Consoling the believer regarding what he misses of the world's pleasure and its enjoyments with what he hopes for of the Hereafter's pleasure and its reward.
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The Shaykh :"Second: Consoling the believer regarding what he misses of the world's pleasure and its enjoyments with what he hopes for of the Hereafter's pleasure and its reward". Yes.
Consoling the believer, because if the believer sees the people of sin being granted wealth in their clothes, children, families, palaces, and vehicles, he will die of grief. But if he believes in what Allah has prepared for him on the Day of Judgment, all of that becomes light for him. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 16. . And there is no doubt that this is a great consolation for the believer. Consolation makes the calamity light for a person; there is no doubt that it makes the calamity light for a person. For this reason, I think it was Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah who was injured in her finger and did not feel pain or be affected. So it was said to her about that? She said: "The sweetness of its reward made me forget the bitterness of its patience". May Allah have mercy, Subhan Allah! Words upon which light has been shed: "The sweetness of its reward made me forget the bitterness of its patience". Because things are treated by their opposites, so heat, if the bitterness is what? "The sweetness of its reward made me forget the bitterness of its patience". So the sweetness of the reward corresponds to the bitterness of patience, and this is undoubtedly a consolation for the believing servant. So if he believes in the Day of Judgment, that happens for him.
Consoling the believer, because if the believer sees the people of sin being granted wealth in their clothes, children, families, palaces, and vehicles, he will die of grief. But if he believes in what Allah has prepared for him on the Day of Judgment, all of that becomes light for him. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
