Trial for Believer

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Trial for Believer

نحمدہ ونصلی علٰی رسولہ الکریم، امّابعد!

عن انس رضی اللّٰہ عنہ قال قال رسول اللّٰہ ﷺ اذا اراد اللّٰہ بعبدہٖ الخیر عجل لہ العقوبۃ فی الدنیا واذا اراد بعبدہ الشر امسک عنہ بذنبہ حتٰی یوافی بہ یوم القیمۃ۔
(باب الصبر: ص ۶۵، ترمذی جلد: ثانی)

Everybody faces trial:

Hazrat Anas (R.A) narrates that Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, ”When Allah intends well being for His worshipper, He punishes him in this world early and when Allah intends evil for his worshipper, He blocks him in his sins. It means He does not punish him until He will reward him fully on the Day of Judgement.” (Tirmizi Shareef: 2/65 Baab Fil Sabr Alal Bala printed by H. M. Saeed)

And Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said: “The excess of reward is related to troubles and said when Allah loves some nation, He makes them suffer from some trouble and whoever stays agreed, is granted with the consent of Allah and whoever is annoyed, there is Allah’s stance for him.” (Tirmizi: Hadith number 2398 Faizul Qadeer: 1/258 Riazul Saliheen: P 41 printed Maktaba Hakeemul Ummat)

It seems we have been given three lessons in this Hadith: First lesson given to us is that Allah created world and hereafter, both are made by Allah but my friends! The difference between the world and the hereafter is that there will be no trouble for anyone in the Hereafter except for unbeliever and sinners who will go to the Hell. And except these, those who are believers will go to the Paradise. The will never even see what trouble is and will never know about it. Unlike this the world has been created by Allah and there is no such man, saint or prophet who has not faced trouble.

Troubles are the Atonement of Sins:

Now my friends! When pious people face troubles they think that Allah has treated me in this way in order to cleanse me of my sins. May should understand his sins that it is due to my sins, I am a sinner and Allah is giving me troubles in the world due to my sins. Now man should seek forgiveness from Allah (Astaghfar) and pray that, O Allah, These troubles have come to me due to my sins, therefore forgive me, and when he will adopt this way, Inshallah there will be only well being for him. There will be no evil for him and all of his sins will be forgiven and when time of death will approach, he will go through it as he had been born of his mother’s womb. He will be so neat and clean that Inshallah he will benefit from the blessings of Paradise as soon as he dies.

Respected friends! It is rather dangerous that troubles are less. I said troubles are faced by everyone. But infidels and hypocrites who have less relation with Allah face less trouble. Allah gives them their time. Years pass and they face neither any sickness nor any trouble. And if they face any, it is gone early. Instead Allah opens such doors for them. So if it is the case that there are fewer troubles from Allah and man is increasing in Allah’s disobedience, it is very dangerous. It implies that Allah intends to punish him fully in the Hereafter and wants to grab him well in Hereafter. He will not spare him and make him fuel of the Hell. Therefore my friends! Whenever there are troubles from Allah, seek forgiveness from Allah of your sins, Make repentance and Astaghfar and get worried if there are no troubles.

One must Seek Forgiveness on one’s Sins:

The scholars have usually marked the name of Pharoah as Waleed and he was 640 years old. He got so much time from Allah that in 640 years, he never even had a headache. Where will the pride and vanity lead to such a man? How much esteem will he give to himself? You may decide yourself. That is why he said about himself, (Ana Rabbukum al Aala) “I am the Supreme god. I am the lord of everyone”. It means he claimed of being god. It implies that having no trouble makes man maniac that Allah forbid I am the best, I am the supreme one and Allah forbid this thought takes him even to the claim of being god.

Therefore it is good sign to have troubles. It is not a good sign to have no troubles at all. But one seeking forgiveness from Allah on his sins when troubles come is much better. But not seeking forgiveness from Allah on sins after troubles come is not a good sign, my friends. This man is not doing something good by not seeking forgiveness of his sins from his Lord.

We witness some people that on facing trouble say Allah forbid, “What such sin did we commit that we have to face this trouble?” It means they think themselves very neat and clean and no sin can be committed by them. And that is why they don’t know what sin they have committed? They make such remarks. Yet one can find himself indulging in so many sins in 24 hours and he does not even feel that he is committing a sin and then says, “I don’t know what wrong I have done?”

Heart makes one feel Sin:

Allah has blessed man with such a heart, pious people and Holy Prophet (S.A.W) remark that first of all it is man’s heart that tells him what sin he has committed. Whenever somebody commits a sin, immediately there comes a feel in his heart that I have made a mistake (Alaa Summa Maa Haaka Fee Sadrik) (Musim: 2/315 Baab tafseer al barr wal ism). It is another thing if someone’s heart is dead and there is no feel in his heart. Allah does create a feel in those hearts that are alive. You can make an experiment and see that you will feel restless after committing a sin. Therefore if man immediately asks for forgiveness from Allah saying, “O Allah!I committed a sin, forgive me”, it creates a peace in the disposition. Both peace and restlessness are the dispositions of heart through which it warns one about virtue or sin. My friends! A man does so many sins that he cannot even imagine. Therefore when man commits sin, troubles, problems and ailments from Allah strike him and when these troubles and problems are faced, one should ask for forgiveness that, “O Allah! You are purifying my through putting my in worldly troubles and I expect from Your Rehmat in the Hereafter that you will bless me with Paradise. It means man should console his heart hoping Allah’s Rehmat and utter this from his tongue. In sha Allah! It will bring benefit. Man will endure troubles with ease. In other case man cannot endure troubles easily. He makes various remarks. Whenever he meets someone, he only repeats, ”This trouble, that trouble”. It does not reduce troubles rather increases them. The only way to reduce trouble is Astaghfar.

