If you relied upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they set out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.
“If you relied upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they set out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.”
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) urges us to rely upon Allah Almighty in bringing about benefits and warding off evils in terms of worldly and religious affairs, for indeed, no one gives or withholds and causes harm or brings benefit except He, Exalted be He.
The plain meaning, from HadeethEnc
عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَوَكَّلُونَ عَلَى اللهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزَقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا».
‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If only you relied on Allah the way you should, He would provide for you as He provides for birds; they set out hungry in the morning and return satiated in the evening."
What does Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2344 mean?
Narrated by ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab and recorded by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah and others. The commentators dwell on the birds precisely because they are not idle: they go out. The image was chosen for a reliance that still leaves the house in the morning — the birds are not fed in the nest, they are fed on the way.
Written from HadeethEnc