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The greater the trial is, the more the reward increases, and when Allah loves a people, He tests them; in the testing of a person there is great wisdom and many benefits, in this world and in the hereafter.
The greater the trial is, the more the reward increases, and when Allah loves a people, He tests them; in the testing of a person there is great wisdom and many benefits, in this world and in the hereafter.
The “good life” is not jus material happiness it interpreted as referring to contentment and being happy with one’s lot and with good (halaal) provision, and so on. The correct view is that it is the life of the heart (spiritual life)
and finding joy and delight in faith, knowing Allah, loving Him, turning to Him and putting one’s trust in Him. No life is better than the life of the one who has attained this, and no delight is greater than the delights of such a life, except the delights of Paradise.
One of those who attained such a life said: Sometimes I feel such joy in my heart that I say that if the people of Paradise experience like this, then their life is indeed a good life. Someone else said:Sometimes I feel such joy in my heart that it is as if it is dancing with joy
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him), when he was going through all kinds of tests and trials said : “What can my enemies do to me?
My paradise and my garden are in my heart; wherever I go, it is with me and never leaves me. If they detain me, I am alone (with my Lord). If they kill me, it is martyrdom.
If they expel me from my homeland, it is a journey (and an opportunity to see other lands).” During the time when he was detained in the citadel, he used to say:
“If they were to fill this citadel with gold, it would not be equal in reward to showing gratitude for this blessing.” And he said: “I have never rewarded them for the good that they caused me to attain.” And so on.
