Special Islamic Reminders

Test

How many times has something happened, where we think or say, why??? a bad exam result, a death of a loved one, an accident, the list can go on and on.

Allah tells us in the Qur’an

“Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said, ‘When (will come) the Help of Allaah?’ Yes! Certainly, the Help of Allaah is near!”
(Qur’an 2:214)

If the best people of this World were tested, what makes us think we won’t be?

Allah tells us we will be tested:

“Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere, Who say, when afflicted with calamity: “To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return”: They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from Allah, and Mercy, and they are the ones that receive guidance. (Quran 2:155-157)

and one of the most beautiful things about trials and tests is that

“Allah does not burden a soul with more than it can bear.” (Qur’an 2: 286)

So know that you have the strength to overcome and persevere through the trial.

And as the Prophet s.a.w said:

“There is nothing that befalls a believer, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allah will record one good deed for him and will remove one bad deed from him.”

So not only do we know that we are capable of overcoming our trials, we will insha’Allah be rewarded for them as well.

And as narrated by Abu Huraira, the Prophet s.a.we said,

“If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials.” (Bukhari)

And in a beautiful hadith the Prophet s.a.w said

“Wondrous are the believer’s affairs. For him there is good in all his affairs, and this is so only for the believer. When something pleasing happens to him, he is grateful, and that is good for him; and when something displeasing happens to him, he is patient, and that is good for him” (Muslim).

So remember the next time you are tested, have patience,

as Allah says in Quran…

“Truly, Allah is with those that are patient (Al-Baqarah 2/153).”