## Being Pleased with God's Decree##
A Muslim should be pleased with God's rule, submit to it, not reject it, and not repudiate it; this is obligatory. If a Muslim does this and yet feels some dislike, has a hard heart, or feels offput by it, this natural dislike ... /1
A Muslim should be pleased with God's rule, submit to it, not reject it, and not repudiate it; this is obligatory. If a Muslim does this and yet feels some dislike, has a hard heart, or feels offput by it, this natural dislike ... /1
... for inconvenience or being uncomfortable is not disbelief or a negation of faith. Allah says "Fighting was prescribed for you & it's disliked by you; perhaps you dislike something & it's good for you; perhaps you love something & it's bad for you; God knows & you do not." /2
## Disliking God's Rule vs. Disliking having to implement it##
So there is a difference between disliking the ruling itself and disliking the act that follows from it. So in this verse they disliked having to fight, but did so because they were obeying God's command.
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So there is a difference between disliking the ruling itself and disliking the act that follows from it. So in this verse they disliked having to fight, but did so because they were obeying God's command.
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Ibn al-Qayyim says in al-Madarij "Not feeling pain or discomfort is not a condition for being pleased with God's rule; what is [a condition] is to not repudiate it or be angry at it." /4
Had they disliked the actual rule sent down in the verse, this would be an act of disbelief. Allah says in Surat Muhammad
ุฐูู ุจุฃููู ูุฑููุง ู ุง ุฃูุฒู ุงููู ูุฃุญุจุท ุฃุนู ุงููู
"This is because they dislike what God sent down, so He invalidated their actions." (Quran ?:9 ) /5
ุฐูู ุจุฃููู ูุฑููุง ู ุง ุฃูุฒู ุงููู ูุฃุญุจุท ุฃุนู ุงููู
"This is because they dislike what God sent down, so He invalidated their actions." (Quran ?:9 ) /5
## Eid Prayer as an Example ##
This applies to the position we find our hearts in when something happens in our lives that is uncomfortable or disliked by us. For example if Eid were to fall on a weekday while we're at work, and we feel hardship or difficulty... /6
This applies to the position we find our hearts in when something happens in our lives that is uncomfortable or disliked by us. For example if Eid were to fall on a weekday while we're at work, and we feel hardship or difficulty... /6
and dislike that this happened, saying something like "I wish it would have been on the weekend." Or "This just makes it harder to get time off." These types of statements, while not ideal, arent indicative of a person disliking Islam as a faith or the obligation to pray Eid. /7
If however the person said something like "If Eid is this Friday instead of Saturday, I'm not even a Muslim anymore." Or "What's the use of being Muslim if Eid is going to disrupt the work week!" Then this statement is a statement of disbelief, as the person saying this /8
Not only dislikes discomfort of having to pray Eid on a weekday, but also is negating their own faith from existence if a certain thing happens; showing they didn't believe in the obligation or dictates of faith to begin with & lonly complied for personal fulfillment or gain. /9
## How a believer reacts to bad things##
Therefore a believer will find themselves at one of three levels:
Pleased with what God has decreed A) and with what has happened.
B) and patient with what has happened.
C) and indignant with what has happened.
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Therefore a believer will find themselves at one of three levels:
Pleased with what God has decreed A) and with what has happened.
B) and patient with what has happened.
C) and indignant with what has happened.
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The moment a person descends lower than this, where they are indignant with what God has decreed, rejecting God's decree, hating it, then this is where the issue becomes an issue of disbelief.
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## How we react to people becoming Muslim ##
This brings us to another point which is exemplified by a narration whose basis is found in the Musnad of Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Lalakฤi narrates a version of in his Usool, that al-Abbas said /12
This brings us to another point which is exemplified by a narration whose basis is found in the Musnad of Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and al-Lalakฤi narrates a version of in his Usool, that al-Abbas said /12
"O God's messenger, we see the grudges people hold in the faces of some of your companions due to the things we used to do to them. At this the Messenger said "Is that so?" /13
He then said "They will not believe - or - the love of faith will not come to them until they love you for God and for His messenger. Should they hope for my intercession and it not be hoped for by the tribe of Abd al-Mutallib?"
Note how there were some people who held... /14
Note how there were some people who held... /14
... grudges about al-Abbas & others accepting Islam.
Their dislike was of Abbas' previous actions, not of Abbas' accepting Islam. They found discomfort seeing him & others after years, not that they were Muslims or that God blessed them with guidance. /15
Their dislike was of Abbas' previous actions, not of Abbas' accepting Islam. They found discomfort seeing him & others after years, not that they were Muslims or that God blessed them with guidance. /15
Therefore it's natural for people to find discomfort seeing that some people become Muslim, people who may have been involved in heinous deeds, being welcomed as believers when their interactions with them were less than favorable. What of the injustices they've experienced? /16
Are those just ignored? I've covered this in another place, where is someone accepts Islam & owes rights to other, She must make those people's rights whole again. But for emotional pain, there's nothing that can be done to materially recompense them; /17
instead any wrongs remaining will be made up for on the Day of Judgement.
## What is or isn't disbelief with regards to this conversation ##
If a person says "Sure al-Abbas is a Muslim, but I dislike him." Or "I know he became Muslim but I dislike him as a person." /18
## What is or isn't disbelief with regards to this conversation ##
If a person says "Sure al-Abbas is a Muslim, but I dislike him." Or "I know he became Muslim but I dislike him as a person." /18
They are still a believer and simply uncomfortable with something beyond their control.
That is *very* different than repudiating faith as a whole and doubting God due to our disdain for some of His creation. When a person however, holds issue with Islam as a faith, or with /19
That is *very* different than repudiating faith as a whole and doubting God due to our disdain for some of His creation. When a person however, holds issue with Islam as a faith, or with /19
...or with Allah's decreeing a person to accept faith, saying things like "If al-Abbas is a Muslim, I am not a Muslim." Or "If someone like al-Abbas can be Muslim, then I'd rather be an idol-worshipper." Then this type of statement is disbelief; anyone that says such a... /20
thing then this type of statement is disbelief; anyone that says such a thing should repent and say their Shahada again.
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