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َو
» ُﻚْﻋَﻮْﻟا
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ﻞﻴﻗو ، ﻰﱠﻤﺤﻟا ُﺚْﻐَﻣ
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ﻰﻤُﺤْﻟا
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38.
Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I visited the Prophet (PBUH) when he was suffering
fever. I said, "You seem to be suffering greatly, O Messenger of Allah.'' The Prophet (PBUH) replied,
"Yes, I suffer
as much as two persons.''
I said, "Is that because you have a double reward?'' He replied
that that was so and then
said, "No Muslim is afflicted by a harm, be it the pricking of a thorn or something more (painful than that), but
Allah thereby causes his sins to fall away just as a tree sheds its leaves".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary:
Prophets have to face more than ordinary troubles and for that reason their reward to bear them is
also increased. Thus, the excess of hardships and grief is a sign of perfect Faith and not a sign of Allah's displeasure.
لﺎﻗ ﻪﻨﻋ ُﻪﱠﻠﻟا َﻲﺿر ةﺮﻳَﺮُه ﻲﺑَأ ْﻦﻋو
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ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ُلﻮﺳر لﺎﻗ
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ْﺐِﺼُﻳ ًاﺮْﻴَﺧ ِﻪِﺑ ُﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِدِﺮُﻳ ْﻦَﻣ
ُﻪْﻨِﻣ «
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يرﺎﺨﺒﻟا ﻩاور
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ﺒَﺿو اﻮُﻄ
» ﺐِﺼُﻳ
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ﺎَهِﺮْﺴَآو ِدﺎﱠﺼﻟا ِﺢْﺘَﻔﺑ
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39.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
"He whom
Allah intends good, He makes him to suffer from some affliction".
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary:
Troubles of this world like grief, calamity, disease, poverty, loss of life and property, etc., have a
benign aspect for a Muslim in the sense that on account of them he turns towards Allah and begs mercy and
compassion from Him because of which his sins are forgiven. Thus, in these troubles there is a blessing for him in
the Hereafter.
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لﺎﻗ ﻪﻨﻋ ُﻪﱠﻠﻟا ﻲﺿر ٍﺲَﻧَأ ْﻦَﻋو
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ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ﻪﱠﻠﻟا ُلﻮﺳر لﺎﻗ
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ﱟﺮُﻀِﻟ َتْﻮَﻤْﻟا ُﻢُآُﺪﺣَأ ﱠﻦﻴﻨﻤَﺘﻳ ﻻ
ﻞُﻘﻴﻠﻓ ًﻼﻋﺎﻓ ﱠﺪُﺑ ﻻ َنﺎَآ ْنِﺈَﻓ ، ُﻪَﺑﺎَﺻَأ
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ُةَﺎﻓﻮْﻟا ِﺖَﻧﺎَآ اَذِإ ﻲﻨﱠﻓﻮﺗو ﻲِﻟ ًاﺮﻴَﺧ ُةﺎﻴﺤْﻟا ﺖَﻧﺎَآ ﺎﻣ ﻲﻨﻴْﺣَأ ﱠﻢُﻬﱠﻠﻟا
ﻲِﻟ ًاﺮْﻴَﺧ «
ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻖﻔﺘﻣ
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40.
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,
"Let not one of you
wish for death because of a misfortune which befalls him. If he cannot help doing so, he should say: 'O Allah, keep
me alive as long as You know that life is better for me, and make me die when death is better for me".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Commentary:
Since man has no knowledge of his future, whether it is good or bad, so one should never desire for
one's own death in consequence of frustration created by troubles and turmoil for two reasons. Firstly, desire for
death is sheer impatience. Secondly, it is quite possible that remaining part of his life may be good for his religious
and worldly life. So, it is prohibited to desire death. It is, however, permissible to desire for Shahadah or death in
Makkah or Al-Madinah but it is a subject quite different from the one under discussion. However, if one has to
express wish for his own death, he should do so in the words quoted in the Hadith concerned.
