O you who has been overtaken by grief and sorrow! Contemplate | Ilm4all
O you who has been overtaken by grief and sorrow!
Contemplate, how many sins have we committed because of which sorrow and grief have been multiplied in our lives?!
Because of one sin – that he ate from the forbidden tree - Aadam عليه السلام was expelled from the Jannah. And yet see how many sins we commit in our daily lives which keep us out of the Jannah of this world?! There is Jannah in this world!
From the Jannah of this world is:
1) when Allaah is pleased with us,
2) doing deeds to seek nearness to Him,
3) engaging in His remembrance,
4) offering the obligatory Salaah (prayers) are all part of the Jannah of this world.
Whoever refuses to enter the Jannah of this world, is like the one who is refusing to enter the Jannah in the Hereafter.
As Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said: ❝There is no (true) comfort for man, or enjoyment, or pleasure (or satisfaction), or perfection except through knowing Allaah تعالى and loving Him (as such), and when feeling calm and tranquil while making His Dhikr (remembrance), and when finding joy and pleasure in trying to get nearer to Him (through obedience and worship) and yearning to meet Him. This is the Jannah (Paradise) of this worldly life, like how there is no comfort for him in the Hereafter nor success except by being in His (Allaah's) company, in the House of Delight, in the Jannah of the next life. For a man there are two Jannah, he will not be able to enter the second one if he does not enter the first one. I heard Shaikh al-Isaam Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله saying: ❝There is a Jannah in this world, whoever does not enter it will not be able to enter the Jannah of the Hereafter.❞❞
[Madaarij al-Saalikeen (1/452)]
Do you not see that a person may have lost his whole family in a car accident, yet he is patient and calm, and pleased with the Decree of Allaah, whereas, if just the car of anyone of us were to break down, we would lose our mind; or if any harm were to befall us, we would be on the verge of losing our Deen, and we quickly start thinking bad about Allaah – that Allaah only intends bad for us and not good. As Allaah تعالى mentioned:
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ
{And among mankind is he who worships Allaah as it were, upon the very edge (i.e., in doubt); if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face (i.e., reverts back to disbelief after embracing Islaam). He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.}
[Surah al-Hajj (22): 11]
Why is it that this person was tried severely and yet is patient and pleased, whereas we might not even face a fraction of what he has suffered, and we are already falling apart? It is because of the sins that the hardships increase, and griefs become more severe.
It was one act of disobedience which got Aadam عليه السلام expelled from the Jannah.
It was one act of disobedience which made Yunus عليه السلام to be thrown in the sea, and to be swallowed by a whale (or a big fish), and to be covered with three layers of darkness - the darkness of the night, the darkness of the sea, and the darkness in the belly of the whale.
It was one act of disobedience on the day of Uhud and the victory was changed into defeat.
It was one act of disobedience and Banee Israaeel were made to wander aimlessly for forty years through the land.
So, do not belittle the sins. Sins are a burden which weigh us down in the battle against hardship and grief. Our shield against all the hardships and sorrows is in the obedience of Allaah and His worship.
So, O you who is overwhelmed by grief and sorrow! Search your book of deeds! Is your book of good deeds heavier than your book of evil deeds? I do not know about your sins, and you do not know about my sins, but each one is aware of his own sins that he has done - secretly and openly.
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