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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: "And they enjoin patience in times of affliction, gratitude in times of ease, and contentment with the decree of destiny"

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The Shaykh : He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And they enjoin patience in times of affliction, gratitude in times of ease, and contentment with the decree of destiny":
"They enjoin": That is, the people of the Sunnah and the community. But do they enjoin and act, or do they enjoin and not act? They enjoin and act. However, they are righteous in themselves and strive to reform others. So they enjoin patience in times of affliction. It may be said that this phrase includes enjoining their own souls, as Allah the Exalted said:
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ نَفْسِي إِنَّ النَّفْسَ لَأَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ
[Yusuf 12:53]
Thus, the soul is a commander of evil. So they enjoin even their own souls to be patient in times of affliction.
Affliction means calamities. Allah the Exalted said:
but give good tidings to the patient, (156) Who, when disaster strikes them وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ * الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ
[Al-Baqarah 2:155-156]

So patience is required in times of affliction, and its best and highest form is patience at the first shock. This is the hallmark of true patience, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the woman who
He passed by her while she was weeping over a grave and said to her... The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fear Allah and be patient." She said: "You! It is not as if what has befallen me has befallen you." She did not know that he was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When she realized it, she came to him to apologize. He said: "Patience is only at the first shock." مر بها وهي تبكي على قبر فقال لها ... رسول الله : اتقي الله واصبري فقالت : دونك إنه لم يصبك الذي اصابني وهي لم تعلم أنه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فلما علمت جاءت إليه تعتذر منه فقال : إنما الصبر عند الصدمة الأولى
And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the truth.
Source alathar.net

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