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لﺎﻗ ﻪﻨﻋ ُﻪﱠﻠﻟا َﻲﺿر ﱢترَﻷا ﻦْﺑ ِبﺎﱠﺒَﺧ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِﺪﺒﻋ ﻲﺑأ ْﻦﻋو
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ﻢﱠﻠَﺳو ِﻪْﻴَﻠَﻋ ُﷲا ﻰّﻠَﺻ ِﻪﱠﻠﻟا ِلﻮﺳر ﻰَﻟِإ ﺎَﻧْﻮَﻜَﺷ
ﺎَﻨْﻠُﻘَﻓ ، ِﺔﺒْﻌَﻜْﻟا ﱢﻞﻇ ﻲﻓ ُﻪَﻟ ًةدﺮُﺑ ٌﺪﱢﺳﻮَﺘُﻣ ﻮُهَو
:
َلﺎَﻘَﻓ ؟ ﺎَﻨَﻟ ﻮُﻋْﺪَﺗ ﻻَأ ﺎَﻨَﻟ ُﺮﺼْﻨَﺘْﺴَﺗ ﻻَأ
:
ْﻦَﻣ َنﺎَآ ﺪَﻗ
ُﺬَﺧْﺆﻳ ْﻢُﻜﻠْﺒَﻗ
و ، ﻦْﻴَﻔْﺼﻧ ُﻞﻌﺠُﻴﻓ ِﻪِﺳْأَر ﻰَﻠﻋ ُﻊَﺿﻮُﻴَﻓ ِرﺎﺸْﻨِﻤْﻟﺎﺑ ﻰِﺗْﺆُﻳ ﱠﻢﺛ ، ﺎَﻬﻴِﻓ ُﻞﻌْﺟ ﻲﻓ ِ
ضْرَﻷا ﻲﻓ ُﻪَﻟ ُﺮَﻔْﺤُﻴﻓ ُﻞُﺟﱠﺮﻟا
ُﻂﺸْﻤُﻳ
ﱠﻠﻟا ﱠﻦﻤِﺘﻴﻟ ﻪﱠﻠﻟاو ، ِﻪِﻨﻳِد ْﻦَﻋ َﻚﻟذ ُﻩﱡﺪُﺼَﻳ ﺎﻣ ، ِﻪِﻤْﻈﻋَو ِﻪِﻤْﺤَﻟ َنوُد ﺎَﻣ ِﺪﻳﺪﺤْﻟا ِطﺎﺸْﻣَﺄِﺑ
ﺮﻴِﺴﻳ ﻰﱠﺘﺣ ﺮْﻣَﻷا اﺬَه ُﻪ
َنﻮُﻠِﺠْﻌَﺘْﺴَﺗ ْﻢُﻜﱠﻨِﻜﻟو ، ِﻪِﻤَﻨﻏ ﻰَﻠَﻋ َﺐْﺋﱢﺬﻟاو ﷲا ﱠﻻِإ ُفﺎﺨﻳ ﻻ َتﻮْﻣﺮْﻀَﺣ ﻰَﻟِإ َءﺎﻌْﻨﺻ ْﻦِﻣ ُﺐِآاﱠﺮﻟا
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41.
Khabbab bin Al-Aratt (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: We complained to the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) regarding the persecution inflicted upon us by the disbelievers while he was lying in the shade of the
Ka`bah, having made a pillow of his cloak. We submitted: "Why do you not supplicate for our prevalence (over the
opponents)?''. He (PBUH) replied,
"Among those people before you, a man would be seized and held in a pit dug for
him in the ground and he would be sawed into two halves from his head, and his flesh torn away from his bones
with an iron comb; but, in spite of this, he would not wean away from his Faith. By Allah, Allah will bring this
matter to its consummation until a rider will travel from San`a' to Hadramout fearing none except Allah, and except
the wolf for his sheep, but you are in too much of a hurry".
[Al-Bukhari].
Another narration is: He (PBUH) had placed his cloak under his head and we had been tortured by the polytheists.
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