The Virtue of Patience, Allah's Promise to the Patient, and Its Types
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Question:
And we ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make this meeting beneficial for everyone. To begin, one of the brothers asks. He says: What is the virtue of patience? What is Allah's promise to the patient in this world and the Hereafter? And what are its types?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. There is no doubt that patience is the head of the religion; there is no religion for one who has no patience. It is to the religion what the head is to the body, as the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, said. Patience is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an in many places. Linguistically, patience means restraining the self: restraining the self from distress and dissatisfaction with Allah’s decree and destinies; restraining the self to obey Allah and its hardships; restraining the self from disobeying Allah, against the self’s inclination toward sins and desires, so it restrains itself; likewise, restraining the self to be with the believers and to distance itself from the people of sins.[Al-Kahf 18:28] So patience is great, and its stations are great. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said, "And give glad tidings to the patient," and He said, [Az-Zumar 39:10] Patience and forgiveness of people also have a great station. [Ash-Shuraa 42:43] So the Muslim is in need of patience always, in his religion and his worldly life. As we mentioned, its types are three: patience in obeying Allah, patience with Allah’s destinies, and patience from Allah’s prohibitions. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
And we ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make this meeting beneficial for everyone. To begin, one of the brothers asks. He says: What is the virtue of patience? What is Allah's promise to the patient in this world and the Hereafter? And what are its types?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. There is no doubt that patience is the head of the religion; there is no religion for one who has no patience. It is to the religion what the head is to the body, as the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, said. Patience is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an in many places. Linguistically, patience means restraining the self: restraining the self from distress and dissatisfaction with Allah’s decree and destinies; restraining the self to obey Allah and its hardships; restraining the self from disobeying Allah, against the self’s inclination toward sins and desires, so it restrains itself; likewise, restraining the self to be with the believers and to distance itself from the people of sins.
And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَاIndeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍAnd whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/235 — archive.org (0:58)
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