Comments on: Give Good Tidings to the Patient

By: Kirana

Kirana — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:31:22 +0000

indeed, impatience and haste leads to unwise decisions. we are constantly encouraged to impatience and haste – competing with each other to finish university quicker, get a job quicker than others, get promoted quicker than others, get married and with children at the appropriate time, etc. for someone naturally impatient, this was bad for me.

two bad outcomes for the impatient: either Allah lets you remain that way, and it leads to your ruin, or He has mercy on you and teaches you to be different – but this will be a very, very difficult lesson to bear. alhamdullilah He chose for me the second, but it would be better had I been patient from the beginning.

By: Haq

Haq — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:16:32 +0000

In reply to anonymous brother.

I know brother it’s much easier said than done. Sometimes, when we find ourselves with troubles all around us, Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) said the fact that it’s not worse should give us some relief.

May Allah make it easy for you…

By: anonymous brother

anonymous brother — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:51:32 +0000

jazakallahu khair´, very good article. I have been suffering for almost all my childhood and in my 20s. I have waited and waited. It so hard, sometimes i wish Allah swt show sign or send me some kind of revelation that would ease my heart. how is it possible to remember these verses when calamity strikes you from every direction nonstop 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

By: Gibran

Gibran — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:58:55 +0000

In reply to Norulhuda. Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh Sisters, Jazzakullah Khairan is better than shukran because it is from the Sunnah of the Prophet salalalahualayhiwasalam. Lets not replace something excellent with something inferior. On yawn ul qiyaamah we won't regret it inshaa Allah.

By: Gibran

Gibran — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:14:59 +0000

Assalamaulaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

“it is also worth remembering that the mere fact that we may be going through difficult or troubling times in our lives is not necessarily a result of sin”

As a matte of fact, every affliction that strikes us is because of what our hands have earned.

It is narrated in Saheeh Ibn Hibban from Abu Hurayrah radiallahuanhu that Rasullullah salalahualayhiwasalam said
If Allaah were to seize me – and the Son of Maryam – because of what these two have earned [i.e., the thumb and the one next to it] He would punish us and He would not have oppressed us at all.”
Authentic ∣ Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan, no. 656. Authenticated by Al-Albani

42:30
And whatever strikes you of disaster – it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.

However it is also true that through patience, Allah gives reward.

Wallahu Alam

By: Haq

Haq — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:10:14 +0000

In reply to seef. JAK Seef for your input, as you know it's difficult translating Arabic terms, but your spot on about what sabr means.

By: Suma

Suma — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:30:31 +0000

Brilliant article, thank you very much. It’s really helped me lot.
قال تعالى (انما يوفى الصابرون اجرهم بغير حساب) صدق الله العظيم
Jazakallahu khair

By: seef

seef — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:41:02 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful article. If I could make a comment, I would like to add that Sabr does not translate merely into patience – that is the most convenient translation, referring to restraint and waiting. A more accurate translation also takes into account the less passive aspects of Sabr: constancy and perseverance. Sabr is actually closer to ‘delayed gratification’. Sabr is the constant striving to do what one knows is the right thing to do, without any regard for immediate reward, and sometimes in the face of difficulty; for example, the employer who keeps his business going, paying his workers and suppliers , maintaining his business obligations, serving his customers, sacrificing his time and investing his wealth, paying Zakat, avoiding haram practices, without regard to cashing in selfishly. It is this commitment to living right, according to Allah’s guidance, on a daily basis that best exemplifies Sabr, by applying it to our business practices, our relationships, our behavior, our education, and to our community involvement.
Sabr means to wait for Allah to show us the way, but it also encompasses the concept of working with constancy and faith. Those who practice this actively, as opposed to mere passive patience and restraint, and truly blessed by Allah.
Allah knows best.

By: Zee

Zee — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:54:34 +0000

SubhanaAllah reminders are essential. Sabr is something we all could do more with! Jazakallah khair <3

By: Norulhuda

Norulhuda — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:16:24 +0000

In reply to LaMont D.Muhammad. Shukran! Not so long time ago..I was very upset when people told me to be patient because in my opinion people never put themselves in my shoes, how could they simply ask me to be patient. What I always did and hope they did to me was to show their empathy first, then only they can ask a person to be patient. However, one day in my solat, I recited surah Al-Asr...and realized the importance of being patient regardless of anything. And now alhamdulillah I never feel offended when people ask me to be patient no matter how they do it. :)