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How to Develop a Mindset of Patience in Times of Calamity?
The people asked: 'How is this an occasion of joy that you are smiling?' He replied: 'I am smiling, being content with the will of Allah Almighty, because my son passed away by Allah's will. Allah’s preference is my preference.'[1]
The son of Sayyidunā Muṭarrif رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه passed away. People saw him very happy and asked: 'Why is it that you appear happy instead of grieved?' He replied: 'When, due to my patience in this calamity, I have the glad tidings of peace, mercy, and guidance from Allah Almighty, then should I be happy or grieved?'[2]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! You have heard of the extraordinary manner of patience of Allah's pious servants when afflicted with calamities. Even when the greatest calamity strikes, instead of becoming saddened and distressed, they remain content with the will of Allah Almighty, and they remain just as happy in those moments as we are when receiving blessings.
The incidents narrated contain lessons, particularly for those who are seen complaining that 'We have been afflicted with such-and-such trouble or illness for a long time, and to be freed from it, we continuously make fervent supplications, recite litanies and invocations, observe prayers and fasts, give charity, visit shrines of saints to seek blessings, feed the hungry, attend Sunnah-inspired gatherings, and have even travelled with Qafilas many times. We have left no saint unvisited. Yet, the calamities, instead of ending, continue to increase. We have been patient enough; there is no more room for patience.'
BOOK TOPIC
- Excellence of reciting Ṣalāt upon the Prophet
- Speech intentions
- The Trial of Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم
- The Illness of Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم
- Trial is Not an Affliction, but a Mercy
- (1) Laughing Immediately Upon Being Wounded
- (2) Smiling at the Death of a Son
- (3) Am I Happy or Grieved?
- How to Develop a Mindset of Patience in Times of Calamity?
- 8 Ways to Develop a Mindset of Patience During Calamities
- One of the 12 Religious Activities: 'The Circle for Listening to and Reading Tafsīr'
- Those in Well-being Shall Wish!
- Some Points on Reliance on Allah (Tawakkul) and Contentment (Qana'at)
- Announcement
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤāˈs recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 Duroods
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 17rd July 2025
- Remaining Points on reliance in Allah and Contentment
- A Supplication to be Protected from Disbelief and Poverty
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
