Sustenance and livelihood are preordained in certain measures; illness is preordained, and one’s welfare is preordained; everything in this life is preordained.

The person should accept what Allaah has preordained for him and should not hate, dislike, or show discomfort towards these preordainment.

Since this is the nature of the matter, one should submit his entire affair to Allaah and know that whatever befalls him will not miss him and whatever misses him will not befall him.

It is as if the one who prefers this life to be monotonic wants the predecree of Allaah to be in accordance with his desires, and this is wishful thinking.

Irrespective of the preordinance or test, it is a matter that is good for the believer; however, this is with the condition that one gives thanks for Allaah’s favor and is patient, as in the authentic hadith of the Prophet ( ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ )

“Amazing is the matter of the believers, his affair to him is all good, and this is for none except for the believer, if he is touched by something good and then he thanks, then this is good for him. And if he is touched by a calamity or hardship, then he is patient and this is good for him.”

[Reported by Muslim, hadith no. 2999]

Allaah, the Most High, stated (in the translation of the meaning):

“It may be that you dislike a thing and Allaah brings through it a great deal of good.” – Surah an-Nisa (4:19)

Moreover, Allaah ( ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻪ ﻭ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ) said (in the translation of the meaning):

And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allaah knows but you do not know. – Surah al-Baqarah (2:216)

Everyone should know that the One who tests us is also the One who bestows favors upon us.

Furthermore, we should know that not everything we dislike is to be disliked in reality and that not everything that we desire is really beneficial for us; Allaah knows and you do not know.

Some of the Salaf (rahimahumullaah) said that:

If you were afflicted by a calamity, and you were patient, then your calamity is one; however, if you were impatient, then your calamity is double because of the loss of the reward as well as the beloved one, the Hereafter (i.e. Paradise).

This saying was in relation to what Allaah (ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻪ ﻭ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ) mentioned in Surah al-Hajj (in the translation of the meaning):

“And among mankind is he who worships Allaah as it were, upon the very edge (i.e. in doubt); if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face. He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.” – Surah al-Hajj (22:11)

Testing, Afflictions and Calamities – Dr Saleh As-Saleh

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