Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger... learn quran online blog: Beneficial and Comprehensive Principles Concerning Afflictions and Trials

n

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Beneficial and Comprehensive Principles Concerning Afflictions and Trials

 

Beneficial
and Comprehensive Principles Concerning Afflictions and Trials


Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah 

"The Delight of Faith"

Abdullah bin Jarullah al-Jarullah, transl.
J. Zarabozo; Dar as-Salaam, 1996
 

 

 




"The affair of the believer is amazing!
The whole of his life is beneficial, and that is only in the case of the
believer. When good times come to him, he is thankful and it is good for
him, and when bad times befall him,, he is patient and it is also good
for him." [Saheeh Muslim #7138]




 

 

1. The evil that the believers are inflicted
with is less than that which occurs to the disbelievers.
 

2. When the believers are inflicted with
anything it should be accompanied with pleasure with Allah's decree and
hoping for His reward. Hence, if they miss anything that they want, this
should lead them to patience and hoping for reward and this will, without
doubt, lessen the catastrophe.

3. The believer will be relieved of such
hardship according to the amount of his obedience, purity and the existence
of the realities of Faith in his heart to the point that if this hardship
had occurred to another [who has not that amount of Faith], he would not
be able to bear it. This is how Allah repels hardship from His believing
slave.

4. If the love of Allah is firmly planted
in the heart, then bearing the pain from the Beloved will be pleasureful
for those who love Him and will not be something hated.

5. What the disbeliever and evildoer attain
of power and strength is also accompanied with its opposite.

6. Allah afflicting His believing slave
is like a kand of medicine that removes a disease. If that disease were
to remain, it would destroy the person or lessen his reward.

7. Such occurrences are part of the necessary
aspects of being a human.

8. In such ocurrences, Allah has a great
and recognized wisdom.

9. Those afflictions and trials make it
apparent who is the truthful person and who is the liar.

10. Humans by their nature are social creatures.
They must mix with others. However, they have different natures and desires
that may cause difficulties. The believer is obliged to fulfill his responsibilities
concernig them and this makes the trial much easier.

11. The affliction that occurs to a person
cannot but be from one of four types: Either it is with respect to his
life, or with respect to his wealth, or with respect to his honor, or with
respect to his family and those whom he loves from among mankind. These
things affect all different peoples. Those who are not believing pious
people are afflicted by much more than the believing pious person, as is
witnessed.

 

No comments:

Post a Comment