How a Muslim Patience in the Face of Affliction
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Question:
I move on to another questioner who says, may Allah preserve you: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Baqarah 2:153], he asks: How does a Muslim exercise patience with what befalls him of trials in his religion and his worldly life?
Answer:
Patience means restraining oneself from despair, restraining the tongue from forbidden speech, and restraining the limbs from forbidden actions as well. This is the faith that prevents its owner from doing what is not befitting. He uses his limbs and what is in his heart and conscience by using them in obedience to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and in fear of Him, through remembrance, glorification, saying Allahu Akbar, reciting the Qur'an, enjoining good and forbidding evil. This is faith in its entirety, and these are the people of faith.[Al-Anfal 8:2] This is a work of the heart. [Al-Anfal 8:2] When they hear the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic with their hearts present, their faith increases, and they place their reliance upon their Lord. This is among the greatest of the greatest characteristics of faith: reliance upon Allah, which is entrusting affairs to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and depending upon Him.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
I move on to another questioner who says, may Allah preserve you: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,
O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَAnswer:
Patience means restraining oneself from despair, restraining the tongue from forbidden speech, and restraining the limbs from forbidden actions as well. This is the faith that prevents its owner from doing what is not befitting. He uses his limbs and what is in his heart and conscience by using them in obedience to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and in fear of Him, through remembrance, glorification, saying Allahu Akbar, reciting the Qur'an, enjoining good and forbidding evil. This is faith in its entirety, and these are the people of faith.
The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْand when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith
وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًاThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (5:40)
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