📌Joy and Grief | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Latest Update Joy and Grief Details Sidebar Table of contents Summary: Introduction: Grief is an expiation for the Sins of a Momin: Prayers to remove Grief and Worries: The Divine Verses to be Recited with Grief: Allah-azwj Instructs His-azwj Prophets-as to observe Humbleness and Grief: Remembering Ahl Al-Bayt-asws with Grief: Grief should disappear after the Amr of Allah-azwj: Allah-azwj Removes the Grief for the Departed Soul: Some Sayings of Masomeen-asws about Grief: The Grief due to anger and doubt to be eliminated: Additional Ahadith: Joy and Grief Download PDF Summary: It’s the norm of the world that people seek joy and success, however, all that which is more than our needs deviate us from the remembrance of Allah -azwj , as joy places a blindfold on our eyes and we strive more and more for the world.
This is the reason we were instructed to embrace grief and remain patient when facing difficulties. Some Ahadith are presented on the importance of grief. Amir-ul-Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib -asws describes the qualities of a ‘ Momin ’ (believer), among others, as his happiness is in his face but his grief is in his heart, lengthy of grief (but still) far from worrying, and being gloomy due to his thoughts and joyful due to his poverty.
[1] سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَوَّاضٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِذَا بَلَغَتْ نَفْسُ أَحَدِكُمْ هَذِهِ قِيلَ لَهُ أَمَّا مَا كُنْتَ تَحْذَرُ مِنْ هَمِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ حُزْنِهَا فَقَدْ أَمِنْتَ مِنْهُ وَ يُقَالُ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) وَ فَاطِمَةُ ( عليها السلام ) أَمَامَكَ .
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Abdul Hameed Bin Awwaz who said, ‘I heard Abu Abd Allah -asws saying: ‘When a soul of one of you reaches this (throat), it is said to him: ‘As for what you were cautious of from the worries of the world and its grief, so you are safe from it’; and it is said to him: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww and Ali -asws and (Syeda) Fatima -asws are in front of you’.
[2] The sadness and grief due to the world are prompted by the anger (of losing it) and the doubts (in Trusting Allah -azwj – the Tawwakal) for what the future holds for us.