Troubles increase one in Ranks:

My friends! Prophet of Allah told that whenever Allah intends well being for someone, He keeps him suffering from various worldly troubles and whenever He intends evil for someone, He reduces his worldly troubles until the full justice is left for the Hereafter. When they will be resurrected, they will be asked there. Man has excess of wealth, shower of blessings and comforting all sorts of conveniences and not having any troubles is not a good sign. Man should continually seek forgiveness of his sins from Allah that, “O Allah! I am not having any trouble nor sickness lest it should not be so that you intend to punish me in the Hereafter. Therefore O Allah! Please forgive me”.

The second thing was told that the more are the troubles the more is the reward in the Hereafter. The hadith tells us so much that Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that on doomsday those people will be brought who faced problems and troubles in the world. Then the rewards will be started from Allah that they got this for some trouble and that for that trouble. He will get so much that he will say, “I wish my whole body would have been cut with scissors in the world and I got all that today which Allah is giving.” (Tirmizi: 2/66 Abwab ulZuhad)

Therefore, it was said the more are the troubles the more will be the ranks, the more increasing will be the reward with Allah.

It tells that everyone can commit sins. If someone says that he is not a sinner and neat and clean and even then he is facing troubles from Allah, it implies that his ranks are being increased. But this is only for the prophets. Prophets do not have sins and their ranks keep on increasing. But for people like us, it is sufficient for us that only if our sins are forgiven. This is great blessing for us.

It must come what Allah has destined:

The third thing that Holy Prophet (S.A.W) told is that it must come what is destined. If Allah has destined troubles for us, they must come to us. If sickness, it must too and same is for all other circumstances. The well being for a man is being willing to accept the decision of Allah that ,”O Allah! I submit to your decision.” It was said if he will submit to the consent of Allah, he will be blessed by the Consent of Allah and if he does not submit to the decisions of Allah, he will be cursed with the angriness of Allah”.

Tirmizi: 2/6 Abwab ul Qadr)

What Allah has destined, must come. This is another fact that man is frail and forgets at the time. He does not attend to them. But if man makes effort with the intention and ambition of heart, remember it again and again and think on it that Allah has destined this trouble for me; therefore it was supposed to come to me. Therefore O Allah! I submit to your consent in this condition yet I am frail and cannot tolerate it. Unless you don’t change it, I agree with your decision. O Allah! Please change it and decide well being for e.

O Allah! Frail we are:

Our elder Hazrat Haji Imdad Ullah Mahajir Makki (R.A), it is famous that once he was stating that there is well being in each decision of Allah. Therefore one must agree to the decision of Allah. Now Hazrat also said that whenever ailment comes and there is well being in it. It forgives the sins of man. Allah makes man neat and clean, bless him with Paradise. He was stating these meanwhile a person came shouting and crying and said, “Hazrat! I am having intense headache, I am dying. My head is going to burst. Pray to Allah for removing this headache. Now the people sitting around Hazrat started thinking that just now Hazrat was stating that there is well being in each decision of Allah. Now what will he do if that person is having such an intense headache? Hazrat made a prayer at the very moment that O Allah! This sickness contains well being. It causes forgiveness of man’s sins. Therefore, there is well being in it but O Allah! We are frail; we cannot tolerate this well being and blessing. Please replace this blessing of sickness with the blessing of health.

In a way, he delivered both the rights. If it is trouble, it is blessing of Allah. It is a well being for a believer. But usually a believer does not tolerate it. Therefore make this prayer to Allah that O Allah! It is surely a thing for our well being yet do not put so much trouble on us, so much problem on us that we could not tolerate.

Saints of Allah teach us Moderation:

My friends! These saints of Allah teach us moderation. If both the hadiths are put before us, we cannot even follow them. It is the task done by the saints of Allah. They teach us such a lesson in everything that The Sacred Law (Shariat) is also satisfied and relation to Allah also remains connected. Therefore this is another way of making relation to Allah for a believer that whatever be the troubles, he should deem that these have been destined to me by Allah. Nothing could go against them. Whatever effort I could make, these were supposed to come. But O Allah! Do not put these troubles to so much an extent on us that we could not endure them. We are frail. Replace them with good condition.

The pious people say that whenever any relative or acquaintance of man is sick, and he was taken to some high caliber doctor. But he could not survive. Now they say that they should have done this or that, should have taken to that doctor and so on. This person consoles his heart. But do remember how much great caliber doctor a man seeks he cannot change that is destined by Allah. What Allah has destined, must come. Whatever effort we make, only that happens that Allah has destined. Therefore, many times it was seen that we take patient to very high caliber doctors and they immediately say after checking that he cannot be treated. Take it to home. Serve him well and make prayer for him. Only prayer can save him and not us. It tells that no matter how great is the doctor of the world, he cannot change Allah’s decision. Through asking for the prayer, he is also pointing to the fact that we are frail, we are unable. Only Allah is the doer of everything. All the authorities are for Allah. Therefore if this belief comes in us In Sha Allah! Our relation to Allah will keep on increasing. Allah may grant us His relation and make us act upon the lesson that has been delivered in this hadith. (Ameen)