Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will test
Those whom he loved and he will see if
this scal that they claim the sh that
they honor the title that they took is
true
Allah subhah waala stated in the Quran
do the people thing that they will be
left alone by
declaring that he will be left alone by
saying I am a
Muslim without them being
tested and Allah then stated another
statement to give you a comfort to let
you know you're not the first and he
said
and indeed we have tried and tested the
people before them Allah will not let
you go until he filters a from a a from
a liar from the truthful Allah will not
let you go to paradise unless he test
you again and again and again A M will
not be a of Allah until he's tested or
she
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tested and there would be people
there would be people who will test you
in your daily life who will test you
with in your faith with your family with
your
honor Allah subhah waala said and we
made you trial of one
another whether you going to be patient
on
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that and your lord is
all when Allah send this individual to
test you he knows the result of your
test he knows you're innocent from that
PL he knows this person accusing you but
he's testing you so he can elev your
stats when people talk about you you
must know you're going upstairs to the
of Allah to become the friends of one of
the friends of Allah to become one that
Allah loves so do not complain about the
test but welcome and a Believer gets
hardship he doesn't go crazy he doesn't
become depressed he doesn't he doesn't
get a nervous breakdown
why because he remembers Allah he thanks
Allah and he turns to Allah and his
heart is happy with
Allah so Allah gives him satisfaction he
doesn't a true Muslim can never ever be
depressed if a person is depressed and
he has a nervous breakdown that means
there is something seriously wrong with
his Iman otherwise a True Believer he
can never have a nervous breakdown he's
always satisfied with Allah and it says
in
another if a person is not happy with
what Allah wants to give him
and and when Allah inflicts any hardship
and he doesn't
make then
Allah he should go and get himself
another R other than
me and is there another R other than
Allah no and a person who's happy with
Allah who's happy with Allah with the
little Allah gives him if Allah has
given someone little not abundant he has
a nice Simple Car nice simple heart or
house which is which is sufficient for
him he doesn't get a three course meal
every day but he does get enough to fill
his stomach alhamdulillah and he's happy
with Allah if a person is happy with the
little Allah gives him Allah will become
happy with the little he gives
Allah pain and suffering only becomes
negative If it creates a barrier between
you and Allah subhana wa ta'ala but it
becomes positive pain becomes positive a
motivation for you when it brings you
back to Allah subhana wa tala and this
is what every individual who's going
through pain and suffering needs to
realize that this point of pain and
suffering is not that Allah subhana wa
taala wants to punish you but rather
this is a calling from Allah subhah wa
ta'ala oh my slave come back to your
Lord oh my slave this is a reminder for
you that I want to bring you back to me
and this is one of the wisdoms of trials
and tribulations that while we call each
other on the phone while we text message
each other the calling of Allah subhah
wa ta'ala
comes through trials and tribulations
and you can react one of two ways either
you can deal with the pain at that
moment and decide to get closer to Allah
subhana wa ta'ala or you can decide to
just restrict that pain to yourself not
do anything about it and then you'll see
what it does to your dean and this is
the last stage of the cycle of isolation
that once you're isolated you will see
that eventually your Dean starts to
disappear the content of your
your Salah it disappears your ability to
recite the Quran is no longer there your
ability to fast during the day it gets
taken away what did you do differently
what you did differently was you gave
yourself into Shan and Shan's promise is
that he will lead you astray he will
lead you away from the path of Allah
subhana wa taala so in times of trials
and tribulation you need to seek out the
Believers you need to seek out the the
righteous and let them be your guide and
help to Allah subhana wa ta'ala there is
actually a blessing inside trials that
we don't perceive the simplest trial
that an individual will go through is
that he's walking on the road and he
gets pricked by a thorn he gets pricked
by something that goes through his skin
and causes him to say ouch but it's only
for a split second the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that no
individual is pricked by a thorn except
that subhana wa taala purifies him with
a sin for it trials and tribulations are
a means of purification there are a
means of purifying you so you can go to
the purest of places the punishment of
Allah is not out of anger and wrath the
punishment of Allah is a means of
cleansing you of your sins the
punishment of Allah is a preparation
that you can go into noblest and purest
of places
and this is why Allah subhana wa tala
sends trials and
tribulations so what you do brother is
and sister is don't you sit there and
start to wonder why Allah put you in the
position you're in there's no way you're
going to work it out but I guarantee you
one thing Allah said on the in the
Quran Allah will make it abs absolutely
clear absolutely clear why certain
things happen to you in this world he
can't tell you right now because if he
tells you right now the test wouldn't be
