Patience is the caller’s shield when he is mocked and harmed
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Question:
I am a young man who loves Allah and His righteous awliya (close friends of Allah). When Allah granted me guidance, I grew my beard, shortened my garment, and committed to teaching the religion of Islam. However, I face harassment from my community and my relatives, and I encounter mockery and ridicule. What should I say to them? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must be patient. The messengers (peace and blessings be upon them) faced mockery from their people, and their people harmed them. [Al-Hijr:35] You must be patient, and Allah the Exalted says: [Az-Zumar:10].
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1469 The messengers are the best of people and the most honored in the sight of Allah, and yet their people harmed them, mocked them, and even killed some of them.
So the caller to Allah and the believer, wherever he is, does not weaken or become lazy. If the world were given to the believer without thorns and without harm, if matters were easy for him and things went according to his desires, there would be no disbeliever left in the world; all people would have embraced Islam, and no one would have disobeyed. But there must be trials and tests.
Allah says: [Al-Anbiya:35] And He the Exalted says: [Al-A'raf:168] And He the Exalted says: [Al-Mulk:2] So there must be trials and tests [Al-Ankabut:2].
I am a young man who loves Allah and His righteous awliya (close friends of Allah). When Allah granted me guidance, I grew my beard, shortened my garment, and committed to teaching the religion of Islam. However, I face harassment from my community and my relatives, and I encounter mockery and ridicule. What should I say to them? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must be patient. The messengers (peace and blessings be upon them) faced mockery from their people, and their people harmed them.
So be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers
فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِIndeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍAnd the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater than patience.
ما أعطي أحد عطاء خيرًا وأوسعَ من الصبرSo the caller to Allah and the believer, wherever he is, does not weaken or become lazy. If the world were given to the believer without thorns and without harm, if matters were easy for him and things went according to his desires, there would be no disbeliever left in the world; all people would have embraced Islam, and no one would have disobeyed. But there must be trials and tests.
Allah says:
And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَAnd We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].
وَبَلَوْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَAnd it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًاDo the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?
أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يُتْرَكُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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