Sheikh Uthaimeen رحمه الله explains the
solution...
"Indeed the
Legislation orders us to keep away from
everything which causes regret … Allaah سُبحانه وتعال said:
إِنَّمَا
النَّجْوَى مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَيْسَ بِضَارِّهِمْ
شَيْئًا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
“Secret counsels
(conspiracies) are only from Satan, in order that he may cause grief to the
believers. But he cannot harm them in the least, except as Allaah permits.”
[Al-Mujadilah 58:10]
And Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى only told us this so
that we keep away from it, it was not merely a piece of information telling us
that the Devil wants to cause us grief, no, what
is meant is that we keep away from everything which causes grief.
And for this reason the Prophet ﷺ said, “When there are three people, two should not
converse together to the exclusion of the third.”[Agreed upon]
So everything which
brings about sadness in a person is forbidden …
The Prophet ﷺ ordered a person who saw a dream that he disliked to
dry-spit to his left three times and seek Allaah’s Refuge from its evil and the
evil of the Devil and to then turn to the other side [to sleep on] and not to
tell anyone about it and to perform ablution and pray—all of this so that a
person can drive away all of these things [grief etc.] …
And that is why the Companions said that we used to see dreams
and become ill because of them, but when the Prophet of Allaah ﷺ told us thishadith … i.e., they relaxed and no
worry remained.
So the Legislator
wants us to avoid everything which brings about worry, grief, and sadness, and
for this reason Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى said:
"So whosoever
intends to perform Hajj therein then he should not have sexual
relations (with his wife), nor commit sin, nor dispute unjustly during
the Hajj."
[Baqarah 2:197]
Because disputes make a person defend himself and his thoughts
change for the sake of the argumentation, and he will became worried and it
will distract him from worship.
The point is always keep in mind the fact that Allaah عزوجل wants you to be happy all the time, far
from grief.
And in reality a person has three situations: a past situation,
a present and a future one. A person forgets the past and the worry that it had
because it and what it contained is over, if it was a calamity, then say:
اللهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي
خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
“O Allaah, reward me for my affliction and give me something
better than it in exchange for it,”
[Muslim] and forget about it.
And for this reason He forbade wailing over the dead, why?
Because it renews the grief and reminds one of it.
As for the future,
its knowledge is with Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى, rely on Allaah and when issues come to you then seek their
solution, but those things which the Legislator has ordered you to prepare for
then prepare for them.
It is the present time which it is possible for you to deal
with, try to keep away from everything that causes worry, grief and
sadness so that you can always be relaxed and have an open breast,
dedicating yourself to Allaah and worshipping Him and [dedicating yourself] to
your worldly affairs and those connected to the Hereafter.
When you try this, you will relax.
As for tiring yourself over what has passed or worrying about
the future in a manner the legislation has not allowed, then know that [if you
do so] you will become exhausted and lose out on much good.”
(Fathu Dhil-Jalaali
wal-Ikraam bi Sharh Bulughil-Maraam, vol. 3, pp.
532-533)
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