Do Not Despair When Afflicted by Trials…
قَـالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتُ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنًا ، فَحَمِدَنِي وَصَبَرَ عَلَى مَا ابْتَلَيْتُهُ ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقُومُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ كَيَوْمٍ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا، وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ لِلْحَفَظَةِ إِنِّيْ قَيَّدْتُ عَبْدِي هَذَا وَابْتَلَيْتُهُ ، فَأَجْرُوا لَهُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تُجْرُونَ لَهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَهُوَ صَحِيْحٌ
(1711مسند أحمد رقم8)
Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله says: “When I test one of My believing servants (with disease, etc), and he still praises Me and remains patient, then he shall get up from his bed in a state which he is free from sin like the day he was born”
Allah جل جلاله further states: “When I test one of My servants with disease, then he will get the same reward as he would get when he was healthy.” (That means if, due to his ailment, he is not able to do as many good deeds as he would do when he was healthy, then he shall get the same reward).
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Certainly Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله Forgives
قَـالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنِّيْ ذُوْ قُدْرَةٍ عَلَىْ مَغْفِرَةِ الذُّنُوْبِ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ وَلَا أُبَالِيْ مَالَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِيْ شَيْئاً۔
(21540مسند احمد رقم)
Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله says: “Whoever knows with certainty that I am able to forgive sins, I shall forgive him, and it does not bother me, as long as he does not ascribe partners to Me.”
قَـالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: أَنَا أَكْرَمُ وَأَعْظَمُ عَفْواً مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتُرَ عَلَىْ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ فِيْ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ أَفْضَحَهُ بَعْدَ إِذْ سَتَرْتُهُ وَلَا أَزَالُ أَغْفِرُ لِعَبْدِيْ مَا اسْتَغْفَرَنِيْ
(نوادر الاصول ج2 ص34)
Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله says: “I am More Noble and Greater than to conceal a servant in this world and then subsequently expose him (in the hereafter) after concealing him (in this world). And I shall continue forgiving my servant as long as he continues seeking forgiveness from me.”
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Put Your Hopes in Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لأَتَيْتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً
(3540سنن الترمذي رقم)
Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله says: “O Son of Ādam, as long as you call unto Me and put your hopes into Me I forgive you, and it does not even bother Me. O Son of Ādam, even though your sins might reach the boundaries of heaven, and then you seek forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you, and it will not bother me. O Son of Ādam, if you came to Me with sins equal to the weight of the earth, and then you met Me without ascribing partners unto Me, I would come to you with forgiveness equal to the weight of the earth.”