the test see Allah is testing us the
test would be the test and that other
Hadith that I said where Allah is
choosing the most closest to him and the
most closest to him why is Allah doing
that why because Allah not only wants to
give them the high D not only wants to
give them that high station and the high
rank in front of him but
Allah Allah wants to make them an
example for other people and Allah wants
to make them people who show who who
actually produce and they
show that they they've got a reason to
go to Jenna my friend tell me we're
going to go to Jenna Allah needs to show
on the day of judgment this servant of
mine earned Jenna for this
reason the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasallam
said a moment Affair is strange and when
Allah blesses him with something good
and he thanks Allah he enjoys the
goodness Allah has given him and then he
says Ya Allah I thank you for what
you've given me Allah rewards him
Allah's blessed him and he's enjoying
himself and by thanking Allah he's
getting more reward from Allah and then
when Allah gives Allah takes something
away and replaces it with hardship he
makes a sa and so as well as getting
that hardship it's hardship temporarily
but it's getting reward from Allah and
so much
reward the reward Allah will give the
people who make sa will have no limits
and no bounds so much reward and the
hardship illness TB cancer whatever a
person will suffer a few years at the
most then even if a person was living a
life severe hardship severe illness
until death took him away but when death
comes illness is also taken away and
there is nobody with cancer in the grave
there will be nobody with cancer in
Jen these hardships are indeed good but
we see them as evil Allah sends a
hardship to inspect you where is your
Iman get it up death could come any
moment keeps you in check with it he
sends you
a hardship to protect you from your own
sins Allah sends you a
hardship to direct you you haven't made
Dua in a long time rush back to Allah
sometimes we only come the hard way we
have to get stuck between a rock in a
hard place to remember Allah
unfortunately and he he opens the way
for that he sends us hardships to
perfect us tons of benefits in these
hardships also as they say the hardship
comes and it's good for you because it's
pain but pain is weakness leaving the
body they say if it doesn't break you it
makes you
stronger and to also remember through
that
difficulty that you are the property of
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Allah you don't own yourself therefore
he has all right to do with you as he
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pleases don't we know the stories of
the they were the ones that were tested
the most yet they never turned away from
Allah subhana wa
tala a little bit of difficulty comes me
on you straight away what have I done
wrong huh what have I done
wrong I've prayed my five prayers I give
charity I do this I do that and why is
Allah just picked on
me you got people saying these stupid
things
why me so why not you
I why if Allah subhah wa ta'ala tested
theia why can't he test me and you it's
is Right
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Allah those individuals who when they're
struck with Calamity when they're stuck
with hardship and strife they say to
indeed to Allah we belong indeed to
Allah we belong and to him we shall
return that in every tribulation in your
life you have an option to make you can
either turn back to Allah subhana wa
taala or you can turn away from Allah
subhana wa ta'ala and this is the ironic
thing people think that Islam or your
Dean or Allah is the cause of your
hardship and strife and thus people turn
away from the dean and they listen to
The Whispers of Shan but when you do
that your life becomes even more
miserable you have no source of
Tranquility or Serenity your problems
get bigger
but you turn back to Allah subhah wa
taala and you seek vior and you seek
help from Allah subhah wa ta'ala and
that is when you feel calm and Serene
that is when your problems seem
insignificant because you realize that
nothing happens in this world except by
the will of Allah and when Allah subhah
waala wishes good for a people he tries
them he gives them trials and
tribulations now how does that make
sense it makes sense because Allah wants
to purify the character of a Muslim he
wants to purify the faith of the Muslim
and just like a diamond comes out of a
coal after heat and pressure thus the
believer comes out of his trial and
tribulation purified and beautiful and
invaluable this is the state of the
believer so number one Allah tests the
Believers to purify them and make them
better people number two Allah subhana
wa taala purifies the sins of the Muslim
Muslim in the time of tribulation if he
is patient the prophet Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi wasallam said that a
Muslim is not pricked by a thorn and he
bleeds a little bit except that Allah
subhah wa ta'ala purifies his sins by
the pricking of the thorn and the
greater the Calamity the greater the
tribulation the more your sins Allah
subh waala will
forgive benefit number three Allah
subhah wa ta'ala wants to brings hiso
his slaves closer to him through trials
and
tribulations Allah wants you to be close
to him he wants you to increase in he
wants you to remember him more and this
is just a reminder that in that state of
trial and tribulation you feel weak you
feel helpless and thus you turn back to
Allah subhana wa ta'ala and this is what
Allah subhah wa ta'ala wants he tests
you not to punish you he tests you not
to abuse you but he tests you because he
wants to strength and that relationship
in your life that you need the most the
