http://islamkashmir.org/taxonomy/term/23/0 en http://islamkashmir.org/radiant-reality/2007/07/hardships-benefit-believer <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-posted-in"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Posted In:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/radiant-reality/2007/07">July 2007 - Radiant Reality</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Allah has decreed that, in this life, hardships and disasters strike both believers and non-believers. For a non-believer, they are inconveniences that hinder him from proceeding with his normal involvement in the worldly life. For a believer, on the other hand, they are instances of rest and remembrance, tests that promise great rewards, and indications of atonement and expiation of sins. Regardless of how little is the harm that strikes a believer, it carries with it good news of forgiveness and elevated rank ( in Jannah ). The Righteous Predecessors used to be pleased when a hardship afflicted them, seeing it as a token of Allah's forgiveness and benevolence.</p> <p>Expiations of Sins<br /> Abu Hurayrah (RA) reported that the Prophet said: "Hardships continue to befall a believing man and woman in their body, family, and property, until they meet Allah (S) burdened with no sins.</p> <p><a href="http://islamkashmir.org/radiant-reality/2007/07/hardships-benefit-believer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mohammad Ziya Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:06:51 +0000 admin 82 at http://islamkashmir.org