Sometimes all this is very disheartening and makes me belive that even to people who are good, the return is not always good.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
We are
3 brothers and sisters. I am the eldest , married . My broter is also married
but my youngest sister ( 32) is still not married.
Our
father expired when i was just 5 yrs old.
After
that my mother worked and brought us up.
My
mother is a very religious lady and has always been a very good daughter in law
and has always taught us good things in life as per Islam.
But
she did not get a good return in the world.
She
has got a very bad daughter in law who is only busy in duniya and does not
respect my mother.
I have
a sister 32 yrs old yet to be married.
Sometimes
all this is very disheartening and makes me belive that even to people who are
good, the return is not always good
So why
should we be good in this world.
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Answer:
World a place to do
deeds
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 67 Surah
Al Mulk verse 2:
He (Allah) created death and life that He may test
you, to see which of you is the best in deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verse 35:
35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good (only) by way of trial: to Us
must ye return.
Dear and beloved sister in Islam, the life of this short
and transitory world is but a period of tests and trials from the Lord, Most
Gracious Most Merciful..the real place to receive rewards and punishments is
only the Hereafter.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 155-157:
155 Be sure We shall test you with something of fear, and
hunger, some loss in goods, or lives, or the fruits (of your toil); but give
glad tidings to those who patiently persevere.
156 Who say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah we belong and
to Him is our return."
157 They are those on whom (descend) blessings from Allah and Mercy; and
they are the ones that receive guidance.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.1
Abu Hurairah narrates that the Prophet (saws)
said: "When Allah wants to be good to someone, He tries him with some
hardship."
Abu Hurairah reports that Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: "For every misfortune, illness, anxiety, grief, or hurt that
afflicts a Muslim -even the hurt caused by the pricking of a thorn - Allah
removes some of his sins."
Ibn Mas'ud said: "I visited the
Messenger of Allah (saws) while he (saws) had a fever. I exclaimed: 'O
Messenger of Allah (saws) ! You have a high fever!' He (saws) said: 'My fever is as much as two
among you [might have].' I asked: 'Is it
because you have a double reward?' He
(saws) replied: 'Yes, that is right. No Muslim is afflicted with any hurt, even
if it is no more than the pricking of a thorn, but Allah wipes off his sins
because of it and his sins fall away from him as leaves fall from a
tree'."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.545 Narrated by Abu Said Al Khudri and Abu
Huraira
The Prophet (saws) said, "No fatigue, no
disease, no sorrow, no sadness, no hurt, no distress befalls a Muslim, even if
it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his
sins for that."
Your
Question: Sometimes all this is very disheartening and makes me belive that
even to people who are good, the return is not always good. So why should we be
good in this world.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 57 Surah
Hadid verses 20-23:
20 Know ye (all) that the life of this world is but play and amusement,
pomp, and mutual boasting, and multiplying (in rivalry) among yourselves,
riches, and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it
brings forth delight (in the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt
see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away! But in the Hereafter is a penalty severe (for
those who do evil) and Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for
those who do good). And what is the life
of this world but goods, and chattels of deception?
21 Be ye foremost (as if in a race, seeking) forgiveness from your Lord
and a Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of heaven and
earth. prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers: that is the
Grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He Pleases: and Allah is the Lord of
Grace Abounding.
22 No misfortune can
happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a Decree before We bring it
into existence: that is truly easy for Allah:
23 In order that ye may
not despair over matters that pass you by nor exult over favors bestowed upon
you.
For Allah loves not any vainglorious boaster.
Respected sister in Islam, the life of this short and
transitory world is but a period of tests and trials Decreed by the Lord Most
Gracious, and a place for the believers to do good deeds in the ardent and
sincere hope that their Lord Most Merciful will accept their deeds and give
them their due rewards only in the Hereafter.
The time period Decreed by the Lord All-Knowing All-Wise
for the life of this short and transitory world is just not long enough for the
evil-doers to bear the full consequences of the evil they might have done, nor
for the believers to reap the benefits and rewards of the good they might have
done! This world is the place but to sow seeds, the real and only place to
truly reap the rewards of ones deeds in only in the eternal and everlasting
life of the Hereafter!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42 Surah
Shura verse 22:
22 Thou wilt see the wrongdoers in fear on account of what they have
earned and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But those who believe and work
righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant meads of the Gardens: they
shall have before their Lord all that they wish for: that will indeed be the
magnificent Bounty (of Allah).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah
Luqmaan verses 8-9:
8 For those who believe and work righteous deeds there
will be Gardens of Bliss.
9 To dwell therein. The promise
of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 47 Surah
Muhammad verse 12:
12 Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous
deeds to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject
Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their
abode.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verse 23:
23 Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds
to Gardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with
bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Mumin verse 40:
40 He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: and
he that works a righteous deed whether man or woman and is a believer
such will enter the Garden (of Bliss): therein will they have abundance without
measure.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister