"Bad News is Good News?"

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"Bad News is Good News?"
(Anything Allah Decrees is Good, for believers)
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Islam says, everthing Allah Decrees is Good for true believers.
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* Whether ease or hardship, all is good for them.
* When they experience ease, they are grateful and rewarded.
* When they experience difficulties, they are patient and rewarded.

Suhaib reported: Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ أَمْرَهُ كُلَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ سَرَّاءُ شَكَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ
Amazing is the affair of the believer for there is good for him in every matter and this is not the case with anyone except the believer. If he is happy, then he thanks Allah and thus there is good for him, and if he is harmed, then he shows patience and thus there is good for him.
Sahih Muslim 2999: Sahih

Anas ibn Malik saud: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْضِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِ قَضَاءً إِلَّا كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ
I am amazed by the believer. Verily, Allah does not decree anything for the believer except what is good for him.
Ahmad 12495: Hasan

Allah tests us with both goodness and evil.
Allah Says:

وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
We test you with evil and with good as trial, and to Us you will be returned.
Al Anbiya 21:35

Allah Says:

وَبَلَوْنَاهُم بِالْحَسَنَاتِ وَالسَّيِّئَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
We tried them with both good and evil that they might return.
Al-A’raf 7:168

Allah afflicts us with calamities and hardship because of our sins, and He intends for us to learn lessons from these events and to turn in repentance to Him.
Allah Says:

وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ
Whatever strikes you of disaster, it is for what your hands have earned, but He pardons much.

Ash Shura 42:30

Allah Says:

أَوَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُمْ يُفْتَنُونَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَّرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ لَا يَتُوبُونَ وَلَا هُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice but then they do not repent nor do they remember?
Tawbah 9:126

In each a situation, we are called upon to remain patient and steadfast in our faith. Such was the advice given to the son of Luqman, upon him be peace.
Allah Says:

يَا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ
O my son, establish prayer and enjoin good and forbid evil and be patient over what befalls you. Verily, those are matters requiring determination.
Luqman 31:17

It we're patient, hardships and calamities are a way to remove our sins.
Abu Huraira said: Prophet, peace be uponhim, said:

مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُصِبْ مِنْهُ
If Allah intends good for someone, then He afflicts him with trials.
Bukhari 5321 Sahih

Mus’ad ibn Sa’eed said: Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

فَمَا يَبْرَحُ الْبَلَاءُ بِالْعَبْدِ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهُ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مَا عَلَيْهِ خَطِيئَةٌ
The servant will continue to be tried until he is left walking upon the earth without any sin.
Tirmidhi 2398: Sahih

Similarly, Allah gives many bounties to test us on being grateful.
Allah said:

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ
Verily, Allah gives favor to the people but most of the people are not grateful.
Al Ghafir 40:60

Allah Says:

لِيَأْكُلُوا مِن ثَمَرِهِ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ
They eat of His fruit and their hands have not produced it, so will they not be grateful?
Ya Sin 36:35

For this reason, believers praise Allah no matter what happens, even if it seems bad, because we don't not know the "Hidden Good" Allah puts in it.
Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas said, Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

عَجِبْتُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَشَكَرَ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَصَبَرَ فَالْمُؤْمِنُ يُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ أَمْرِهِ حَتَّى يُؤْجَرَ فِي اللُّقْمَةِ يَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى فِي امْرَأَتِهِ
I am amazed by the believer. If he is granted goodness, he praises Allah and is grateful. If he is afflicted with a calamity, he praises Allah and is patient. The believer is rewarded for every matter, even lifting a morsel of food to his wife’s mouth.
Ahmad 1495: Sahih

Ayesha said, "If Prophet, peace be upon him, saw something he liked, he'd say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ
"All praise is due to Allah by whose favor good deeds are accomplished."

And ehen Prophet saw something he disliked, he would say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ
All praise is due to Allah in every circumstance.
Ibn Majah 3803 Sahih

Ash Sha’bi said, Shuraih, Allah be pleased with him, said:

إِنِّي لَأُصَابُ بِالْمُصِيبَةِ فَأَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَحْمَدُ إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا وَأَحْمَدُ إِذْ رَزَقَنِي الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَحْمَدُ إِذْ وَفَّقَنِي لِلِاسْتِرْجَاعِ لِمَا أَرْجُو مِنَ الثَّوَابِ وَأَحْمَدُ إِذْ لَمْ يَجْعَلْهَا فِي دِينِي
Verily, if I am afflicted with a calamity, then I praise Allah four times.I praise him for not being worse than it was. I praise him when he gives me patience to bear it. I praise him when he guides me to make dua appropriately, hoping for reward, and I praise him for not making it a calamity in my deen (way of life) .

Siyar A’lam An-Nubula 4/105

So let's all determine to be grateful, patient and praise Allah regardless of what happens to us.
Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.

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