NEVER DESPAIR IN ALLAH'S MERCY

 

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NEVER LOSE HOPE IN ALLAH ﷻ

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Allāh ﷻ says in the Qur'an:

 

وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

 

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,

[2:155]

 

This duniya is not meant to be a paradise. We shall surely be tested and trialed with many trials and tribulations.

 

We should not be stressed and depressed when such tests occur.

 

Don't grieve over the past, for what has been taken will never return! Don't worry over the future, for what has been ordained cannot be changed!
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In a Hadith From Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه who narrated that: “The Prophet ﷺ entered into the Masjid one day and found therein a man among the Ansar by the name Abu Umamah.

 

He ﷺ asked him: ‘O Abu Umamah, why do I see you sitting down in the Masjid when it is not prayer time?’.

 

He رضي الله عنه replied 'O prophet of Allah, I have been inflicted with anxieties and debts have overcome me.

 

Then the Prophet ﷺ said:

 

“Shall I not teach you a statement, when you say it, Allāh will relieve you of your anxieties and settle for you your debts?’,

 

He رضي الله عنه said: ‘O yes the prophet of Allah’.

 

He ﷺ said "say:

 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ، وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ

 

O Allah , I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and being overpowered by men’.

 

Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه said that 'I did all this recommendation of the Prophet ﷺ and Allāh eased me of my anxieties and burden of debt.'”

 

[Sunan Abu Dawud 1555]
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In another narration, the same dua is mentioned with variation in the wordings.

 

Anas bin Mallik رضي الله عنه narrates, saying: “I used to often hear the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicating with these words:

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

 

‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sadness, grief, helplessness, laziness, being stingy, overwhelming debt, and the overpowering of men

 

Allāhumma innī aūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazani wal-ajzi wal-kasali wal-bukhli wa ḍalaid-dain wa ghalabatir-rijāl

 

[Jamiat-Tirmidhi 3484. In-book: Book 48, Hadith 115, *Grade: Sahih*]
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Do not fall short in your trust in Allāh ﷻ, Have certainty!
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Allah ﷻ wants your trust in Him. Allah ﷻ wants your sabr with His Qadr!
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As Allāh ﷻ says

 

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ وَ لَمَّا يَاْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوا مِنْ قَبْلِكُم

 

Or do you think that you would enter Jannah while such [trial] has not come to you as came to those who came before you?

 

[2:214]

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May Allāh ﷻ Grant us a deeper understanding and protect us from negative feelings and thoughts.

آمين