relationship with Allah subhah wa ta'ala
brothers and sisters these are just
three benefits from trials and
tribulations and this is the first step
in changing our perception with how we
deal with the trials and tribulations
these trials and tribulations in this
world are nothing they're finite they're
limited and in individual who realizes
this he will be able to surpass and
circum everything you just have to
change your perception on how you view
those trials and tribulations you could
lose your house you could lose your
wealth you could lose your family but
know that it happened by the permission
and will of Allah and Allah does not
take away anything from his slave except
that he replaces it with something
better either in this world or in the
afterlife
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so a moment has got nothing to lose if
you happy mashah you got good things
thank Allah if you going through
hardship no problem don't despair make
sa the hardships Allah will take away
after a
while Allah guarantees after every
hardship there is ease after every
hardship there is ease Allah guarantees
if nothing in this world then the ease
Allah will give on the Hereafter Allah
will compensate for all the hardships of
this world then a person will wish he
had spent all his life in hardship a
person he says in Hadith a person would
be brought on the day ofat who would
have spent his entire life in hardship
and not just hardship but severe
hardship and Allah will say to the
angels just take him and whisk him
through Jen and then bring him back and
then he will be brought back and
Allah a person who lived his life in the
most severe hardships will be brought
and then Allah will say to him after
having been through Jen and just smell
the uh just felt the Cool Breeze and
smell the fragrance of jenet and just
seen it he will Allah will say tell
me have you ever seen any hardship in
your worldly life he will say Ya Allah
he will swear by the honor of Allah Ya
Allah I have hardship what's that you
know I have never seen any hard sh that
just one one go uh just one Breeze of
Jen one just cool smell of Jen will make
him forget all the hardships of this
world and Allah will say to him oh my oh
my servant I did not put you in hardship
in the world because I look down upon
you or because you were you because you
were disgraced in my gaze rather I I
kept the world away from you so that I
can bless you more in the
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in this world you will never truly be
happy no matter what Allah subhana wa
tala gives you you will never truly be
content you can have the most amount of
money in the world you can have the
biggest house you can have the most
beautiful spouse you can have everything
that you desire and you'll never be
happy true contentment true content and
satisfaction comes in the alone it comes
when we are in Paradise all this is
about perspective and how you deal with
the situation and that is why it is very
important that an individual who goes
through trial he changes his perspective
of the trial it's not a punishment from
Allah it's a means to get closer it is
not a punishment from Allah it's a
calling from Allah that he wants you to
come back to him now why is patience
such an important thing when it comes to
trial because the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam says that an individual
who is patient in times of
adversity incurs the pleasure of Allah
subhana wa ta'ala and the individual who
is not patient he incurs the wrath of
Allah subhana wa ta'ala now the
situation is already as difficult as it
is you're going through a trial why make
it worse by not being patient because
you're only incurring the wrath of Allah
and an individual who's patient and
remembers Allah subhana wa ta'ala they
get the Salat of Allah the remembrance
of Allah subhana wa tala upon them they
get the
of allaha upon them and Allah subhana wa
tal ends off the verse by
saying that they are the ones who are
truly guided in times of trials and
tribulation you have a decision to make
either you can get closer to Allah
subhana wa ta'ala and that is your way
to Paradise or you can decide to live
with your pain seek the pity of people
and let the pain get worse and create
your own destruction
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if the trial is by way of blessing you
cope that with SH with gratefulness and
if the trial the test is by way of sh by
way of
evil evil meaning in the way you
perceive it the way it's manifested in
your eyes then the believer then is
obligated to equip himself with
patience and he is know at that moment
when he's going through that difficulty
that test of evil of
harm
adversity that his job here is to
safeguard being close to
Allah because Allah promises that he
will not let his aah go to ruins he will
protect those close to him and he will
defend
them and he will grant them shade in his
shade and in his care subhanahu
wa'ta'ala and on on top of that the
person is to remember through that
difficulty through that test he is to
remember and never forget that even
during the test Allah is more merciful
with him than his own mother is with him
and these are not my
words the prophet sallai wasallam saw a
woman from one of the prisoners of War
panicking looking for her Lost Child
that she thought was gone forever so
when she finally grabbed him and pulled
him to to her chest and one narration
nursed him he sought this opportunity to
teach the a
lesson so he
said do you think this mother this woman
would ever throw her baby child in the
fire they said no oh messenger of Allah
she would never do something like that
if it was in her hands if she had any
say in the matter she'd never let it
happen
