FIND CONSOLATION BY REMEMBERING THE AFFLICTED: Look around you, to the right and to the left. Do you see the afflicted and the unfortunate? In every house there is mourning and upon every cheek runs tears. How many tribulations and how many people persevere with patience? You are not alone in your troubles, which are few comparf to those of others. How many sick people rdmain bedridden for years suffering from unspeakable pain? How many have not seen the light of the sun for years due to their imprisonment, having knowledge of nothing but the four corners of their cell? How many men and women have lost their children in the prime of youth? You have a perfect example in the prophet ( bpuh). The entrails of a camel were placed upon his head; his feet bled; his face was fracturend; he was besieged in a mountain pass until he was force to eat tree leaves; he was driven out of Makkah; his front tooth was broken in battle; his innocent wife was accused of wrongdoing; seventy of his companions were killed; he was bereaved of his son and of most of his daughters; he tied a stone around his stomach because of hunger; and he was accused of being a poet, a magician, a soothsayer, a madman, and a liar- all at the same time. Yet Allah protected him throughout these severe trials and tribulations. Prophet Zakariyah was killed, prophet Yahya was slaughtered, prophet Moosa was afflicted with great trials, prophet Ibraheem was thrown in the fire( may peace be upon them all) and the lmams- most reputf theologians and scholars and leaders followed their footsteps. Caliph Umar was assassinated, as was Uthman and Ali ( may Allah be pleased with them all) . Many scholars of the past have been flogged, imprisoned or tortured. Or think you that you will enter paradise without such[trials] as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty, ailments and were shaken. (Quran 2:214)
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