Virtue of Being Patient Upon Calamities - Sheikh Ibn Baz

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Virtue of Being Patient Upon Calamities - Sheikh Ibn Baz السائلة تقول في هذا السؤال يا سماحة الشيخ: هل الصبر على ما يحزن الإنسان، ويكدر من حياته يكون له أجر، وثواب، والرفعة في الدرجات؟ A woman says in this question: Esteemed Sheikh, is a person rewarded and elevated in ranks for being patient upon what saddens him and causes distress in his life? نعم، الصبر على المصائب قربة إلى الله -جل وعلا- Yes, being patient upon calamities gets one closer to Allah ﷻ. الله يقول: وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ ۝ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ۝ أُوْلَئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ [البقرة:155-157]، Allah says(the meaning of which): "But give glad tidings to those who are patient. Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return. They are those on whom are the Salawat from their Rabb, and (they are those who) receive His Mercy, and it is they who are the guided-ones. ويقول سبحانه: وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ [الأنفال:46] ويقول -جل وعلا-: إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ أَجْرَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ [الزمر:10] Allāh ﷻ says (it's meaning): And be patient. Surely, Allah is with those who are patient.[Al-Anfaal:46] And Allah ﷻ says: "Only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning."[Az-Zumar:10] ويقول النبي ﷺ: عجبًا لأمر المؤمن، وإن أمره كله له خير؛ إن أصابته ضراء؛ صبر، فكان خيرًا له، وإن أصابته سراء؛ شكر، فكان خيرًا له. And the Prophet ﷺ said "How astonishing is the case of a believer; there is goodness for him in everything. If a calamity strikes him, he endures it patiently and that is good for him; and If prosperity attends him, he expresses gratitude to Allah and that is good for him". فإذا أصاب المرأة، أو الرجل هموم، أو غموم من دين، أو من عداوة أحد، If a woman or man is afflicted with sadness or distress due to debt or enmity of someone, أو من عدوة والديه، أو من جيرانه، وصبر، ولم يفعل إلا الخير؛ فله أجر عظيم، enmity of his parents, or his neighbours, and he endures it patiently and doesn't do anything but goodness, for him is a great reward. وهكذا إذا صبر على الأمراض، والأحزان من موت القريب، And likewise if he is patient upon illnesses and grief like the death of a relative. كل ذلك فيه الخير العظيم، والفضل الكبير، نعم. There is great goodness and virtue in all of that. Yes.