A Rain of Reward

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: There is no good in one whose wealth has not gone and whose body is not diseased. When Allah loves a servant, He examines him with calamity. When he falls into it, he keeps patience.

Calamities are just like bitter lessons to a person walking in the path of Allah. They show path towards the next world. It is like a bitter medicine but a bliss for the sick. When the person sees the reward of calamities in the next world he will be grateful to his Creator.

The rewards of disasters and calamities are more than them. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: Allah said, When I give calamity to the body of a servant or to his wealth or children and he proceeds forward keeping patience, I shall feel ashamed in setting up Balance for him on the Day of Resurrection. He also said, When a person is falls into calamity and says, 'We are for Allah and to Him we shall return, O Allah, give me protection in my calamity and leave for me good therefrom,' Allah does for him accordingly.

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: When Allah wishes good of a man and establishes love with him, He sends down upon him troubles and calamities and afflicts him with mishaps. When he prays to Allah, angels say: This voice is acquainted with us. When he prays to Him a second time and says, O Lord, Allah says: O My servant, I am present, fortune for you. I have given you what is good for you and I have kept deposited with Me what is better for you. When there will be Resurrection, the pious will be brought and their actions will be weighed in the Balance -- the actions of those who prayed, those who paid zakat, those who fasted and those who made hajj. Then those who were afflicted with calamities will be brought but their book of deeds will not be opened in their presence. Reward will be rained over them as calamities were thrown over them. Those who were happy and safe in the world will see the high rank of those who suffered troubles and calamities and say: "Alas! How good it would have been if the flesh of our bodies were severed by scissors." For this reason, Allah says: "Surely the patient will be given full rewards without account."

May Allah make us of those who are patient. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakum Allahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam