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Fa sabrun jameel.
There is nothing more beautiful than beautiful patience
It's inspiring to us when we can see it in others.
And it's even more endearing
to Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
who sees us for what we actually are
and who knows what we're actually going through.
You know, there could be someone
with an obvious hardship walking around,
and people naturally feel sorry for them
because they can observe their pain.
And then you have those that show signs that they're hurting
in ways that are harder to see,
but an observant eye can see them.
And then you have those that seem to be living the life,
but they have no sense of purpose, no sense of contentment.
So it's all superficial.
And some of the most tortured souls move around
in this world in the most pristine disguises.
And some of the most content people
are often in the most distressing outward appearance.
And for those people you marvel sometimes at their sabr,
at their patience.
You look at them and wallahi,
you're like, how is it that these people
are going through so much, but they're so content,
and it's actually a miracle in it of itself.
And that's why the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, it's 'ajab,
it's a wonder that some people have patience in that regard.
And the reality is that that tranquility
is generated through the perspective
that they have in this life
but also the paradise that they know awaits them in the next
so long as they remain in the state of prophetic patience.
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Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says,
"Man 'amala saalihan min dhakarin aw untha
wa huwa mu'min falanuhyiyannahu hayaatan tayyiba
wa la najziyannahum ajrahum mi ahsani maa kanu ya'lamun"
Allah says that whoever does good,
from the believing men or the believing women,
then We will certainly give them a good life.
And then in the year after We're going to reward them
in accordance with the best of their deeds.
If you notice here, the scholars point out
that Allah says, in this life you get contentment.
The good life is contentment.
As for the jazaa', the true reward,
that's in the Hereafter,
that's not meant to be in this life.
And Imam ibn 'Attaillah Rahimahullah
says something beautiful in this regard.
He says "Innama ja'ala daar al akhira mahallali jazaa'
'ibadihi lianna hadhihi daar la tasa' ma yuridu an yu'tiahum
wa liannahu ajalla aqdaarahum 'ala an yujazihim fi darin
la baqa'a laha."
He said that Allah has made the home of the hereafter
the place where He gives His reward
to His believing servants because this realm, this dar,
doesn't fit what Allah wants to give us.
And He has honored His believers
beyond giving them their reward
in a place that is so temporary.
This realm can't fit
what Allah wants to give you as a reward.
It's too limited in its nature.
And let's say Allah gave you everything you wanted
in this world.
You still wouldn't be able to take anything of it with you
when you die and you go to the hereafter.
So when it comes to unanswered du'as,
these are things that you've been putting forward
and you have been waiting to see come to reality
in the hereafter.
When it comes to trials,
these are things you are bearing with patience,
knowing that Allah has put you on a plan
for your ultimate success.
There are several ways that we understand these trials
in this regard.
Number one, we're taught
that Allah hastens the trials of this world
so that you don't have trials in the next.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Idha araadAllahu bi abdihil khair
'ajalahu uqubatun fil-dunya"
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
that Allah wants good for His servants
then he hastens his hardship in this world,
so that there is no hardship left in the hereafter.
So that's one, the hardships
of this world eliminate the hardship of the hereafter.
Number two, Allah wipes out every single sin
so that you meet Him sinless on the Day of Judgment.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Maa yazaalu al-balaa' bil mu'min wal mu'mina fi nafsihi
wa walidihi wa malihi hatta yalqallaha wa ma alaihi khateea"
That the believing men and women
will continue to be put through tests and trials
with their selves, with their families,
with their wealth, with everything that they have
until they meet Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
and they don't have a single sin on them.
So Allah Azawajal
expiates those sins from you.
So the hardships remove hardship, the hardships remove sins
which cause hardship in the hereafter.
But then there's a third thing we learn
from our Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam;
that Allah uses those trials to elevate you to a position
that you otherwise were not going to be able to reach.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Inna rajula layakunalahu manzila 'inda Allah
that a person has a station
with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
"fama yablughaha bi 'amal"
But he doesn't reach that station by his deeds.
"fama yazaalu Allaha yabtalihi bi ma yakrahu
hatta yuballighahu iyaaha"
So Allah continues to test that person
until Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la delivers them
to that station that He has intended for them.
So hardships expiate hardships,
hardships expiate sins that cause hardship in the hereafter,
and hardships can deliver you to a position
with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
that deeds really can't.
And there's the scene of people on the Day of Judgment
looking at another group of people,
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
on the Day of Judgment,
"Heena yu'ta ahlul balaa' al-thawab"
When ahlul balaa'
ahlul balaa' are people
who have suffered major hardships,
when Allah is giving them their reward,
you have this other group of people
that are known as ahlul 'afiyah,
people that were generally spared.
And they would wish,
as they're seeing Allah comfort these people
and reward these people and elevate these people,
that they could come back to this life
and their skins could be cut to pieces with scissors.
Why?
Because they see the way
that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la treats these people
that lived hard lives.
Someone might say, "But what about all the memories
and the a trauma from before," right?
"Like the reward is nice now.
What about all the pain I suffered in this dunya?"
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
on the Day of Judgment,
"Yu'ta bi ashaddil mu'mineena turran wa balaa'"
the believer who suffered the most hardship
and trouble in this life will be brought forth.
And I want you to think about this.
The person who suffered most amongst the believers,
I mean, how much would this person have gone through, right?
With their health, with their wealth, with their family,
the person who had the most unimaginably difficult life
is brought forth from amongst the believers.
And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says
Dip him once in Jannah,
just one dip in paradise.
And after he is dipped in paradise,
he's asked "Hal ra'aytal balaa' an qat?"
"Hal ra'ayta bu'san qat"
Have you ever seen any hardship?
Have you ever suffered any type of trouble?
And that person is going to say,
"I've never seen any hardship.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know where the trouble is."
Why? Because of one dip in paradise.
So imagine then the person who has palaces in paradise
because of the way that they bore the trials
that came to them in this life.
And Allah Azawajal said,
"Innama yuwafa al-sabiruna ajrahum bighairi hisab"
Allah will continue to reward the people of patience
without any limits whatsoever.
Unlike good deeds, the sabr is rewarded,
patience is rewarded without measure.
And the scholars say, because Allah knows the ways
in which hardship affects us in so many dimensions,
often in ways we don't even fully understand,
we can't fully connect
the way that we've been hurt by something,
and that same Lord who knows you is now going to reward you
for every part of that trial with all sorts of bounties.
And that's from His Rahma,
that's from His mercy.
And on the day of judgment
you're experiencing that mercy so much more,
Salman Al-Farisi radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said
that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
that verily, on the day
that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
created the heavens and the earth,
He created 100 portions of rahmah, 100 portions of mercy.
Each part of that 100 portion
can fill what is between the heavens and the earth.
And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la gave one portion
of that mercy to this earth.
From that one portion of Allah's rahmah here
a mother has compassion for her child,
animals and birds have compassion for each other,
but on the Day of Judgment,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
Allah is going to perfect His rahmah,
meaning the other 99 portions of mercy.
Allah Azawajal has chosen to leave that
for the Day of Judgment.
Think of how Allah consoles the grieving one then.
Think of the most merciful mother you've ever seen
and her comforting her child.
That is just a tiny bit of one of those portions of mercy.
And now Allah with 99% of that mercy,
99 portions on that Day of Judgment is comforting those
who went through hardship in this life.
And that's when that mercy is going to be most rewarding.
And you know what?
That mercy is most needed not in regards to the hardships
that we suffered in this life,
but the possible consequences of the sins
that we have carried with us into the hereafter.
Fa amma man thaqulat mawazinuh
fa huwa fi 'ishatin raadiyah
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