so he said
s by
Allah by Allah Allah is more merciful
with his slaves than the mother is with
her
child and to remember that during that
difficulty Allah sends
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it to either raise your levels or
cleanse you of your sins
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seek assistance through sa through
bearing patience through restraining
yourselves and through prayer Subhan
Allah seek assistance to achieve
whatever you want to pass the tests of
Allah subhah seek assistance to do that
by bearing and by engaging in Salah and
Allah subhanahu wa taala
says indeed it is very difficult to do
this except for those who are Pious
those who are humble those who will
adopt the laws of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala wholeheartedly for them it will
be simple to engage in sa also Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala tells
us oh you who believe seek assistance
you need help seek help through bearing
patience bearing sa and through Salah
and Allah subhanahu wa taala says he is
definitely with those who bear
patience then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
says at the end ofah Al
Imran yeah
oh you who believe bear patience and
endure and protect the limits of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala in order that you
may succeed we ask Allah subhanahu wa
tala to grant us success
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know that tragedy is always near us know
that difficulty and hardship is never
distant and Allah makes it very clear to
us that the tests that are provided to
us are to show our resilience and
patience in him and endurance in his way
how do you recover as a Believer how do
you find that compass that leads you
back to the center to Allah subhanahu wa
taala let us begin this journey my dear
brothers and sisters of recovering from
our
by first accepting the one true fact
that you as a human being as strong as
you are and as mighty as you may think
you may be you are in fact a weak
creation of the almighty Allah you have
to come to this conclusion initially to
know that everything in your life isn't
only and entirely in your hand there is
more to life than what you can influence
there is a divine presence there is a
divine pre and order that is beyond your
capability and power do not ever assume
that you soully are in
control it is Allah who bestows to
people and it is Allah who recants and
takes it from them it is Allah who
elevates it is Allah who humiliates it
is Allah who gives Health it is Allah
who gives sickness it is Allah who gives
wealth it is Allah who gives poverty
always return to Allah Allah is in
control oh Allah help me how can you ask
if you do not believe that it is he who
has given and it is he who has taken
second my dear brother and sister in
Islam recovering from difficulty is
hastened in appreciation and assistance
of others and the prophet teaches us he
says Allah is his helper as long as you
are aiding and in the assistant of a
fellow man Allah becomes your Aid and
your assistant and therefore the one who
helps others Garners and is aided and is
supported by the one who needs no help
his creator the almighty Allah subhanahu
wa third in recovering from error is
seeking forgiveness see sometimes we
bring about disasters in our life by the
acts that we
perform my dear brother and sister in
Islam is one of the keys of your way to
saying oh Allah help me the prophet
taught us that as soon as we
say in our prayer as soon as we conclude
the first utterances that you make
is oh Allah I seek your forgiveness and
protection and you repeat it three times
from what what forgiveness are you
seeking you just pray you weren't
stealing you weren't out committing any
crimes or or anything of a of a devilish
evil nature you were praying why are you
seeking forgiveness it is to always
remind you that there are always
indiscretions in our life that had we
not sought Refuge with Allah that they
would have remained Unforgiven
unanswered for us it is necessary for
upon us to seek his forgiveness and to
ask him for his Aid and with sincerity
to be thankful to Allah subhana wa taala
in your difficulty and in your stress
and to not spare in the mercy of Allah
and to know that good things and bad
things happen to good people and bad
people to know everything is from Allah
subhah wa taala to take heed from what
happens around us with other people with
other friends of ours is a significant
factor in our relationship with Allah
and in aing us to recover from our
difficulty be patient don't dispay in
the mercy of Allah take the what Allah
has given you and be patient in it also
from the great lessons we learned from
the prophet
sallam is thankfulness not just patience
but thankfulness for the adversity to be
thankful even in time of difficulty is a
really it's not an easy task unless one
possesses that true Faith where they
have Reliance upon Allah subhanahu wa
taala and Allah tells us in the
Quran if you are thankful to me I will
increase you I will give you more than
what you already have look at your life
my dear brother and sister and assess
yourself as a believer in Allah are you
truly thankful for what you have are you
thankful for the blessings that you have
been extended nothing in your life will
have a greater impact on what you
experience in your day-to-day existence
greater than your worship of Allah the
things you say you know Subhan
alhamdulillah
they actually truly matter they make an
impact on your life your recitation of
the Quran literally impact your physical
tangible existence it increases your
Baraka it increases your health it
increases your lifespan those things
matter in your life so worship Allah
subh
the