DON'T BE SAD Episode 45 DO NOT BE SAD --- WAIT PATIENTLY FOR A HAPPY OUTCOME

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*DON'T BE SAD*

Episode 45

*DO NOT BE SAD --- WAIT PATIENTLY FOR A HAPPY OUTCOME*

The following Hadīth is found in the book of al-Tirmidhi:

"The best form of worship is to wait (patiently) for a happy outcome."

Surah Hud, Verse 81:

قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا امْرَأَتَكَ إِنَّهُ مُصِيبُهَا مَا أَصَابَهُمْ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ

They (Messengers) said: "O Lout (Lot)! Verily, we are the Messengers from your Lord! They shall not reach you! So travel with your family in a part of the night, and let not any of you look back, but your wife (will remain behind), verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will afflict her. Indeed, morning is their appointed time. Is not the morning near?"

The morning of the afflicted is looming, so watch it. An Arab proverb says, "If the rope becomes too tight, it will snap."

In other words, if a situation reaches the level of crisis, then expect a light and an opening to appear. ALLĀH says:

Surah At-Talaq, Verse 5:

ذَٰلِكَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ أَنزَلَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِ وَيُعْظِمْ لَهُ أَجْرًا

That is the Command of Allah, which He has sent down to you, and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will remit his sins from him, and will enlarge his reward.

Surah At-Talaq, Verse 4:

وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَائِكُمْ إِنِ ارْتَبْتُمْ فَعِدَّتُهُنَّ ثَلَاثَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ وَأُولَاتُ الْأَحْمَالِ أَجَلُهُنَّ أَن يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًا

And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the 'Iddah (prescribed period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death]. And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.

In an authentic Hadīth, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) relates this saying from Almighty ALLĀH (Sub-haanahu wata'aala):

"I am with the thoughts of My slave towards Me, so let him think of me as he pleases."

ALLĀH, the Almighty, says:

Surah Yusuf, Verse 110:

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَاءُ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

(They were reprieved) until, when the Messengers gave up hope and thought that they were denied (by their people), then came to them Our Help, and whomsoever We willed were delivered. And Our Punishment cannot be warded off from the people who are Mujrimun (criminals, disobedients to Allah, sinners, disbelievers, polytheists).

Know that, truly, with hardship there is relief. Some commentators of the Glorious Qur-ān said (considering it to be a Hadīth) that:

"One hardship cannot overcome two reliefs."

The Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) said in an authentic Hadīth:

"And know that victory comes with patience and that relief comes with hardship."

An Arab poet said:

"Some eyes are restless while others are in sleep,

In meditating that which may or may not occur,

So leave worrying as much as possible,

As carrying the burdens of anxiety is madness,

There is your Lord who provided you with solutions to yesterday,

And He will similarly provide for what is to come tomorrow."

Another said:

"Let events flow in their predestined path,

And do not sleep except with a clear mind,

Between the period of the blinking of the eye and its opening,

ALLĀH changes things from one state to another."