What is the status of patience in Islam
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Question:
The questioner says: What is the status of patience in Islam? My sister has been afflicted; she lost her daughter to a serious illness, and then her second son followed with another illness. She is patient and seeking reward, but she has been crying for six months?
Answer:
Answer: One is not held accountable for crying. What one is held accountable for is wailing, speaking ill, lamenting, slapping the cheeks, or tearing the clothes. These are matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and they are forbidden. As for crying, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wept for his son Ibrahim when he died, and he said: "The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, but we do not say anything but what pleases the Lord." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "And give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return.'" And: "And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humble."
The questioner says: What is the status of patience in Islam? My sister has been afflicted; she lost her daughter to a serious illness, and then her second son followed with another illness. She is patient and seeking reward, but she has been crying for six months?
Answer:
Answer: One is not held accountable for crying. What one is held accountable for is wailing, speaking ill, lamenting, slapping the cheeks, or tearing the clothes. These are matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and they are forbidden. As for crying, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wept for his son Ibrahim when he died, and he said: "The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, but we do not say anything but what pleases the Lord." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "And give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, 'Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we will return.'" And: "And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humble."
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