Patience: The Path to Paradise - II

In 'Udat As-Saabireen, Ibn Al-Qayyim quoted Imaam Ahmad as saying,
"Allaah The Almighty mentioned patience in the Quran in ninety
places."
Here I will mention the various contexts in which patience was mentioned:
First: The command to be patient; Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
• {And be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience isnot but through
Allaah.} [Quran 16:127]
• {And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord.} [Quran 52:48]
• {O you who have believed, be patient and endure and remain stationed
and fear Allaah that you may be successful.} [Quran 3:200]
Second: Forbidding the opposite of patience; Allaah The Almighty Says
(what means):
• {And do not be impatient for them.} [Quran 46:35]
• {So do not weaken and do not grieve…} [Quran 3:139]
• {And be not like the companion of the fish…} [Quran 68:48]
In general, every forbidden thing is the opposite of patience that iscommanded.
Third: Making success contingent on patience; Allaah The Almighty Says
(what means): {O you who have believed, be patient and endure and
remain stationed andfear Allaah that you may be successful.} [Quran
3:200]
In the verse, success was made contingent on the mentioned matters.
Fourth: Informing of the multiplied reward of those who are patient;
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Indeed, the patient will be
given their rewardwithout account.} [Quran 39:10]
Sulaymaan ibn Al-Qaasim said, "Each good deed has a known reward
except patience. Allaah The Exalted Says (what means): {Indeed, the
patient will be given their reward without account.} It is like
flowing water."
Fifth: Leadership in religion is made contingent upon patience and
certainty in Allaah; Allaah TheAlmighty Says (what means): {AndWe made
from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient
and [when] they were certain of Our signs.} [Quran 32:24]
With patience and certainty, one obtains leadership in religion.
Sixth: Allaah The Almighty is with the patient; Allaah The Exalted
Says (what means): {Allaah is withthe patient.} [Quran 2:153]
Abu 'Ali Ad-Daqqaaq said, "The patient won the honor of both worlds
because they won the advantage that Allaah is with them."
Seventh: Those who are patient are given three things together from
Allaah The Almighty, which are not available for others: His
blessings, mercy and guidance. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
{But give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes
them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allaah, and indeed to Him we will
return." Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord
and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.} [Quran
2:155-157]
When one of the righteous predecessors was offered condolences for a
disaster which afflicted him, he said, "How couldI not be patient when
Allaah has promised me three things for patience, each one is better
than this world and what is in it."
Eighth: Allaah The Almighty madepatience a means for seeking help and
support; He Says (what means): {And seek help through patience and
prayer.} [Quran 2:45]
This means that a person who is not patient is neither supported nor helped.
Ninth: Allaah The Almighty made victory contingent upon patience and
observing consciousness of Allaah The Almighty. He Says (what means):
{Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allaah and the enemy come
upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five
thousand angels having marks [of distinction].} [Quran 3:125]
The Prophet therefore, said: "Know that victory is with patience."
Tenth: Allaah The Almighty made patience and fear of Him a great means
of protection from the cunning and plotting of the enemies. They are
the greatest ofall refuges. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
{And if you are patient and fear Allaah, their plot will not harm you
at all.} [Quran 3:120]
Eleventh: Allaah The Almighty Says that His angels greet the patient
in Paradise with peace due to their patience; He, the Exalted, Says
(what means): {And the angels will enter upon them from every gate,
[saying], "Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And
excellent is the final home."} [Quran 13:23-24]
Twelfth: Allaah The Almighty allowed the patient to punish with an
equivalent of that with which they were harmed, then Hegave an
asserted oath that showing patience is better. Allaah The Almighty
Says (what means): {And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish
with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are
patient - it is better for those who are patient.} [Quran 16:126]
The Arabic equivalent of the versehas many signs indicating assertion
and affirmation of the oath.
Thirteenth: Allaah The Almighty made forgiveness and great reward the
consequence of patience and righteous deeds; He Says (what means):
{Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will
have forgiveness and great reward.} [Quran 11:11]
Fourteenth: Allaah The Almighty considered patience over affliction
and disasters one of thematters which require determination. Actually,
determination is required over the noblest and greatest of deeds.
Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
• {And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the
matters [requiring] determination.} [Quran 42:43]
• {And be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the
matters [requiring] determination.} [Quran 31:17] - - ▓███▓
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