DON'T BE SAD Episode 44 DO NOT BE SAD --- EVERYTHING WILL OCCUR ACCORDING TO PREORDAINMENT

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*DON'T BE SAD*

Episode 44

*DO NOT BE SAD --- EVERYTHING WILL OCCUR ACCORDING TO PREORDAINMENT*

Everything occurs according to preordainment and according to what had been decreed. Such is the belief of Muslims, the followers of Muhammad (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him). And nothing happens in the Universe except through ALLĀH's knowledge, Permission, and Divine Plan.

Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 22:

مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَا إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz), before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah.

Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 49:

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ

Verily, We have created all things with Qadar (Divine Preordainments of all things before their creation, as written in the Book of Decrees Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz).

Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 155:

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ

And certainly, We shall test you with something of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad tidings to As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).

And in a Hadīth the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) said:

"Wonderful is the affair of the believer! His affairs in their entirely are good for him: if good befalls him, he is thankful, and that is good for him. And if harm befalls him, he is patient, and that is good for him. And this (prosperous state of being) is only for the believer."

In an authentic Hadīth, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) said:

"If you ask, then ask of ALLĀH, and if you seek help, then seek it from ALLĀH. And know that if the whole of the nations were to rally together in order to bring benefit to you in anything, they would not benefit you except with that which ALLĀH has written for you. And if they were to gather together in order to inflict harm upon you with something, they would not harm you except with that which ALLĀH has written upon you. The pens have been raised and the pages have dried."

The Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) also said: "And know that what has befallen you was not going to miss you, and that which missed you was not meant to befall you."

In another authentic Hadīth, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) said:

"Strive for that which will benefit you, seek help from ALLĀH, do not be weak, and do not say: If I had done such and such, the situation would be such and such. But say: ALLĀH has decreed and what He wishes, He does."

And in another authentic Hadīth, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) said:

"Every matter that ALLĀH decrees for His slave is better for him."

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah was asked about sin: Is it good for someone? He said:

"Yes, with the condition that it is followed by being remorseful and repentant, by seeking forgiveness, and by being sincerely moved (to submission) on the inside."

ALLĀH, the Exalted says:

Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 216:

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَىٰ أَن تُحِبُّوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Jihad (holy fighting in Allah's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.