THE DAYS ROTATE IN BRINGING GOOD AND BAD

It has been related that Imam Ahmad visited Baqi ibn Mukhalid while he was sick and said to him:

"O 'Baqi, rejoice in Allah's reward.  The days of health are devoid of sickness and the days of sickness are devoid of health."

This means that during days of health one never contemplates sickness, for plans and ambitions then increase as do hopes and desires.  During days of severe sickness, however, one forgets matters that pertains to times of health, weak despair encamps itself within the sick soul, and thus hopelessness prevails.   

Commenting on this verse, Ibn Katheer wrote:

 "Allah is describing man and the base characteristic that he is the possessor of (with the exception of those believers upon whom Allah has bestowed His mercy).  In general, if man is afflicted with hardship after ease; he become hopeless of ever seeing good in the future, he shows disdain for the past - as if he never experienced good days - and despair for the future as if he never expected succor and relief." 

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THE SUPPLICATION OF THE WRONGED

Ibraheem at-Tamimi once said.

"When a man wrongs me, I pay him back with an act of mercy."

When some money was stolen from a righteous man who lived in Khurasaan, he began to weep.  Fu'dayl, who saw him in that state, asked, "Why do you cry?"  He answered, "I remembered that Allah shall gather me and the thief together on the Day of Judgement, and I cried, feeling pity for him."

A man slandered a scholar from the early generations of  Islam.  In return, the scholar gave him a gift of dates, and when later asked about the gifts, he said,

"Because he did good to me (ie. on the Day of Judgement the man would have to give him some of his good deeds or take from him some of his bad ones)."

THREE PLAQUES

I AGREE!

A wise person hang up three plaques in his office that he would read daily.

Written on the first was, "Your today, your today!"  Meaning live within the boundaries of today,  working and striving.  

The second said, "Reflect and be thankful."  Meaning, contemplate Allah's blessings upon you and then be grateful.

And "Don't be angry," was written on the third.

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