 respected listeners. If you know that you're going through trials and tribulations and difficulties and worries and hardships in your life, one goes away, another comes and strikes you. Know that you are one of the chosen, one of the chosen servants of Allah Subhanahu ta'ala. Because Allah Subhanahu ta'ala only afflicts those who are close to Him, who are the chosen elite in His eyes and who are beloved to Him. Because if you look at all the prophets, Allah Subhanahu ta'ala tested them with the most severe trials. Prophet ﷺ said the worst trials came to the prophets and then to their companions and to the best of the rest. To assures encourages to have patience in these hardships and trials and tribulations. Allah Subhanahu ta'ala in the Quran in Surat al-Tur says, وَسْبِلْ يُحْبْ مِي رَبِّكَ فَا إِنَّكَ بِا عَيْنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِيْنَ تَقُوْهَا Therefore bear with patience for the sake of your Lord because His decision will be taken. His judgment will be made and you are in His watchful eyes. You are under the watchful eyes of Allah Subhanahu ta'ala for all the patience you're enduring for all the trials and tribulations you're going through. The situation of a believer said Prophet ﷺ. The situation of a believer is a wonderful one. If something good happens to him he is grateful to Allah and this is good for him said Prophet ﷺ. If some calamity comes his way some affliction comes his way he or she is patient and this is also good for them said Prophet ﷺ and Rasulullah ﷺ added this is exclusively for the believers only. Ma yusibu al-muslim min nasabin wa la wasabin wa la hammin wa la hazanin wa la adhan wa la gammin. Hatta shawkatu yushakuhah illa kuffar allahu biha min khataya. O gamakhala alaihi salatu wa salatu. Rasulullah ﷺ said that whenever any sadness, any fatigue, any hurt, any trial, any pain that a believer goes through that even if a thorn that pricks a believer Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala will forgive his sins. Abdullah Nimesud Rasulullah ﷺ who comes to Rasulullah ﷺ and he says oh Prophet of Allah you have high fever. Rasulullah ﷺ said yes the intensity of my fever is equal to two people Rasulullah ﷺ says oh Rasulullah you also get the reward twice the reward oh Prophet of Allah. Prophet ﷺ said yes that is true that whenever a believer goes through any trials and tribulations that even if a thorn pricks a believer Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala forgives his sins. What a merciful Allah respected listeners. In these days of Omicron, in these days of COVID-19 one out of five sitting here has been tested positive for the COVID-19 or Omicron recently. This is a trial and tribulation and a test from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. How do we know that this test from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is from the displeasure of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala because some of us some of us sitting here took all the precautions we could take. We followed every guideline of the CDC. We put on masks since the COVID started more than two years ago. We maintained social distance. We stayed away from social gatherings. We followed everything the CDC said but still some of us tested positive and some of us did not take all the precautions what CDC had advised and yet still we did not test positive. So what happened respected listeners? Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is in control of all affairs. Allah is in control of affairs. Some of us test positive, some of us test negative only with the Hukum and order of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala we have to understand this respected listeners. So those of us who tested positive was this from the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala or was this test a displeasure from Allah Subhanahu. The scholars gave us a very easy way to differentiate and to distinguish respected listeners. If the trials and hardships and the sicknesses I'm going through in my life and in these trials and tribulations I'm repenting. I'm having remorse for the sins I have committed for my deficiencies. The remorse and the sadness I have and I repent to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala know for sure that this trial and tribulation is from the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. When we are getting closer to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala in any trial and hardship we are going through know that this is from the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala but in spite of all the trials and tribulations despite the sicknesses and the hardships and the difficulties I'm going through my life I'm still not turning back to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. I'm still turning away from the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala then know that this trial and hardship is from the displeasure of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. If this is from the pleasure I need to repent I need to come back to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. If I'm turning back to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala if I'm praying my five times Salat trying to read Quran every day no matter even if it is one page a day trying to do zikr of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala every day trying to do good deeds to please Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala then Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala for us to be removed from those heart ships and afflictions two things we have to do respected listeners number one we do our best use all the resources to get out of this trial and tribulation but at the same time putting our trust in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala never taking away our trust and reliance in Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala at the same time doing our best to get out of this trial. If the hasabah who amaran faza ila salat Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam whenever he would go through any difficulty he would at once pray two rakat salat and ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala for the removal of the difficulty. So the Abdullah ibn Abbas the cousin brother of Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he's passing by and somebody comes to him and he says your son has passed away he immediately gets down from the camel does wudu t'ayamum on the on the on the on the desert on the on the sand prays two rakat salat says inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon the people say your son has passed away he says I you just told me but this is exactly what Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did whenever any difficulty and calamity and affliction came to him Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam taught umma sallamah razi Allahu ta'ala anha when she was married to Abu sallamah razi Allahu ta'ala anha Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told her whenever you go through any difficulty and affliction say inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon that I'm here from Allah virily I'm here from Allah subhanahu ta'ala I'm returning back to Allah subhanahu ta'ala and then say these words Allahumma ajirna fi musibati wa khlufli khairam minha Allahumma ajirni fi musibati wa khlufli khairam minha oh Allah reward me in this difficulty and affliction and calamity I'm going through oh Allah reward me in this difficulty oh Allah and give me something better than this oh Allah after some time my husband Abu sallamah passed away and that and recited the same words inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon Allahumma ajirni fi musibati wa khlufli khairam minha that barely I'm here from Allah subhanahu ta'ala I'm returning back to Allah oh Allah reward me something better oh Allah reward me in this calamity and give me something better when I made this dua Allah subhanahu ta'ala rewarded me with something better and Allah subhanahu ta'ala gave me Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam as a husband when I got married to her we need to have yakeen and certainty and conviction in the words of Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam respected listeners his duas