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Dear brothers and sisters,
Please if you would ask Allah to give me iman and good health when you read this thread I would appreciated so much. SubhanaAllah, I'm going through some things which only Allah knows of and I am distrised so please make du'a for me, may Allah accept your du'as for me...Amin. May Allah cure me and all Muslims who are sick and may Allah guide us and help us through every hard moment in life. Allahuma Amin
Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, My sister Allah uses tests as a means of bringing his slaves close to him than if they were to live without hardships. Tests bring us closer to Allah because we end up being engaged in more dua and we ask of him more. We are tested through hardships, pain, illness and even the prick of a thorn brings expiation of sin.
It may be that a person is tested so much in this life that he faces Allah without any sin left. So realise that Allah is not testing you because he has not favoured you but because he HAS favoured you and is wanting you to be close to him. No one can gain closesness to Allah unless they are tested through pain, loss, trials and hardships.
Allah tells us that we will be tested. He also makes it clear to us what is expected from us when we undergo these trials and what our reward will be if we are successful.
Almighty Allah says: “Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods, lives and the fruits (of your toil) but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. Those who, when misfortune strikes them, say: ‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him is our return. Those are the ones upon whom are blessings and mercy from their Lord and it is those who are rightly guided.” [Sûrah al-Baqarah: 155]
The Prophet (peace be upon him)said: "No fatigue, illness, anxiety, sorrow, harm or sadness afflicts any Muslim, even to the extent of a thorn pricking him, without Allah wiping out his sins by it." [Sahîh al-Bukhârî and Sahîh Muslim]
In another narration, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “No Muslim is afflicted by harm, whether it is but the prick of a thorn or something worse, without Allah expiating his evil deeds on account of it and his sins falling away from him like leaves off a tree.'" [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "When Allah desires good for someone, He tries him with hardships." [Sahîh al-Bukhârî]
Therefore do not see these painful times as calamity that has befallen your family but see it as a blessing in disguise for Allah has chosen you out of countless many and is testing you through trials and hardships so that you may become close to him and so that you may meet him on the day of judgement with less sin.
So see it as a blessing because that is exactley what it is and you are atually lucky that out of countless many that Allah is testing you in this way so that you may become close to him and that you may increase your status in the hereafter because only the best people get tested the most and that is why the prophets were tested the most because they were the best of people.
So know that Allah is testing us because he wants good for us and he wants to see if we are going to come closer to him or more further away from him.
Shaythan is wanting you to weaken and fail the tests from Allah so will we let shaythan win? Or will we make the best of these opportunities and get closer to Allah than we have EVER been?
For if we are patient then Allah is with us so NOTHING can hurt or effect us!
Allah mentions in the Qur'an:
“Indeed Allah is with those who are patient.”
If one is patient, and is among the ones described in the following manner in the Qur’an
(Baqarah, 2: 256)
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihee Raaji'oon
“To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return”:-
The Reward for Patience is Paradise
‘Ata ibn Rabah related that he heard Ibn ‘Abbas say: “Shall I show you a woman of Paradise?” I said: “Yes, indeed.” He said: “A black woman came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and said: ‘I suffer from epileptic fits, and because of these, (at times) my body becomes uncovered. Would you invoke Allah, the Exalted One, to cure me of this disease? ‘ The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: ‘If you wish, you can be patient and you will attain Paradise (for this suffering). But if you prefer, I will pray to Allah, the Exalted, to cure you of it?’ The woman said: ‘I will be patient,’ then added: ‘I become uncovered (when I have fits), so invoke Allah for me that I do not become uncovered. ‘ So the Prophet, peace be upon him, prayed for her.” [Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, volume 4, #1a]
So tests and calamitys are a blessing in disguise and Allah wanting us to get closer to him so if we bare with in with Patience hoping for reward then Allah is with us and best of all we will get closer to Allah and feel true contentment and happiness in the heart and we will attain Paradise inshallah!
So thank Allah continuously for Allah gives more to the thankful and repent and ask of him profusely. Cry to him and NEVER ask him
"why" but be patient and Allah is with those who are patient and the reward of patience is JANNAH!
