Ease comes with difficulty

Recently I attained a webinar on the topic "Beautiful Patience" which was conducted by Dawood Vaid [ @dawoodburooj ] of Burooj Education. The moment I saw the invite I had this feeling to attend as I wanted some answers for myself and I am pretty sure there are many people like me who are working hard, striving towards one thing but are not able to see beyond one point. So what is the solution for this?

Allah azwajjal says in the Q'uran in several places about bearing Sabr and every time I read or hear about it a sense of calmness is achieved in all the chaos around me. I want to share one powerful statement which I cam across recently but unfortunately I don't remember who said the statement. It was related to an incident in the life of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) - "Only after trials and tribulations you reach Mehraj" (reader who aren't aware of the event of Mehraj, i request you to read about it. It was the time when almighty Allah raised prophet Muhammad salalahu alaihiwasalam to the heavens) which for me was a profound statement.

The webinar dealt with different aspect of our lives and how it affects us on day to day basis. In the course of the talk brother Dawood Vaid quoted Imam As - Saadi which is as follows "Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy" When I heard this I pondered over it couple of times. It took some time for me to understand its beauty. All the events which happened in my life in past I complained about it at one point of time but when I overcame it I realized it only made me stronger.At times we think everything is going wrong but we don't realize that Allah is setting everything right

This one statement definitely got a change in the way I think towards a problem, hope it bring the same in you. In Sha Allah

What is Sabr?

We all pass through a phase in life where we find ourselves lost and the the question that bothers us is what's happening and why with me? In this situation hundreds of questions wander in your mind without any answers to serves a the final destination.

When we are afflicted with a calamity we find ourselves shattered. Here calamity can be anything related to your love, your relationship with your family, it can even be your professional life and so on. Even in this tough times we are surrounded with our family and friends but still we see ourselves as all alone. In these type of situations we hear our well wishers using the word "SABR" Now if you ask somebody who knows arabic, urdu or hindi can give its literal meaning which is to have patience. But in reality there is much more to it. Patience is just on part of having sabr.

In this post I will try to explain its meaning  in the light of Quran. The word Sabr has a broader meaning which includes forbearance, endurance, steadfastness, perseverance and restraint. Putting all this together you have Sabr. We all know almighty God has put all of us in this world for a test and we need to be conscious of this fact and work accordingly. We need to pass it and protect ourselves from failure. Its not that Allah (Subhana watalah) gave us test and not the answers.

Lets look at what Allah (Subhana watalah) says in the Quran:

When in trial or turbulence seek assistance through sabr, through bearing patience, through restraining and through salaah (prayers) [Chapter 2, verse 45]

Oh you who believe! You need help, seek assistance by sabr and salaah (prayers) [Chapter 2, verse 153]

Oh you who believe! Bear patience and endure & protect the limits of Allah (subhan watalah) in order that you may succeed. [ Chapter 3, verse 200]

Further more, patience here can be broken down to three:

1. Endurance required in order to fulfill the commands of almighty
2. Restraint required in order to abstain from prohibitions led down by almighty
3. Acceptance of the decree of God when a calamity strikes.

I will conclude this post with an authentic hadith of Prophet Mohammed (sallahu alaihi wasalam) peace and blessings be upon him said, "When a calamity strikes a believer it only makes him stronger if he keeps Sabr"

I wrote this post today as I saw one of my close friend is going through a lot of trails in her personal life.I pray to Allah (Subhana watalah) that my friend and everyone else who is going through similar phase keeps sabr and make their trails easy for them. Aameen