The Shari'ah method for removing sadness when a person is struck by the calamity of the death of one of his loved ones
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The sixteenth question of Fatwa No. ( 17883 )
Q 16: What is the Shari'ah method for removing sadness when a person is struck by the calamity of the death of one of his loved ones ?
A 16: The method is what came in the Noble Qur'an; Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:155-157] , and what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned in his saying: Sahih Muslim 918b . And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q 16: What is the Shari'ah method for removing sadness when a person is struck by the calamity of the death of one of his loved ones ?
A 16: The method is what came in the Noble Qur'an; Allah the Exalted said:
but give good tidings to the patient, (156) Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." (157) Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.
وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ (155) الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (156) أُولَئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَIf any servant (of Allah) who suffers a calamity says:" We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it," ' Allah will give him reward for affliction, and would give him something better than it in exchange.
ما من عبد تصيبه مصيبة فيقول: إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، اللهم آجرني في مصيبتي واخلف لي خيرًا منها، إلا آجره الله تعالى في مصيبته وأخلف له خيرًا منها
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