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Shakwah (complaint) falls into two categories: The first type means to complain to Allah, and this does not contradict patience. It is demonstrated by several of the Prophets, for example, when Yaqub (Alaihis Salaam) said:
"I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah." (Yusuf 12:86).
Earlier, Ya'qub (Alaihis Salaam) had said "sabrun jamil" which means "patience is most fitting for me." The Qur'an also tells us about Ayyub... (continue reading)

Is it better to have patience at a time of difficulty, or to be in a situation which does not require patience? Abu Muhammad al-Hariri said: "Patience means not seeing any difference between times of ease and times of hardship, and being content at all times." I (Ibn Qayyim) say: This is too difficult, and we are not instructed to be like this. Allah has created us in such a way that we feel the difference between times of ease and times of hardship, and all that we... (continue reading)

By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. An abridgement of his original work entitled, "Uddat as-Saabireen wa Dhaakirat" by The Definition of Patience Sabr is an Arabic word which comes from a root meaning to detain, refrain and stop. There is an expression in Arabic, "so-and-so was killed sabran," which means that he was captured and detained until he died. In the spiritual sense, patience means to stop ourselves from despairing and panicking, to stop our tongues from... (continue reading)