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The afflictions and trials upon following the Deen of Islam.

 The afflictions and trials upon following the Deen of Islam.


Alhamdulillah, lets remind ourselves and give ourselves patience in following the religion of islam.

Allah says in Qur'an,

Aal-e-Imran 3:186

You will surely be tested in your possessions and in yourselves. And you will surely hear from those who were given the Scripture before you and from those who associate others with Allāh much abuse. But if you are patient and fear Allāh - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.


Allah s.w.t promise to test us upon following the religion and see our sincere and steadfast we will be.


Allah says,

Al-'Ankabut 29:2

Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

Al-'Ankabut 29:3

But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.


So those before us were tested and Allah removed among them who were indeed believers and the hypocrites.


Allah says in Qur'an,

Aal-e-Imran 3:141

And that Allāh may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.


Allah s.w.t wants to purify the believers through trials.

Whatever trials befalls us, it is used to cleanse some of our sins.


This Deen is not only believing and not seeing afflictions.

That is not how Allah s.w.t wishes but we will see trials from all angles of life.

As reported from Hadith,

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “The believer is like a plant which is continually swayed by the wind, for the believer is continually afflicted by trial but the hypocrite is like a cedar tree which does not shake till it is cut down.” (Bukharl and Muslim.).


The trial we face as believers is like a plant that is swayed and the wind blows it gradually until it becomes straiten and steadfast but that of an hypocrite or disbeliever is like a tree that is at straight and when a wind blows it breaks it.

The prophet peace be upon him and his companions were tested in all cycle of life that they used to ask when is the help of Allah coming to us.

Look at Bilal, amar ibn Yasir r.a and how many afflictions they went because they were Muslims.


May Allah grants us patience to every trial to befall us. Aamin

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