH YOUR VOTES AND WISHFUL HOPES CANNOT ACCOMPLISH.
NOTES: When people went to Anas رضي الله عنه complaining about the wrong they were suffering at the hands of al-Hajjaaj, this is when Anas رضي الله عنه narrated to them that the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Be patient…❞ (and the rest of the Hadeeth is as mentioned above) [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (7068)] Surah al-Ra`d (13): 11 Surah al-Room (30): 41 Siraaj al-Mulook (1/116) Saheeh al-Bukhaaree Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2516) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2516) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee Surah al-An`aam (6):81-82 Surah al-Noor (24): 55 
