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ENDURING GRIEF AND HARDSHIP IN LIFE AS MUSLIMS

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawm al-ithnayn. 29th day of Rabeeu ath-thaani, 1445AH (Monday, 13th November, 2023). * *_ENDURING GRIEF AND HARDSHIP IN LIFE AS MUSLIMS_*. BismilLaahir Rahmanir Raheem.


In Qur'an chapter 3, verses 155-157, Allah subhanallahu ta’ala reminds us:

"Verily, ALLAH will test you with something of fear and hunger; some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil) but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. Who say when afflicted with calamity:

"Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhir raji-oon"

"To ALLAH we belong and to HIM is our return." They are those on whom (descend) blessings from ALLAH and Mercy and they are the ones that receive guidance."


From these verses we can see that in a Muslim’s life, hardship and suffering should never come as a complete surprise. In fact, ALLAH promises us some hardship as a certainty, somewhere during our lifetime. It is a test of our eeman, our faith in ALLAH, and we should not despair, because there are lessons to be learnt from every situation, especially from misfortune. To a true Believer, good fortune and misfortune are merely two sides of the same coin of life. Although we do not welcome hardship, we know that even in the noonday of life, we live in the shadow of death; in the peak of our prosperity, we are just a few short paces away from poverty and in the prime of our good health, illness lurks in the shadows nearby. Let's always remember these verses and commit to saying Alhamdulillah alaa kulli haal. 


*_We ask ALLAH to increase us in knowledge, wisdom and patience to be able to handle HIS test and trials on us_*. Aameen.

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