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Virtue of Patience
https://www.khutbah.info/virtue-of-patience/ All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, for His favor and grace. He commanded patience and praised the patient and promised them a great reward. So be conscious of Allah Almighty in all your circumstances and be patient over whatever you encounter. For in this worldly life one is afflicted with good and bad and is in need of patience. And Allah has mentioned patience in the Quran in ninety (90) places. Therefore, patience is a lofty matter with great virtue and bears fruits in this world and the hereafter. Allah said that He loves the patient: Al Imran (3) 146: And Allah loves the steadfast. And Allah Almighty said that He is with them: Al Anfal (8) 46: Indeed, Allah is with the patient. Allah commanded having patience and praised the patient. And promised that He will reward them without accounting. And He promised them with victory and leadership in religion. Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on his soul) said: Through patience and certainty of faith one receives the leadership in religion. Then he recited
Allah Almighty’s words:

11:03 / 11:04

‫ َو َنُع وُذ اِهلل ِمْن‬, ‫َو َنْس َتِعيُنُه َو َنْس َتْغِفُر ُه‬, ‫ْحَنَم ُد ُه‬, ‫َّن اَحْلْمَد ِهَّلِل‬
‫ِب‬ ‫ِإ‬
‫اَل‬ ‫َأ‬
‫ُرُش ْنُف َن َو ْن َس َئ ْع َم َنِل َمْن َي ْه ُهلل َف ُم َّل‬ ‫َأ‬
‫ِض‬ ‫ِدِه ا‬ , ‫ا ا‬ ‫وِر ِس ا ِم ِّي اِت‬

‫اَّل‬ ‫َأ‬ ‫َأ‬

 ‫ُهَل َوَمْن ُيْض ْل َفاَل َه َي ُهَل َو َأْش َهُد َأْن اَل َهَل اَّل ُهلل َوْح َد ُه اَل‬
‫ِإ ِإ ا‬ , ‫اِد‬ ‫ِل‬ ,
‫َأ‬
‫يَك ُهَل َو َّن َحُمَّم ًد ا َع ْبُد ُه َوَرُس وُهُل‬
‫ِرَش‬
Verily, all praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His assistance
and we ask for His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Him from the
evils of our selves. Whoever Allah guides, none can misguide.
Whoever He misguides, none can guide. And I bear witness that
there is no deity other than Allah and I bear witness that
Mohammad is His slave and messenger.

‫َيا َأُّيَه ا اِذّليَن آَمُنوا اَّتُق وا اَهَّلل َحَّق ُتَق اِتِه َو اَل َتُم وُتَّن اَّل َوَأْنُتْم‬
‫ِإ‬
‫َن‬
102:‫ُمْس ِلُم و – آل عمران‬

Al Imran 102 : O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be

feared, and die not except in a state of Islam.

Oh people:

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, for His favor and grace.
He commanded patience and praised the patient and promised
them a great reward. So be conscious of Allah Almighty in all your
circumstances and be patient over whatever you encounter. For in
this worldly life one is afflicted with good and bad and is in need of
patience. And Allah has mentioned patience in the Quran in ninety
(90) places.

Therefore, patience is a lofty matter with great virtue and bears

fruits in this world and the hereafter. Allah stated that He loves the
patient:

146 :‫آل عمران‬- ‫َو اُهَّلل ِحُي ُّب الَّص اِبِر يَن‬

Al Imran (3) 146: And Allah loves the steadfast.

And Allah Almighty stated that He is with them:

 ‫َّن‬
46 :‫األنفال‬- ‫ِإ اَهَّلل َمَع الَّص اِبِر يَن‬

Al Anfal (8) 46: Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

And Allah Almighty indicated the great station of patience:

‫ُم‬ ‫َو ْن َتْص ُرِب َو َتَّتُق َف َّن َذ َك ْن َع ْز ُأْل‬

‫آل‬- ‫ِم ا وِر‬ ‫وا ِإ ِل ِم‬ ‫وا‬ ‫ِإ‬
186: ‫عمران‬

Al Imran (3) 186: But if you are patient and conscious of Allah –
indeed, that is of the [utmost] resolve of matters

And the patient will be rewarded without limit. Allah Almighty

said:

‫َس‬ ‫َّن َم ُيَو ىَّف َّص ُر َن َأْج َرُه ْم َغ‬

10 :‫الزمر‬- ‫ِب ِرْي ِح اٍب‬ ‫ال اِب و‬ ‫ِإ ا‬

Az Zumar (39) 10: Indeed, the patient will be given their reward
without account [i.e., limit].

