Being Pleased With Qadar [Quotes From The Salaf], Part 1

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‘Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood said:

“It is more beloved to me to bite onto a red coal until it cools, than for me to say about something that Allaah has preordained, ‘Only if it didn’t happen.‘ “
[Az-Zuhd, of Aboo Daawood, p. 136]

Aboo Mas’ood Al-Balkhee said:

“Whoever is afflicted with tragedy and he rips up a garment or pounds on his chest then it is as if he has grabbed a spear and intends to fight his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic.”
[Faydul Qadeer, 3/230]

Wahb Ibn Munabbih said:

“Whoever is afflicted with some type of calamity then Allaah has put him through the path of the Prophets (pbut).”​

[Al-Hilyah, 4/56]

Aboo Hafs Al-Fallaas said:

“I said to Yahyaa Ibn Sa’eed during his sickness: ‘May Allaah give you well being,‘ so he answered: ‘Whatever is fondest to Allaah is fondest to me.‘ “​

[As-Siyar, 9/182]

Source: http://theauthenticbase.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/being-pleased-with-qadar-quotes-from-the-salaf-part-1/
 
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