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Milestones on the path to stability | Episode (16) | One of the means of stability: not being exposed to affliction
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Milestones on the path of steadfastness.
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Avoiding the exposure to trials.
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Among the means of steadfastness is avoiding exposure to trials and tribulations.
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One should not wish for them, nor invite them.
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Nor should one seek them out to confront them.
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However, if they come to a person and descend upon them,
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they should be patient and seek reward from Allah.
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And they should employ the prescribed religious remedies.
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It is recorded in the two Sahih collections on the authority of 'Abdullah Ibn Abi Awfa, may Allah be pleased with them both, that he said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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was, on one of the days he encountered the enemy, waiting,
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until the sun began to decline.
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He stood among them and said:
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"O people,
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do not wish to encounter the enemy,
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and ask Allah for well-being.
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But if you encounter them, then be patient,
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and know that Paradise is under the shadows of the swords."
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Then he said:
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"O Allah, Revealer of the Book,
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Mover of the clouds,
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and Defeater of the confederates,
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defeat them and grant us victory over them."
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Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in Majmu' al-Fatawa:
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Evidence from the Sunnah has come
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to show that whoever is afflicted by a trial without having sought it will be aided.
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But whoever exposes himself to trial,
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it is feared for him.
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Such as his saying, peace be upon him,
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to 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Samurah:
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"Do not ask for authority,
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for if you are given it upon asking,
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you will be left to yourself.
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But if you are given it without asking,
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you will be helped with it."
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Similar to this is his saying:
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"Do not wish to encounter the enemy,
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and ask Allah for well-being.
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But if you encounter them, then be patient."
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And in the Sunan collections:
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"Whoever seeks a judicial position
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and asks for help to obtain it will be left to himself.
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But whoever does not seek a judicial position
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and does not ask for help to obtain it,
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Allah will send down an angel to guide him."
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And in another narration:
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"Even if he is compelled to accept it."
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And in the two Sahih collections,
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it is narrated that he, peace be upon him,
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said regarding the plague:
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"If you hear of it in a land,
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do not enter it.
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And if it breaks out in a land
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while you are in it,
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do not leave, fleeing from it."
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Also, he, peace be upon him,
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forbade making vows.
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And from this is his saying:
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"Leave me as I have left you,
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for those who came before you were only destroyed
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by their excessive questioning
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and their disagreement with their prophets.
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So if I forbid you from something,
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then avoid it.
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And if I command you to do something,
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then do as much of it as you are able."
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Milestones on the path of steadfastness.