Zia Sheikh – Tafseer Of SURAH ALHadeedSession 4Ayah 21 onwards

I would just like to finish off by

mentioning a saying of Umar about difficulties that

happen to a person and how he used

to deal with them.

Umar said that whenever I

was afflicted with any type of problem, I

found in it three blessings.

There are three blessings that I found in

each and every problem that I came across.

What were they?

The first blessing was that that affliction didn't

take place in my religion.

So what he's saying is that okay, if

I lose something worldly, that's fine.

If I lose a camel or a horse

or a house or I lose a relative

even, at least I didn't find any kind

of deficiency in my deen.

So yes, I don't want any kind of

difficulty or any kind of deficiency to come

in my religion.

So that's the first blessing he says.

The second thing, that I thank Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala that that difficulty or that

problem wasn't greater than it was.

So I got sick, well, I got sick

but with a flu or I was bedridden

for a week.

Or what about the person who is bedridden

for the rest of his life?

What about the person who has cancer?

What about the person who is in a

vegetative state, in a coma?

My flu is nothing in comparison to those

people.

So I should be grateful that the difficulty

that I went through, it wasn't greater than

it actually was.

And the third thing, The third blessing, when

I come across any kind of difficulty, I

believe sincerely and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

has promised that if I am patient that

He will give me a huge reward for

it.

A huge reward for being patient as Allah

says in the Quran, Give glad tidings to

the people who have sabr, who are patient.

That whenever any affliction comes to them, any

kind of problem comes to them, they say

that we belong to Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala and to Him we return.

Allah says, These people get salutations and blessings

from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and mercy

from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and these

are the ones that are guided.

So this is basically reflecting upon the promise

of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that if

you are patient in adversity, Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala is going to reward you for

that.

So Umar ibn Allah said, these are the

three blessings that I come across each time

I'm afflicted with any kind of problem or

any kind of hardship.

So that's the kind of attitude that we

should have when we come across difficulties and

hardships.

And when we have that, we will realize

actually that our life will become much easier.

We'll never become depressed.

We'll never lose sleep at night.

Leave it all to Allah subhanahu wa ta

'ala.

It is known as, to be pleased with

what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has ordained

for you.

This is what is meant by this.

So this is the summary of the few

ayahs that we read today.

I pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

gives us a salty Protestant and practice what

has been said and done.

Al

Fatiha.