there are so many verses that speak
about the reward of those who bear patience in this world and the next;
indeed allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
recompenses those who bear patience in an unlimited fashion, unlimited in this
world and the next, you will see the fruits of your patience. but if you are
not patient, impatient what will happen? you taste a little bit of it, I am NOT
saying that you need to endure oppression, I'm not saying that. I am
saying that when you do good by being patient where you can be patient; Allah
never ever throws the reward of those who do good. I want to give you the most
beautiful example: Yusuf (A.S) / the Prophet Joseph may peace be upon him,
I'm sure you know the story. it is amazing. Allah says in the Quran
we are relating to you the most beautiful of stories, that was the story of Yusuf (A.s)
the Prophet Joseph, the whole chapter is named after him and
it is the only story that is found in one place from the
beginning to the end. at the end, you know, the brothers of
yusuf (A.S), what did they do to him? they tried to harm
him. they wanted to kill him. they put him in the well. they did this to him. they
did that to him. they did so much. they literally plotted against him. they tried
their luck against him. they threw him in the pit, he got up. someone sold him.
someone bought him. someone tried to lure him to committing a sin. they jailed him
and he continued, SubhanAllah, bearing patience. how many things?
plenty one after the other; so many things. at the end, Allah made him a
powerful person. he was in authority and finally his brothers came in. he was so
delighted but obviously he needed to deal with this matter. he had a good
heart. how many of us have a good heart? it's not too late, you can develop your
heart. you can develop the qualities of your heart. you can eradicate the hatred,
you have. you can work on the jealousy, the envy, the ill feeling; people get
jealous very quickly. it's becoming more and more common; you have a beautiful car,
you have subhanAllah, a beautiful robe, people become jealous. I can't believe it.
it's becoming worse. work on these qualities; look at yusuf (A.S), he
asked his brothers Allah makes mention of it:
subanAllah, Allah says he asked his brothers, do you know what you did to Joseph and
his brother when you were ignorant? look at him, blaming the devil, look at him
blaming satan, when you were ignorant which means I excuse you, do you know
what you did to yusuf and his brother? they immediately thought to themselves,
it's impossible for anyone to know what was done to yusuf and his brother
unless it's him himself? they looked at him and they said what's the possibilities
of you being yusuf, are you Yusuf? he says yes I am yusuf, this is my brother, Allah
has favoured us. that's the word. he didn't say I hate you guys, I'm gonna fix
you guys, I'm gonna show you guys, I'm gonna make sure, I'm the leader today. I'm
gonna jail you and that's what we would do I think. a lot of
us would do that to our own spouses let alone someone else.
we would do it, I'm gonna fix you. I'll show
you, I'm gonna make you regret your decision
etc .... we have bad words. so what happens? we suffer as a result of our own
plot. we struggle, we suffer because we have a bad plot
don't do that. try to find within your heart; the soft
spot that will look and learn from the stories Allah makes mention of, he
doesn't talk about it for nothing. he talks about it because he wants you to
learn a lesson from it. so he says, Allah has favoured us, you know what that means?
in one sentence he told them no matter what you did, what you tried from the
beginning to the end, look at how Allah gave me
as a direct result of your action. had you not
plotted against me from the beginning I would not have been
here. sometimes we lose a job. we get so upset but we don't
realize Allah wants to give you a better job, only after five years you're going
to say alhamdulillah, you might start your own business and it might flourish
and Allah says look you were so upset when you lost the job, look at where you
are today, so be happy, my brothers and sisters.
so long as you're bearing patience and your prayer is in order, nothing evil can
happen to you, no, it cannot. yusuf (A.S) says I am Yusuf, this is my
brother. Allah has favoured us, for indeed whoever is conscious of Allah and they
bear patience Allah will never waste the reward of the those who do good.
those indeed those who are conscious of Allah, conscious of Allah
meaning you fulfill their obligations as best as you can. you
abstain from the prohibitions as best as you can.
you seek the forgiveness of Allah as best as you can. that is the
consciousness of Allah, consciousness of Allah to create a barrier between you
and Allah's displeasure by fulfilling his commands and staying away from
prohibitions. that is the consciousness of Allah. it is called "tawakkul Allahi". so
whoever is conscious of Allah and bears patience, Allah will not waste
the reward of those who do good. imagine, Allah calls them "mushinin" Allah says
they are the ones who do good. who is a doer of good, a doer of
good is a person who has taqwa and sabr. how do I know it? because it is in
this verse and it is in several other verses as well. Allah will not waste your
reward. when you were patient Allah will give you. the problem is my brothers and
sisters in patience we become impatient. you know what that means? we say ok, I'm
going to forgive and after a while you say, oh Allah, I'm still waiting, you are
becoming impatient. that's why the hadith says
beautiful narration when you make dua to Allah, you call out to
Allah, oh Allah give me, oh Allah grant me, Allah says we will give to all of you
for as long as you are not impatient. so the Sahaba (ra) asked the
question what is this impatience? what do you mean impatience? he says for one of
you to say I called out and I called out and I called out but Allah didn't answer
that means you became impatient. Allah knows. when I say o Allah, I am looking
for a job. firstly, I need to develop a link with
Allah. you know when you know someone, when you are close to someone, you say
give me a job, you don't have a job! come, come, come, I'll
give you double the salary, take it, why? because I am friends with you and you're
a big boss. Allah is bigger than anyone else. so when you have a good
relationship with him what are you looking for?
the Prophet (saw) clearly
says get close to Allah during times of ease. the problem with us is we only get
close to Allah during times of difficulty. well, that's good. it's good
but there is something better. what is better? times of ease, you have no problem
right now. you have a job. you have a wife, you have a husband, you have children, you
have a car, you have a house, you have a good salary,
you have everything else, you have peace, you have serenity, you have... get close to
Allah now. you know why? the day difficulty is about to come in your
direction, Allah will be closer to you, Allah will get closer to you.
so this is why we say when you lose a job; I'm giving you practical examples:
right? and you say oh Allah give me , wait be patient, it
might take a while but if you do ...... if you try, if you
are impatient, you may not get it because you are saying oh Allah, I am calling out to
you for the last 40 days you did nothing, Astaghfirullah, that is an insult to
Allah. don't do that....