LETTER TO M'UAZ BIN JABAL (Raziallah
AnhoA.)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
From Muhammad, Prophet of Allah --
To M'uaz bin Jabal (Raziallah Anho)
May Peace be on you! I praise Allah the one. May Allah add to your
recompense and calm your sad heart and give you endurance to thank Him.
As a matter of fact, our lives, our kith and kin and our property
are merely a trust temporarily reposed in us from amongst the gifts of Allah.
He benefits his servant by it, till he likes and when the fixed time comes, He
takes it back.
The duty of a man is to thank Allah, when He bestows on him a
munificence and when it is taken back, he should endure it with patience.
Your son was a good trust of Allah. He kept you blessed with him,
till He liked. And when He desired He took him away from you, in return for a
great recompense, provided you keep yourself contented with the will of Allah.
Oh M'uaz (Raziallah AnhoA.), if you show impatience you will lose.
your recompense or reward with Allah. If you get to know, how much return and
recompense has been granted to you for it, then this loss would appear very
meagre in your eye.
The promise which Allah has made with the people who endure
misfortune and pain with patience, shall be fully fulfilled in the life to
come, The promise of Allah should reduce your grief. Whatever is destined to
take place, must occur.
Peace be there!'
Seal: Allah's Prophet Muhammad
Note: M'uaz was an esteemed Companion of the Holy Prophet (Sal
Allaho Alehe Wasallam) who embraced Islam at the young age of 18. He belonged
to the Ansars. The Holy Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe Wasallam) sent him to educate
the Muslims, in Yemen while there, his son died. On that occasion the Holy
Prophet (Sal Allaho Alehe Wasallam) wrote to him the above letter of
condolence, exhorting him to bear the loss patiently.
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