When -
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Sabr❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Tawakkul❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Taqwa❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Yaqeen❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Sabr❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Tawakkul❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Taqwa❞
✦ Prophet Muhammad ﷺ says ❝Have Yaqeen❞
Remember this advice comes from the someone who lost both his parents, he lost his father Abdullah before he was born, lost his mother Aminah at the age of 6, his beloved grandfather also died when he was only 8 years old. He grew up an orphan.
To spread Islam he went through hunger, witnessed his loved ones being tortured, his companions martyred, had to migrate and was prosecuted brutally.
He buried 6 of children (Ibrahim, Zainab, Qasim, Abdullah, Umm Kulthum and Rukayyah),
He buried 6 of children (Ibrahim, Zainab, Qasim, Abdullah, Umm Kulthum and Rukayyah),
His first love the woman and the mother of believers who supported the cause of Islam for 10 years with her wealth in Makkah his wife of 25 years Khadija رضي الله عنه.
Then in the same year also known as YEAR OF GRIEF he lost his greatest supporter his uncle Abu Talib who took care of him and lived with the grief that Abu Talib died not accepting Islam.
Then when he went to the city of Taif to seek refuge he was chased for nearly 2 miles and stoned till his blessed blood was spilled.
Imagine being 50 years old, having just lost both your wife of twenty-five years and your uncle who took care of you as a child.
Imagine being 50 years old, having just lost both your wife of twenty-five years and your uncle who took care of you as a child.
Imagine walking into a town in order to ask people for their protection, and instead have them throw stones at you until your feet bled.
He has never ate to his fullest and never slept on a soft mattress.
How would you have felt?
How exhausted, both spiritually and physically,
He has never ate to his fullest and never slept on a soft mattress.
How would you have felt?
How exhausted, both spiritually and physically,
would you have been?
He then lost another uncle Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib رضي الله عنه who was martyred in Battle of Uhud.
🌸 He ﷺ survived all this and he was the best of mankind.
🌸 His hamd of Allah only increased with increase in his tests.
He then lost another uncle Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib رضي الله عنه who was martyred in Battle of Uhud.
🌸 He ﷺ survived all this and he was the best of mankind.
🌸 His hamd of Allah only increased with increase in his tests.
🌸 He ﷺ stood harder in his prayers although he was forgiven.
📚 Aishah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet ﷺ would stand in prayer so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, “why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?” He said,
📚 Aishah (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet ﷺ would stand in prayer so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, “why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?” He said,
“Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?”
[Bukhari]
If pain & tests weren’t the biggest blessings in disguise, why would Allah give it to His most beloved prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ?
When Allah loves a people, He tests them.
Remain patient.
Allah loves you.
[Bukhari]
If pain & tests weren’t the biggest blessings in disguise, why would Allah give it to His most beloved prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ?
When Allah loves a people, He tests them.
Remain patient.
Allah loves you.
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