Allah commanded having patience and praised the patient. And

promised that He will reward them without accounting. And He
promised them with victory and leadership in religion. Ibn
Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on his soul) said: Through
patience and certainty of faith one receives the leadership in
religion. Then he recited Allah Almighty’s words:

‫َن‬ ‫َوَجَع ْلَن ْنُه ْم َأ َّم ًة َي ْه ُد َن َأْم َن َلَّم َص ُرَب َو اَك ُن‬
‫و ِب ِر ا ا وا وا ِبآياِت ا‬ ‫ِئ‬ ‫ا ِم‬
‫َن‬
24 :‫السجدة‬- ‫ُيوِقُنو‬
As Sajdah (32) 24: And We made from among them leaders
guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when]
they were certain of Our signs.

And the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said:

‫ما أعطي أحد عطاًء أوسع وال خيًر ا من الصبر‬

Nobody has been given a blessing more encompassing or better
than patience.[Bukhari 1469, Muslim 1053a]

Therefore, patience is the best and most comprehensive bestowal.

And the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said:

‫والصبر ضياء‬
Patience is illumination. [Jami at-Tirmidhi 3517]

And patience is illumination and light in one’s life. Through

patience, he finds a clear way and manages difficulty. Through
patience, hardship is facilitated, life is simplified and one rejoices in
life with the utmost pleasure. This is in addition to the generous
bestowal and great gifts that the patient will receive from Allah on
the Day of Resurrection.

And patience is half of Iman (faith). For Iman (faith) has two halves;
one half is patience and the other half is gratitude.

And patience is restraining oneself. And there are three types of

patience which are patience in obeying Allah, patience in not
disobeying Allah and patience over Allah’s painful decrees.

As for the first one which is patience in obeying Allah, there is no

doubt that there is hardship in obeying Allah. For in prayer, there is
bodily fatigue and sleep deprivation. And in fasting there is the
hardship of hunger, thirst and refraining from desires. And giving
charity involves spending wealth which is beloved by the souls.
These hardships do not suit the desire of the soul, for it inclines to
comfort and it is greedy. And the shaytan deceives the soul and
makes it lazy. So the soul requires patience with which it can be
steadfast in obedience and bear hardship. Just as Iman (faith) is
required to realize the good outcomes of obedience. For in longing
for these good outcomes, it will be easy to bear hardships. And
perhaps after that, one will enjoy the obedience and relish in it. And
will not be able to withstand leaving it although he initially escaped
from it and needed to be patient upon it.

And patience upon obedience has three parts. First, patience

before the act of obedience. And it is patience upon purifying the
intention for Allah and abandoning showing off. And second is
patience while performing the act of obedience by performing it in
the ordained manner with its pillars, obligations and sunnahs
(recommended) and not leave out any of its rulings. And third,
patience after performing the act of obedience by concealing it and
not revealing it to show off and gain reputation. Also, not following
it with what invalidates it, such as following charity with reminders
and injury.

As for patience in not disobeying Allah, it is known that the soul

enjoins evil, except those upon which the Lord has mercy. So it
inclines towards fulfilling lusts even if it is harmful and has a bad
consequence. And the shaytan adorns that so if one does not
restrain the soul with the reins of patience, it will sweep him into
the bin of the forbidden.

Then it will be difficult for the soul to return from sin. So restraining
the soul from sin in the first place, although there is hardship, is
easier than retrieving it after indulging and diving into the filth of
desires.

And there are two matters that help in being patient in not
committing acts of disobedience.

First is to look at the consequences and bad outcome. For

patience in refraining from an immediate pleasure is easier than
being cast into a burning fire. So when a rational person compares
between an immediate fleeting pleasure and future lasting regret
and loss, he realizes the difference, which leads him to refraining
from disobedience.
The second thing is to be ashamed before Allah, who created him
and blessed him and forbade him from disobeying Him. So how can
someone defy the Almighty by doing what He forbade while Allah
the Exalted is aware of all his conditions, circumstances
and actions?

Allah Almighty said:

‫َوَأَّم َم ْن َخ َف َم َق َم َرِّب َو َنىَه َّنلْف َس َع ْلَه َو َف َّن‬

‫ِن ا ى * ِإ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ا ِه‬ ‫ا‬
‫ْلَم ْأ‬
‫ا‬
‫َّنَة‬
41 :40 ‫ انلازاعت‬-‫اَجْل َيِه ا َوى‬

Al Naziat (57) 40-41: (40) But as for he who feared the position of
his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,
(41) Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

Also, if someone reflects on the conditions of the disobedient in

this world such as their mental anguish and the way that people
view them with contempt, that would suffice as a deterrent from
falling into sins.

