It is strange that a person may find it easy to protect himself from: eating Haraam, oppression and injustice, adultery, theft, drinking khamr (alcoholic drinks), and from unlawful looking, but it is hard for him to restrain the movement of his tongue. How often do we see people who are very cautious about falling into shameful deeds or injustice, but their tongue lashes against the living and the dead and they don't mind it?
The farther the heart is from God, the quicker it receives affliction, and the closer the heart is to God, the farther affliction will be from it. Distance from God comes in grades, some of which are more severe than others. The heart is like a bird; the more it ascends, the more distant it will be from affliction, and the more it descends, the more it is attacked by affliction.
The wisdom in God’s afflicting His servant with hardship is that He did not afflict him to destroy him, but to test his patience and obedience.
~ Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Ibn Al Qayyim was asked “What do esteemed scholars (may Allah be pleased with them all) say concerning a man who is afflicted by a tribulation which he knows will destroy him in this world and the next (hereafter) if allowed to persist? He tries to free himself by all means, though the trial becomes more severe, so what is the solution? May Allah have mercy upon he who aids the tested, and he will assist a servant who assists his brother.”
Ibn Al Qayyim said “The spritual diseases of the heart is the result of a person’s sins.”
The diseases of the heart is seperated into two categories:
Disease of lusts and desires: The disease of lusts arises from sins and acts of disobedience.
Disease of doubts: Disease of doubts arises from the doubts of the religion. The disease of doubts which afflicts a person’s belief system & is the most dangerous of diseases.
Ibn Al Qayyim said: The cure for these spiritual diseases is to turn to Allah with repentance and righteous deeds. The cure is in the Quran and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). The benefits of sitting in the circles of knowledge.
The more sins the person commits the sicker the heart will be. The more doubts they have, the sicker the heart will be until the heart dies.
The Coronavirus is a contagious disease that requires us to take the necessary precautions, but are we taking measures to fight diseases that plague the hearts and souls, which are even more severe and deadly? May Allah protect us all. Ameen!
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity.... [Quran 2:286]
لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
...We do not charge any soul except [with that within] its capacity...[Quran 6:152]
لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ
...We charge no soul except [within] its capacity...[Quran 7:42]
لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا
..Allah does not charge a soul except [according to] what He has given it...[Quran 65:7]
If a message is repeated so many times in Quran, we should pay attention to it & understand that whatever trials and tests we are facing are not beyond our capacity. Purpose of our trials and tests could to be to make us realize our full potential and use the abilities Allah has given us to get more close to Him.
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it.
حَدَّثَنَا هَدَّابُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الأَزْدِيُّ، وَشَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِشَيْبَانَ - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ صُهَيْبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " عَجَبًا لأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ " .
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2999
In-book reference: Book 55, Hadith 82
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 42, Hadith 7138 https://sunnah.com/urn/271380
Narrated 'Aishah:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about this Ayah: 'It is He who sent down to you the Book. In it are Ayat that are entirely clear... (3:7)' until the end of the Ayah. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'When you see those who seek what is not entirely clear thereof, then it is they whom Allah has described, so beware of them.'"
Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God’s decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.
~Umar ibn Al-Khattab ( May Allah be pleased with him)
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
~ Abu Bakr ( May Allah be pleased with him)
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