Patience

[zainab bala]

Ali bin Abi Talib (RA) went to Ash'ath to console him upon the death of one of his sons. He said, ''If you are sad, then you are deserving of mercy, but if you are patient, then Allah gives you something in place of what was lost or destroyed. And know that if you are patient, everything that was destined for you and preordained for you will occur and you will be rewarded. If you complain and are hopeless, then likewise all that was destined for you will occur, except that you will be blamed for your impatience at Allah's Will.''

 

[farhopes]

What does patience mean?

I was always asking myself about the real meaning of patience. Most distressed can do nothing but accepting what befall them. I haven't got a comfortable answer till I read the definition of patience that was given by Ibn-Alqayyem when he said:

" Patience is the serenity of heart under the course of decrees"

"الصبر هو سكون القلب تحت مجاري الأحكام"

 

[hana*]

Allah yijzeekee for the beautiful reminder