‫َأُق ُل َم َتْس َم ُع َن َو َأْس َتْغ ُر َهلل َو َلُك ْم ْن َذْن‬

‫ِم ِّلُك ٍب‬ ‫ِف ا يِل‬ ‫و‬ ‫و ا‬
‫َفاْس َتْغِفُر وُه َّنُه ُه َو الَغُف وُر الَّرِح يُم‬
‫ِإ‬
I say what you have heard and I seek forgiveness from Allah for me
and you from every sin. So seek forgives from Him, Verily He is Oft-
Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

Second Khutbah

‫ َو َأْش َهُد َأْن ْاَل َهَل‬, ‫ َو الَّص اَل ُة َو الَّس اَل ُم ىَلَع َرُس و اِهلل‬,‫اَحلْمُد ِهَّلِل‬
‫ِإ‬ ‫ِل‬
‫ْاَّل َاُهلل َوْح َد ُه ْاَل ْيَك ُهَل َو َأْش َهُد َأَّن َحُمَّم َد َع ْبُد ُه َوَرُس ْوُهُل‬
‫ًا‬
‫ِرَش‬ ‫ِإ‬
All praise is to Allah, and peace and blessings upon the Messenger
of Allah, and I bear witness that there is no deity other than Allah
and I bear witness that Mohammad is His slave and messenger.
Oh Muslims:

As for the third type of patience, it is patience over the painful

decrees of Allah of the misfortunes that befall a person. And it is
restraining the soul from anxiety and panic. And restraining the
tongue from complaining, lamenting and wailing. And restraining
the limbs from forbidden acts such as striking ones cheeks and
tearing ones clothes. And patience over this is when the affliction
first happens as the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said:

‫الصبر عند الصدمة األولى‬

Patience is at the first stroke of the calamity. [Bukhari 1302,
Muslim 926a]

Allah Almighty said:

‫ِم َن‬ ‫َو َنْق‬

‫وِع‬‫ُجْل‬ ‫ا‬ ‫َوَنَلْبُلَو َّنُك ْم ْيَش ٍء ِم َن اَخْلْوِف َو‬
‫ٍص‬ ‫َأْل ِب‬
‫َب‬ ‫َو‬ ‫َر‬ ‫َّثلَم‬ ‫َو‬ ‫َأْلْم َو َو ْنُف‬
‫ابلقرة‬- * ‫ا اِل ا ِس ا اِت ِرِّش الصابرين‬
155

Al Baqarah (2) 155: (155) And We will surely test you with
something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and
fruits, but give good tidings to the patient

So the believer is required to be patient with what befalls him. And

there are various matters that facilitate this type of patience. From
them is Iman (faith) in the Divine will and decree. And what befalls
him was not going to pass him, and passes him was not going to
befall him. Allah Almighty said:

‫َأْنُف ُك ْم اَّل‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ْر‬‫َأْل‬ ‫َب‬ ‫ُم‬ ‫ْن‬ ‫َب‬ ‫َص‬‫َم َأ‬
‫ِإ يِف‬ ‫ِس‬ ‫ا ا ِم َأِص ي ٍة يِفَأ ا ِض ال يِف‬
‫ْن َق ْب ْن َنَرْب َه َّن َذ َك ىَلَع‬
‫احلديد‬- ‫اِهَّلل َيِس ٌري‬ ‫ا ِإ ِل‬ ‫ِل‬ ‫ِم‬ ‫ا‬ ‫َت‬
‫ِك ٍب‬
22:
Al Hadid (57) 22: No calamity befalls on the earth or in
yourselves but it is inscribed in the Book of Decrees before We
bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah.

And from the matters that help in being patient is longing for a
great reward from Allah and a good outcome. For Allah has
promised those who are patient over calamities a great reward.
Allah Almighty said:

‫ِم َن‬ ‫َو َنْق‬

‫وِع‬ ‫ُجْل‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ْو‬‫َخْل‬ ‫َن‬ ‫ْيَش‬ ‫ْم‬ ‫َوَنَلْبُلَو َّنُك‬
‫ٍص‬ ‫ِب ٍء ِم ا ِف ا‬
‫َأْلْم َو َو َأْلْنُف َو َّثلَم َر َو َب َّص َن َن َذ‬
‫ا اِل ا ِس ا اِت ِرِّش ال اِبِر ي اِذَّل ي ِإ ا‬
‫َأَص َبْتُه ْم ُم َبٌة َق ُل َّن َو َّن ْيَل َر ُع َن ُأ َك‬
‫ِص ي ا وا ِإ ا ِهَّلِل ِإ ا ِإ ِه اِج و وِئَل‬ ‫ا‬
‫ْل‬ ‫ُأ‬
‫َع َلْي ْم َص َو ٌت ْن َرِّب ْم َو َرَمْحٌة َو َك ُه ُم ُم ْه َتُد َن‬
‫َل‬
- ‫و‬ ‫ا‬ ‫وِئَل‬ ‫ا ِم ِه‬ ‫ِه‬
157 :155 ‫ابلقرة‬

Al Baqarah (2) 155-157: (155) And We will surely test you with
something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and
fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, (156) Who, when
disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed
to Him we will return.” (157) Those are the ones upon whom are
blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the
[rightly] guided.

And the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said:

‫إن عظم الجزاء مع عظم البالء‬

The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. [Sunan Ibn
Majah 4031]

And from the matters that help in being patient over afflictions is
waiting for relief and them being removed.

Allah Almighty said:

 ‫َف َّن َمَع ْلُع ُيرْس ًا َّن َمَع ْلُع ُيرْس ًا‬
6 :5 ‫الرشح‬- ‫ا ِرْس‬ ‫ِإ‬ ‫ا ِرْس‬ ‫ِإ‬

Ash Sharh (94) 5-6: (5) For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease
[i.e., relief]. (6) Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

And the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said:

،‫ وأن الفرج مع الكرب‬،‫واعلم أن النصر مع الصبر‬

‫ًا‬
‫وأن مع العسر يسر‬
And know that victory comes with patience, relief comes with
affliction, and hardship comes with ease. [Hadith 19, 40 Hadith
an-Nawawi]

And from the matters that help in being patient in the face
afflictions is a person remembering Allah’s blessings upon them.
For a person has many more blessings that greatly exceed what he
lost from the calamity. So if a person thinks of that, the affliction
will easier for him to handle and he will realize Allah’s favor upon
him.

And from the matters that help in being patient is knowing that
what afflicted him is because of his sins.

Allah Almighty said:

‫َو َم َأَص َبُك ْم ْن ُم َب َف َم َك َس َبْت َأْي ُك ْم َو َيْع ُف‬

‫و‬ ‫ِد ي‬ ‫ِم ِص ي ٍة ِب ا‬ ‫ا ا‬
‫َع ْن َك‬
30: ‫الشورى‬- ‫ِثٍري‬

Ash Shura (42) 30: And whatever strikes you of disaster – it is for
what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.

So if a person remembers that, it necessities repentance and fear

from a more painful punishment. For the worldly punishment is less
than the punishment of the hereafter.

Oh Allah adorn us with patience and favor us with it. Oh Allah make
us patient in obeying You. Patient in not disobeying You. And
patient over Your painful decrees. Oh Allah assist us in all
goodness. And do not leave us to our own selves even for the blink
of an eye. Indeed Allah is All Hearing, All Answering.

‫َه َذ َوَص ُّل َوَس ُم ىَلَع َن ُك َك َم َأَم َر ُك ْم َك َر ُّبُك ْم َف َق َل‬

‫ ا‬, ‫ِبذِل‬ ‫ِبِّي م ا‬ ‫وا ِّل وا‬ ‫ا‬

I conclude with this and send prayers of blessings and peace upon
your Prophet as your Lord commanded:

‫َن َمُن َص ُّل‬ ‫ُّيَه‬ ‫َي َأ‬ ‫َّن َهَّلل َو َم اَل َك َتُه ُيَص ُّل َن ىَلَع‬
‫اَّنلِّيِب ۚ ا ا اِذَّلي آ وا وا‬ ‫و‬ ‫ِئ‬ ‫ِإ ا‬
‫َت‬ ‫َع َل‬
‫ْيِه َوَس ِّلُم وا ْس ِليًم ا‬

Al Ahzaab (33) 56: Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet,
and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [
Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [ Allah to grant him]
peace.

‫الَّلُهَّم اْه ِد نا ِفيَمْن َه َد ْيَت َواَع ِفنا ِفيَمْن اَع َف ْيَت َو َتَو نَّل ا ِفيَمْن َتَوْيَّلَت‬
‫َم َأْع َط ْيَت َو َّرَش َم َقَض ْيَت َّنَك َتْق َو َال ُي ْق ىَض‬ ‫ْك‬
‫يِض‬ ‫ِإ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ِقنا‬ ‫َو َباِر نلا ِفي ا‬
‫َع َلْيَك ِإَوَّنُه َال َيِذ ُّل َمْن َو اْيَلَت َتَباَر ْك َت َر َّبَنا َو َتَع اْيَلَت‬

O Allah, guide us with those whom You have guided, grant us well-
being among those You have granted well-being, be an ally to us
along with those whom You are an ally to, and bless what You have
bestowed upon us, and save us from the evil of what You have
decreed. For verily You decree and none can decree over You. He
whom You support can never be humiliated. Glory is to You, our
Lord, You are Blessed and Exalted.

