๐ Imagine yourself in these situations:
1] After doing the groceries, you and another companion go in a taxi. Once you arrive at home, you realize that you forgot several shopping bags which you placed inside the vehicle's trunk (luggage compartment) and contacting the taxi driver is something impossible to do.
2] For five consecutive nights you didn't have a proper sleep because you've been studying really hard to pass a board exam, which you failed in the previous year. On the day when the students are informed of their results, you don't see your name on the list of examinees who passed. Surprisingly, your friends who took their studies for granted were the ones who received the good news.
3] You spent more than an hour cooking large amounts of spaghetti and other delicacies which you planned to bring to a long-awaited family reunion. On the way to the gathering, located in a remote village, while crossing a wooden bridge, all of the dishes you're carrying suddenly fall into the fast-flowing river when you lost your balance.
4] As you're waiting for your flight in a crowded airport, you unknowingly switch packages with someone else who's traveling with a different airline. Upon arrival at your destination, you discover that the traveler unintentionally took your costly gifts and souvenirs, while you're wondering about what should be done with many boxes of toothpicks.
5] You're a bride who's about to marry the man of your dreams, who is simultaneously an Imaam, ustadh and engineer. Just before exiting the wedding venue with you, the groom's soul returns to Allah the Almighty, and you've become widowed on the same day you married.
Whether you call it "bad trip", "bad luck" (Note: No such thing as luck and fortune in Islam.), "difficulty", "frustrating situation" or confirmation that your "life sucks", every human being inevitably goes through different forms of challenges, disappointments and trials. If everything on earth always went well according to all of the people's desires and wishes, and humans never felt sad or angry at all, then why would Jannah Paradise be created?
This dunya (temporary world / life) is a platform of tests in which those who strive to be closer to Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala occasionally go through a variety of examinations to be purified from the sins they've committed in the past and present. Allah the Most Wise does not give His servants particular tests except that He knows how every individual has what it takes to withstand and pass them.
An effective teacher would examine you according to your level and competence. The more knowledge you've acquired on specific subjects and the more competent you are in a certain field, the more the levels of your tests would increase.
✅ What to do when something upsetting occurs:
1] Say "QaddarAllah wa maa shaa-a fa'al." meaning "Allah has decreed what He wills." and patiently accept that whatever occured or did not occur is part of Allah's Qadr/Decree.
2] Look forward to receiving rewards from Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala for trying your best to maintain patience.
3] Feel relieved that Inn-sha-Allah through every hardship some of your former sins get expiated.
4] Confidently believe that if you're one of those believers whom Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala loves, oftentimes you're granted what you dislike and prevented from what you want to avoid fitna and excessive attachment to dunya.
5] Remember that you're not the only individual in this universe with stress, worries and problems to solve.
Even the best and most well-mannered of all humans, namely the noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam, went through various difficulties and tough times.
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๐ Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "The strong believer is more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them. Be eager for what benefits you, seek help from Allah, and do not be frustrated. If something befalls you, then do not say: 'If only I had done something else.' Rather say: "Allah has decreed what He wills." Verily, the phrase ‘if only’ opens the way for the work of shaytan."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2664
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
๐ Suhayb RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Amazing is the affair of the believer, as there is good for him in every matter. This is not the case for anyone but for the believer. If he goes through ease (or happy moments), he thanks Allah and it is good for him. If he goes through difficulty, he shows patience and it is good for him."
Source: Sahih Muslim 2999
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Muslim
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