How to be patient when a calamity strikes, and does trial have benefits?
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Question:
The questioner says: What is the meaning of the patience required of a Muslim when a calamity befalls him? He says: I know that trials have benefits, so I ask you to clarify an example of that for me. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The meaning of patience is restraining the self from distress, restraining the tongue from complaining, and restraining the limbs from slapping the cheeks, tearing the clothes, and other matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It is also for a person to be pleased with the divine decree and destiny of Allah, to submit, and to seek the reward and recompense. This is the meaning of patience in the face of calamities. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: What is the meaning of the patience required of a Muslim when a calamity befalls him? He says: I know that trials have benefits, so I ask you to clarify an example of that for me. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The meaning of patience is restraining the self from distress, restraining the tongue from complaining, and restraining the limbs from slapping the cheeks, tearing the clothes, and other matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. It is also for a person to be pleased with the divine decree and destiny of Allah, to submit, and to seek the reward and recompense. This is the meaning of patience in the face of calamities. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيفية الصبر عند نزول المصيبة، وهل للابتلاء فوائد؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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