that he taught to us are nothing but guidance and a relief from the difficulties and trials and afflictions we are going through Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said the words that there is no power or strength except in Allah that these words were not given to any nation before me said Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam these words were not given to any nation before me and whoever resides these words Allah subhanahu ta'ala will remove them from every difficulty and then Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said these words la hawla wa la khua ta illa billa is one from from the treasures is one of the treasure from the treasures of paradise and these words have cured for 99 ailments said Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam la hawla wa la khua ta illa billa there is no power or strength except in Allah subhanahu ta'ala Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told the companions should I teach you a dua should I teach you the greatest name of Allah and if you take this name and you make the dua with this greatest name of Allah and he and you invoke Allah you call Allah subhanahu ta'ala with these words Allah will accept your dua and Allah will give you whatever you wish for and the words with the greatest name of Allah is the wajal hidden in these words are the same words Yunus my brother Yunus alaihi sallam said in the three darknesses the darkness of the night the darkness of the water and the darkness of the stomach of the whale and these words are la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntumina dhalimin that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and I'm among the wrongdoers o Allah and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala removed Yunus from those three darknesses and took away all the afflictions and removed him from the distress the sahaba said oh Prophet of Allah are these words exclusively only for your brother Prophet Yunus alaihi sallam or these apply to all the believers oh Prophet of Allah Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then said haven't you read the following words the verses in the Quran after this dua in the Quran when I jay know me now gum what could that you can do me mean this is how we take out people from distress and this is how we take out all the believers from distress and hardships obey me ka'ab razi Allah ta'ala Anu says the curry of this ummah Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam say obey sent salawat the root upon me even by just saying sallallahu alaihi wa sallam peace and blessings be upon Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam oh obey send the root salawat upon me and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will remove all difficulties from you not only Allah will remove difficulties from you Allah subhanahu ta'ala will cleanse you of your sins Allah will forgive your sins and in the words Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in which the greatest name of Allah is him Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam went on into that hadith saying and whoever recites these words whoever says these words 40 times whoever is sick and in illness and says these words 40 times Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will remove the sickness and illness from that person not only that Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam added Allah will Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if he cures that person reciting 40 times this dua Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not only cures that person Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala cleanses of all of his sins Allah forgives his sins and if that person dies in that condition in that sickness in spite of reciting 40 times Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the day of judgment will raise him or her as a Shahid as a martyr on the day of judgment these are the teachings of the Quran and the teachings of Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam respected listeners when we are going through trials and tribulations we need to endure them with patience and try not to complain respected listeners we cannot expect the world and the people in the world living around us and the situations and the things to go according to our ways that that's never going to happen the trials and tribulations will hit us will afflict us especially the stronger the iman Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we test the believers the Quran says the Quran says by Allah we will we will most definitely test you for us not to be scared arhamul rahimin akramul akramin rahimul masakeen the most merciful of all those who show mercy for us not to get sad he says be shame with a little bit not too much with a little bit bit of fear hunger loss in your wealth loss in the lives of your relatives loss in the fruit of your labor but give glad tidings to those who are patient who are these patient people oh Allah who whenever any affliction or difficulty strikes them they say what inna lillahi wa inna ilahi rajiwun and when this is the attitude the believers of Allah says these are the ones who are rightly guided these are the ones on whom Allah's mercy descend his blessings descend and these are the ones who are rightly guided Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said the stronger the iman of a person more trials and afflictions will come to him when the iman weakens when the person wavers and when the person shakes and the when the person starts complaining then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes the trial and difficulty a little easier on the person according to the iman said prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam the rewards inna ma yufa saabi'un aajrohum bi ghairi khusab Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says we reward without account we reward without account for those who are patient the trials and tribulations are coming through us respected listeners for more than two years we are going through this covid thing insha Allah we endure we endure with patience we exercise patience and no matter what other hardships we are going through they will be there they will come to us but the key is to endure with patience and submit ourselves to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala our respected listeners that is when the reward the angels start writing the rewards prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said when a person becomes sick or when a person is ill or is traveling Allah tells the angels to keep writing the same rewards for him or her as if when they were doing the kutis when they were healthy but the key is to exercise patience respected listeners when we are when we agree with the decree of Allah when we are pleased with the decree of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said Allah is pleased with that person may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us with patience may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not test us not give us those trials and tribulations which we cannot bear may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala cure all of us who are sick and our relatives and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward the status of shaheeds of martyrs for all of our relatives and all the believing men and believing women who passed away with covid-19 i say this i ask Allah to forgive me and i ask Allah to forgive me Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Lord of the worlds peace and blessings be upon the Holy Prophet I seek refuge with Allah from the devil in the name of Allah In the name of Allah the Merciful May Allah and the Angels pray to the Prophet O those who believe and pray to him and pray and submit to him May Allah pray to Muhammad and pray to him and his companions May our Lord give us in this world a good life and a good life and a good life Lord do not destroy our hearts after our death and tell us what we have done may Allah bless you O servants of Allah, may Allah protect us with good and good and may He protect the close and protect us from evil and evil I seek refuge with Allah from the devil in the name of Allah Remember me and I thank you Thank you and do not give up until the end of the year