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EPISODE 1️⃣3️⃣
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STEADFASTNESS IN ISLAAM
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Situations where steadfastness is Required 1️⃣
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There are many such situations, which need to be discussed in detail, but we can only list them in
brief here.
Times of Trials and Tribulations
Trials and tribulations can cause the heart to change. Whether they are the trials of ease or of hardship, only those who have understanding and whose hearts are filled with faith can remain steadfast.
Among the different types of trials are:
1. The trial of wealth
Allaah ﷻ Says: “And of them are some who made a covenant with Allaah [saying]: ‘If He bestowed on us of His Bounty, we will verily give charity and will be certainly among those who are righteous. Then when He gave them of His Bounty, they became niggardly, and turned away, averse.”
[Qur’aan 9:75-76]
2. The trial of worldly power and authority
Allaah ﷻ Says: “And keep yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost.”
[Qur’aan 18:28]
Concerning the danger of these two types of trial, the Prophet of Allaah ﷺ, said: “Two hungry wolves sent against the sheep could not do more damage to them than the damage done by a man’s eagerness for wealth and power to his religion.”
(Reported by Imaam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 3/460; see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 5496)
The meaning is that a man’s desire for wealth and power will do more damage to his religion than the damage done by two hungry wolves to a flock of sheep.
3. The trial of one’s wife.
Allaah ﷻ Says: “… Verily, among your wives and your children there are enemies for you (i.e., may stop you from the obedience of Allaah), therefore beware of them!…”
[Qur’aan 64:14]
4. The trial of children
The Prophet of Allaah ﷺ, said: “Children are the cause of cowardice, the cause of stinginess and the cause of grief.”
(Reported by Abu Ya’laa, 2/305 – it also has corroborating reports. See also Saheeh al-Jaami’ 7037)
5. The trial of the Dajjaal (“Antichrist”)
This is the greatest trial in this world. The Prophet of Allaah ﷺ, said: “O people, there has never been any Fitnah on the face of the earth since Allaah created Adam greater than the trial of the Dajjaal… O slaves of Allaah, O people, stand firm, for I shall describe him to you in a way that no prophet before me has described him…”
(Reported by Ibn Maajah, 2/1359; see Saheeh al-Jaami’, 7752)
To be Continued…In Shaa Allaah
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