1155 - ما يُهَوِّنُ المَصائِبَ‏

1155. Factors that Ease Afflictions

3699.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن زَهِدَ في الدنيا هانَت علَيهِ المُصيباتُ .¹

3699.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Afflictions are easy for one who is abstemious in this world.’²

3700.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَظُمَت عِندَهُ مُصيبَةٌ فَليَذكُرْ مُصيبَتَهُ بي؛ فإنّها سَتَهُونُ علَيهِ .³

3700.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who finds an affliction too great to bear should think about [the greatness of his affliction resulting from] my passing away from this world, and his own affliction will become easier to bear.’⁴

3701.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أكثِرُوا ذِكرَ المَوتِ، ويومَ خُروجِكُم مِن القُبورِ، وقِيامِكُم بَينَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ، تَهُونُ علَيكُمُ المَصائبُ .⁵

3701.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Increase your remembrance of death, the day that you will rise from your graves, and your standing before Allah, Mighty and Exalted, and your afflictions will become easier to bear.’⁶

3702.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - إنّهُ كانَ يقولُ عندَ المُصيبَةِ - : الحَمدُ للَّهِ‏ِ الذي لَم يَجعَلْ مُصِيبَتي في دِيني، والحَمدُ للَّهِ‏ِ الذي لو شاءَ أن تكونَ مُصيبَتي أعظَمَ مِمّا كانت (كانَت)، والحَمدُ للَّهِ‏ِ على الأمرِ الذي شاءَ أن يكونَ وكانَ .⁷

3702. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) used to say the following when faced with an affliction, ‘All praise is due to Allah, Who did not afflict me in my faith, and all praise is due to Allah Who, if He had willed for my affliction to be greater than it is could have made it so, and all praise is due to Allah for the command that He willed to be and it is.’⁸

3703.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ المَيِّتَ إذا ماتَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مَلَكاً إلى‏ أوجَعِ أهلِهِ، فَمَسَحَ على‏ قَلبِهِ فَأنساهُ لَوعَةَ الحُزنِ، ولولا ذلكَ لَم تَعمُرِ الدنيا .⁹

3703.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily when someone dies, Allah sends an angel to the most grieved member of his family, who strokes his heart and makes him forget the agony of grief, and if it were not for this, the world would never again thrive.’¹⁰