Strength in sadness
by Sh Abu Eesa Niamatullah
Sadness and grief; happen to everyone. When we cry, it is an expression of sadness that we feel. When we face trials and tribulations, we grieve. However, there’s cultural difference towards how people deal with grief. Some would be very expressive, cry a lot. Some other would be very stoic. But the moment you cry for the fear of Allah SWT, in private — that’s so blissful.
The example about solat jenazah that he gave, was beautiful and indeed it touched my heart.
Solat jenazah itself, is not like a normal prayer. It’s when you make a doa to Allah. The doa that you unconsciously already ask for guidance, in dealing with your grief. It’s for us to be strong and then only we pray for the jenazah to be placed among the mu’minin.
Allah has taught us how to deal with the grief, and even when we visit those who pass away, we’re prohibited from crying out loud and mourning about it. Because the responsive action that we tend to do when we grieve, somehow could be unacceptable and may harm us. Thus, Allah guides us through the prayer.
It’s okay to be sad, sadness is also a feeling from Allah. But we have to remember that the way we express the grief is what brings us to Jannah. Change your perception of life, then there won’t be anymore grief.
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