Yaser Birjas – Being Patient In The Face Of Terminal Illness
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The use of affirmations in the Quran is important to protect individuals from illness and avoid confusion. They can also be given to anyone, including women from the people of Jannah and Al Jannah. A woman from the same group is mentioned as an " Insha" satisfaction by the Prophet, and she advises people to be patient and make the necessary changes to be successful in life. People are also discussed who have terminal conditions and were able to get cured.
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May Allah
protect you any kind of illness
and keep your family safe all the time.
But what if somebody was tested with a
an illness?
It could be terminal.
It could be something permanent, something that is
not gonna go anywhere anytime soon.
Are you allowed to,
ask Allah's panel to remove this?
Like it's terminal.
Are you allowed to re ask Allah to
remove it? When it's not when you know
that most likely,
usually doesn't happen. It doesn't go away. Alright?
So what's the ruling on these things?
Here's hadith
used to be the the mufti of Mecca
back in the days, and he was a
student of Ben Abbas, because Ben Abbas lived
in Mecca for a while.
So he learned from him a lot.
He said one day I was with the
in
Mecca near the near the Kaaba.
So he asked him.
He said,
asked me. He said to him,
whether he would like to see
if he he should, show him a woman
who is from the people of Jannah.
Like he said, shall I show someone from
the from the people of Jannah, a woman
from the people of Jannah?
I mean, first of all, Ajamal,
does anyone can anyone guarantee Jannah to anybody?
Yeah, Ajamal.
Can you guarantee Jenna to anybody? No. So
how come Ban Abbasi just like
straightforward,
that woman from the people of the Jenna?
How did he know that? So the they
say,
guaranteeing Jannah or speaking about some of the
affirmation of Jannah for anybody
comes in, in one of 2, ways.
So there is the general affirmation of Jannah,
and there's the exclusive.
The general affirmation of Jannah is what Allah
mentioned in the Quran.
So when Allah said, the believers, they will
be the people of Jannah. Al Muttaqeen, they're
from the people of Jannah. Ashuaddah from the
people of Al Jannah. So usually we say,
yeah, in general. But we can't identify
anyone in particular to be muttaqien, to be
shahid, to be this, because God knows who
the who the truthful person.
So generally speaking, we say, may Allah make
us from the muttaqien, make us from the
people of Al Jannah. That's what we say.
But to be to say specifically about somebody
from the people of Al Jannah, those are
the ones that have been identified by the
Quran or the son
of the Prophet So who are the people
in the Quran that Allah identified as the
people of Al Jannah? Like who?
The wife of the frown.
Then Allah says, Anur Allah sets an example
of the people of Al Jannah, and he
mentioned the wife of the frown. And Miriam.
Right?
So they were mentioned by name.
From the seer of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, he said what?
He said, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says,
Abu Bakr, Omar, Ali, Uthman, and he mentioned
names.
He fought him as well too. Khadija
So by name. So if anyone was mentioned
by name, we are allowed to say he
is or she from the people of Jannah.
So now that the prophet
is no longer with us, can we specifically
say this person from the people of Jannah,
no matter how righteous this person is, at
least in our eyes, the answer is
no, because we can't. But we say what?
Insha'Allah.
Like we hope for them insha'Allah
to be from the people of Jannah. But
here, ibn Abbasi says, shall I show you
someone, a lady who will be from the
people of Jannah?
And Apa is just like, she's intrigued
now because if she's from the people of
Al Jannah, I wanna know why.
And if I could know why, what does
that mean?
Hey, I can do this.
I would like to be like that.
So do you guys wanna know who that
woman is? She can see you can be
from the people with gender.
Do I hear yes? Yes. Yes. Why are
you quiet?
He's just like, first of all, let's see
the bargain. What exactly she's offering?
And then we can say, alright.
May Allah protect us all
So
of course, I
would
love
to.
That African woman over there, she said, and
she was holding, but somebody said in the
narration, she was holding to that,
Al Kaaba.
And somebody said she was just resting her
back towards the Kaaba, which was something common
then, back then, where the population wasn't as
big as today. So people would do that.
She said,
that they do over there,
which is basically what he's saying, what he's
saying,
is that like people might not give her
any special attention.
No special regard. No one's paying attention to
her.
She's not that popular,
so you don't see people around her. Oh,
you're from the Puru Guljina. No one knows
anything about her.
But if Anghaz did
and recognized who she was. It was that
woman. And he mentioned her story.
She came to the prophet
one day.
You Rasoolullah I suffer from epilepsy.
I can get seizures frequently.
And
when this happens to me, unfortunately, I get
exposed.
Like, I get exposed. My clothes, this, that.
So it's in public. It doesn't add it
happens anytime, anywhere.
Farduallahaani,
make dua for me.
What was her request exactly? That that Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala cure her?
That Allah just cure her from that.
Because I have 2 things for you. You
choose.
If you wish,
be patient,
I'll agree the agenda for you.
Or if you wish, I can make dua
for this to go away.
Like I said, be patient, I'll I'll guarantee
Jannah for you.
Or
I'll make dua and you'll be cured.
What do you think she chose Ajima?
She said, you know,
I'd rather Jannah.
If you can guarantee Jannah for me, I'll
take it. I'll be patient with
it. However, she asked,
If
If you could just make dua that I
don't get exposed.
So the prophet made dua that if she
gets that seizure, that she wouldn't be exposed.
So what do we learn from this Ajima?
This lady,
she had a condition,
and that condition
sound at that time, of course, obviously is
terminal. It's gonna all be with her forever.
So she felt awkward. She's always in those
conditions
and it's not pleasant.
So she asked prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam to
help her with that. She could be cured,
so she can be like as normal as
everybody else.
And the prophet told look, if you make
dua for you, I can take this away
from you. Or you'll be patient to give
Al Jannah. So look how much she loved
Al Jannah, that she was willing to endure
the hardships of such an illness
for the sake of Allah
This is how much Sahaba
they valued Jannah.
They were able and they were actually willing
to endure an illness that they got an
opportunity to be cured from.
She got a golden opportunity that moment to
be cured,
but she preferred what? Jannah.
So
that does that mean that if some Allahuqaddar
Allah were diagnosed,
may Allah protect us of cancer for example
or blood pressure, or heart something, or kidney
failure, or this and that. Doesn't mean that,
you know what, I'm not gonna ask Allah
to help me. I gotta just gonna make
dua, Allah to help give me patience so
I can go through this and get into
a jannah. Is that okay to do that?
The answer is no.
Ask Allah Subhanahu to cure you and be
patient, endure while you go through the process.
Because we don't know if Allah is going
to answer your call to cure you, but
He will answer your call for your dua
to get you something better, inshallah, tabarakatuh wa
ta'ala.
So again, that doesn't mean I can't ask
Allah to help me to, you know, to
be cured.
But even if you ask Allah to cure
you,
don't you ever think that you bargain with
Allah and the answer is gonna be guaranteed
in that fashion.
The answer is guaranteed for sure, but not
necessarily in the way that you ask for.
But Allah answers your call whether by
doing what you ask for, give you something
better, removing something more harmful, or even at
least at least at least He, Subhanahu wa
ta'ala, will keep the reward for you. So
you get for Aqir, inshallah, tawbarahu wa ta'ala.
But be confident that Allah
will reward you inshallah and will answer your
call. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
protect us from any of these conditions You
Rabbi Alamin and keep us all safe. Any
questions,