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Assalaamu 'alaykum!
It is reported that Shurayh – Allâh have mercy on him – said,
[Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, in his biography of Shurayh Al-Qâdî]
Source: http://theauthenticbase.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/praising-allaah-in-times-of-calamities/
“If I am afflicted with a calamity, I praise Allâh for it four times:
I praise Him because it wasn’t worse than it was,
I praise Him when He gives me the patience to bear it,
I praise Him for enabling me to say al-istirjâ’ (‘To Allâh we belong and to him we will return’; see Al-Baqarah: 154-156) in hope of a great reward,
and I praise Him for not making it a calamity in my religion.”
I praise Him because it wasn’t worse than it was,
I praise Him when He gives me the patience to bear it,
I praise Him for enabling me to say al-istirjâ’ (‘To Allâh we belong and to him we will return’; see Al-Baqarah: 154-156) in hope of a great reward,
and I praise Him for not making it a calamity in my religion.”
[Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, in his biography of Shurayh Al-Qâdî]
Source: http://theauthenticbase.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/praising-allaah-in-times-of-calamities/