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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had two phrases of praise that he would praise [Allah] with.

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The Shaykh : We usually walk with our brothers, all the brothers, as long as Islam unites us with them; let alone if they are... special brothers; that is: we hold a good opinion of the Muslim initially. So, if we say to one of them: "How are you?" and he says to us: "Praise be to Allah in every circumstance," we are filled with fear. Why? Because it is established in our minds, whether that is correct or incorrect, that this praise is only said in response to something disliked. Based on the good opinion that necessitates that this person who says "Praise be to Allah in every circumstance" has heard the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had two phrases of praise that he would praise [Allah] with. When something came to him that pleased him and made him happy, he would say:
Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi bi ni'matihi tatimmus-salihat (Praise is to Allah by Whose grace good deeds are completed) الحمد لله الذي بنعمته تتم الصالحات
Sunan Ibn Majah 3803Da'if (Darussalam)
, and when something came to him that he disliked and saddened him, he would say:
Al-Hamdulillah 'Ala Kulli Hal (All praise is due to Allah in every circumstance). الحمد لله على كل حال
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2738Hasan (Darussalam)
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So when we hear someone saying: "Praise be to Allah in every circumstance," sadness befalls us, as if we ourselves have been struck by this disliked thing; because he does not say this except that he has been struck by what...
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