Dealing with Trials, Tribulations & Hardship (Sabr)

INTENSITY MARKERS:
[M] = Fard / Wajib (Obligatory — must do) | [1] = Sunnah Mu'akkadah / Highly Recommended | [2] = Sunnah / Recommended | [3] = Mustahab / Virtuous / Commendable | [H] = Haram (Forbidden — must not do) | [h] = Makruh (Discouraged — should not do) | [P] = Mubah (Permissible — neutral)

✅ What to Do

[M]Say "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" at any calamity. (Qur'an 2:156)

[M]Have patience (sabr) — Allah is with the patient. (Qur'an 2:153)

[1]Know that trials expiate sins — not a single thorn pierces but Allah expiates. (Bukhari 5640)

[1]Make du'a: "Allahumma ajirni fi musibati wakhluf li khayran minha." (Muslim 918)

[1]Seek help through prayer and patience. (Qur'an 2:45)

[2]Know that trials are a sign of Allah's love for the believer. (Tirmidhi 2396)

[1]Thank Allah in ease, be patient in hardship — both are good for you. (Muslim 2999)

[1]Look at those less afflicted — not those above you. (Bukhari 6490)

[2]Maintain hope — with hardship comes ease, twice. (Qur'an 94:5-6)

[2]Give sadaqah during hardship — it extinguishes divine anger.

[3]Keep trials private — do not complain to others, only to Allah. (Qur'an 12:86)

[2]Know that the prophets were the most severely tested. (Tirmidhi 2398)

🚫 What Not to Do

What to Do ↑ As You Wish ↓

[H]Curse fate, slap cheeks, tear clothes, or wail. (Bukhari 1294)

[H]Question Allah's wisdom or decree.

[h]Say "if only I had done..." — "if only" opens the work of shaytan. (Muslim 2664)

[h]Despair of Allah's mercy — only disbelievers despair. (Qur'an 12:87)

[h]Complain excessively to people — this contradicts sabr.

[h]Wish for death due to hardship. (Bukhari 5671)

[H]Harm yourself or commit suicide — the greatest sin after shirk.

[h]Take haram means to relieve hardship (riba, stealing, haram work).

[h]Abandon obligations (prayer, fasting) because of hardship.

⭐ As You Wish

What to Do ↑ What Not to Do ↑

— Seek medical treatment, therapy, and counseling — Allah sent a cure for every disease.

— Take permissible means to change your situation while trusting in Allah.

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