That is why we are pleased with the divine decree, and we are displeased with the decreed matter, for the two matters are not the same (Explanation of the four ranks of people regarding the divine decree: gratitude, then pleasure, then patience, then displeasure)
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The Shaykh :"That is why we are pleased with the divine decree" The divine decree of whom?
The student: Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
The Shaykh : The decree of Allah, even the decree of Allah concerning sins, we are pleased with it. The decree of Allah concerning drought, poverty, illness, death, earthquake, and everything, we are pleased with it, and it is not possible for us to be displeased with it, because if you were not pleased with the decree, you would not have been pleased with Allah as your Lord. What remains for us? The decreed matter. The decreed matter is that which
The student: We are displeased with it
The Shaykh : There is a distinction regarding the decreed matter, and there is a distinction regarding the decreed matter. For this reason, he said: "And we are displeased with the *** decreed matter when it is through disobedience" The decreed matter is that which is the place of pleasure
The student: And displeasure
The Shaykh : And displeasure, patience, and anxiety. If Allah (Mighty and Majestic) decrees for a person health, provision, children, and tranquility, then he will, will he be pleased with the decree? And what after? The decreed matter is necessary; no one is displeased with this thing. And if Allah decrees for a person the opposite, illness, poverty, the death of children, anxiety, and fear, then here he is not pleased with the decreed matter, but he is pleased with the decree. As for the decreed matter, being pleased with it is a recommended practice (sunnah). Being pleased with it is a recommended practice according to the majority of scholars, even though some scholars said that being pleased with the decreed matter is obligatory. But the correct view is that it is not obligatory, but being pleased with it is a recommended practice. As for patience
The student: It is obligatory
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. For this reason, we say that the ranks of people regarding the disliked decree, meaning the disliked decreed matter, are four: four ranks: displeasure, patience, pleasure, and gratitude. That is, if a person is afflicted, for example, with illness, then he has one of four states: either displeasure, or patience, or pleasure, or gratitude, correct? Now, displeasure is forbidden, meaning that you are displeased with this thing and you become anxious, you tear your clothes, you strike your cheeks, you pull out your hair, you call for woe and destruction. This is forbidden. Or you are patient, you restrain yourself from forbidden actions, but you are like one who sat on embers; it pained him and burned him, but he could not move—may Allah have mercy on you. This we say is obligatory. Or you have a higher state
The student: Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
The Shaykh : The decree of Allah, even the decree of Allah concerning sins, we are pleased with it. The decree of Allah concerning drought, poverty, illness, death, earthquake, and everything, we are pleased with it, and it is not possible for us to be displeased with it, because if you were not pleased with the decree, you would not have been pleased with Allah as your Lord. What remains for us? The decreed matter. The decreed matter is that which
The student: We are displeased with it
The Shaykh : There is a distinction regarding the decreed matter, and there is a distinction regarding the decreed matter. For this reason, he said: "And we are displeased with the *** decreed matter when it is through disobedience" The decreed matter is that which is the place of pleasure
The student: And displeasure
The Shaykh : And displeasure, patience, and anxiety. If Allah (Mighty and Majestic) decrees for a person health, provision, children, and tranquility, then he will, will he be pleased with the decree? And what after? The decreed matter is necessary; no one is displeased with this thing. And if Allah decrees for a person the opposite, illness, poverty, the death of children, anxiety, and fear, then here he is not pleased with the decreed matter, but he is pleased with the decree. As for the decreed matter, being pleased with it is a recommended practice (sunnah). Being pleased with it is a recommended practice according to the majority of scholars, even though some scholars said that being pleased with the decreed matter is obligatory. But the correct view is that it is not obligatory, but being pleased with it is a recommended practice. As for patience
The student: It is obligatory
The Shaykh : It is obligatory. For this reason, we say that the ranks of people regarding the disliked decree, meaning the disliked decreed matter, are four: four ranks: displeasure, patience, pleasure, and gratitude. That is, if a person is afflicted, for example, with illness, then he has one of four states: either displeasure, or patience, or pleasure, or gratitude, correct? Now, displeasure is forbidden, meaning that you are displeased with this thing and you become anxious, you tear your clothes, you strike your cheeks, you pull out your hair, you call for woe and destruction. This is forbidden. Or you are patient, you restrain yourself from forbidden actions, but you are like one who sat on embers; it pained him and burned him, but he could not move—may Allah have mercy on you. This we say is obligatory. Or you have a higher state