One day the Prophet went out and offered the (funeral) prayer for the people (i.e. martyrs) of Uhud as he used to offer a funeral prayer for any dead person, and then (after returning) he ascended the pulpit and said,
“I am your predecessor before you, and I am a witness upon you, and I am
[Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 411]
“If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him trials”
[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 70, Number 548]
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا
بِالصَّبْرِ
وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ
اللَّـهَ
مَعَ
الصَّابِرِينَ
“O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salāt (prayer).
Truly! Allāh is with As-Sābirin (the patient)”(Qur’an, Al-Baqarah 2:153)
فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
“Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, And be thankful to Me,
and do not be ungrateful to Me.” [Al-Baqarah 2:152]
وَلَا تَيْأَسُوا
مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّـهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يَيْأَسُ مِن رَّوْحِ اللَّـهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ
الْكَافِرُونَ
” …And never give up hope of Allāh’s Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allāh’s Mercy,
except the people who disbelieve.”
[Quran, Yusuf12:87]
قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُمْ
وَجَعَلَ
لَكُمُ
السَّمْعَ
وَالْأَبْصَارَ
وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۖ قَلِيلًا
مَّا
تَشْكُرُونَ
Say: “It is He who has created you (and
madeYou grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling
and understanding: Little thanks it is ye give.”
~Surah Mulk 67:23
and understanding: Little thanks it is ye give.”
~Surah Mulk 67:23
Muslim (918) narrated that Umm Salamah (may Allaah
be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and says what Allaah has enjoined – ‘Verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return. O Allaah, reward me for my affliction and compensate me with something better’ – but Allaah will compensate him with something better.”
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “There is no Muslim who is stricken with a calamity and says what Allaah has enjoined – ‘Verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return. O Allaah, reward me for my affliction and compensate me with something better’ – but Allaah will compensate him with something better.”
