Combining the hadith “Paradise is surrounded by disliked things” with the hadith “Give us relief through it, O Bilal”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you combine the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding prayer ? And if a Muslim finds difficulty in fulfilling the commands…
Answer:
Because he is patient with it. And it is indeed a great burden, meaning[Al-Baqarah 2:45-46] that they are certain [Al-Baqarah 2:46]. For these people, prayer becomes easy. They take delight in it. As for the one who is not humble, prayer becomes a prison for him. He fidgets. He races the imam, wanting to get out of it, because he is in a prison; this is the one whose heart has no humility in prayer. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was humble in his prayer, so he took delight in it and found relief from the worries, busyness, and problems of this world; he found relief in it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you combine the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Paradise is surrounded by disliked things,
حفت الجنة بالمكاره،Give us relief through it, O Bilal,
أرحنا بها يا بلال،Answer:
Because he is patient with it. And it is indeed a great burden, meaning
and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah] (46) Who are certain
وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَthat they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.
أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (49:10)
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