‫الَّلُهَّم َّنا َنْس َأ ُلَك ِمَن اَخْل ِّلُكِه اَع ِلِه َو آ ِلِه َم ا َع ِلْم نا ِمْنُه َو َم ا َلْم‬
‫ِج‬ ‫ِج‬ ‫ِرْي‬ ‫ِإ‬
‫َنْعَلْم َو َنُع وُذ َك ِمَن ال ِّلُكِه اَع ِلِه َو آ ِلِه َم ا َع ِلْم نا ِمْنُه َو َم ا َلْم‬
‫ِج َأ ِج‬ ‫ِّرَّش‬ ‫ِب‬
‫َنْعَلْم َّلُهَّم َّن َنْس َأ ُلَك ْن َخ َم َس َلَك َع ْبُد َك َو َن ُّيَك َو َنُع ُذ َك‬
‫و ِب‬ ‫ِب‬ ‫ِم ِرْي ا‬ ‫ال ِإ ا‬
‫َأ‬ ‫َّل‬
 ‫َم ا اَع َذ ِه َع ْبُد َك َو َن ُّيَك الَّلُهَّم َّنا َنْس َأ ُلَك اَجْلَّنَة َو َم ا َقَّرَب‬ ‫ْن‬
‫ِإ‬ ‫ِب‬ ‫َأ ِب‬ ‫ِم ِّرَش‬
‫ْيَلَه ا ِمْن َقْو ْو َع َم َو َنُع وُذ َك ِمَن اَّنلا َو َم ا َقَّرَب ْيَلَه ا ِمْن َقْو‬
‫ٍل‬ ‫ِإ‬ ‫ِر‬ ‫ِب‬ ‫ٍلَأ ُل َأ ٍل‬ ‫ِإ‬
‫ًرْي‬ ‫نَل‬
‫َض َض ْيَتُه َخ‬ ‫َق‬ ‫َق‬ ‫َّلُك‬ ‫َل‬ ‫َع‬‫َأْو َع َم َو ْس َك ْجَت‬
‫ْن‬ ‫َن‬
‫ا ا‬ ‫اٍء‬ ‫ٍل‬
O Allah, We ask You for all that is good, in this world and in the
Hereafter, what we know and what we do not know. O Allah, we
seek refuge with You from all evil, in this world and in the
Hereafter, what we know and what we do not know. O Allah, we
ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet has asked You
for, and we seek refuge with You from the evil from which Your
servant and Prophet sought refuge. O Allah, we ask You for
Paradise and for that which brings one closer to it, in word and
deed, and we seek refuge in You from Hell and from that which
brings one closer to it, in word and deed. And we ask You to make
every decree that You decree concerning us good

‫ْل‬ ‫ْأ ْل‬

‫ِعَباَد اِهّلل ِإَّن اَهَّلل َي ُم ُر ِبا َع ْد ِل َو اِإْلْح َس اِن ِإَويَتاِء ِذي ا ُق ْر ٰىَب‬
‫َو َيْنٰىَه َع ْلَف ْح َش َو ْلُم َك َو َبْل َي ُظ ُك ْم َلَع َّلُك ْم َتَذ َّك ُر َن‬
‫و‬ ‫اِء ا ن ِر ا ِيْغ ِع‬ ‫ِن ا‬

Servants of Allah. Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct

and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and
oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

‫ُاْذُك ُر وا اَهَّلل اْلَع ِظ يَم َيْذ ُك ْرُك ْم واْش ُك ُر وُه َي ْدُك ْم واْس َتْغِفُر وُه َي ْغِفْر‬
‫ِز‬
‫ُك ْم ّتُق ُه ْجَيَع ْل َلُك ْم ْن َأْم ُك ْم ْخَمَرًج َو َأ ّص اَل‬
‫ا ِقِم ال ة‬ ‫ِم ِر‬ ‫وا و‬ ‫ل‬

Remember Allah, the Great – He will remember you. Thank Him for
His favors – He will increase you therein. And seek forgiveness
from Him – He will forgive you. And be conscious of Him – He will
provide you a way out of difficult matters. And, establish the
prayer.

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