Patience in Adversity

As'salamu alaykum,


At any given moment, a person is in a situation where he has to obey a command of Allah, or he has to stay away from something which Allah has prohibited, or he has to accept a decree of Allah, or he has to give thanks for a blessing he has received from Allah. All of these situations demand patience, so up until the time of death, no one can do without patience. Whatever happens to us in life is either in accordance with our wishes and desires, or against them. In both cases, patience is required.

If a person enjoys good health, security, power, wealth and fulfillment of physical desires, he should not assume that this time of ease will last forever, and he should not let his good fortune make him arrogant, extravegent or careless in a way that Allah does not like. He should not devote all his time, money and energy to the pursuit of physical pleasure, because too much pleasure results in pain. He should take care to pay what is due to Allah in the way of zakat and sadaqah, otherwise Allah might take away His blessing. All of this takes patience and nobody can exercise patience at a time of ease except people of strong faith.

May Allah make us of the as-siddiqun and sabireen.