You Shouldn’t Be Sad when you have Allaah?

 

Imaam Ibn Qayyim wrote: 

Whoever knows Allaah the Exalted will certainly love Him and whoever loves Him, the clouds of darkness will disappear from him. Sorrow, distress and anxiety will be removed from his heart and his heart will be filled with happiness and delights. He will receive congratulations and glad tidings from every corner, because there is no sadness with Allaah the Exalted forever.

That is why Allaah the Exalted stated while narrating about His Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) that he said to his companion Aboo Bakr: “Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allaah is with us.” [Soorah at-Tawbah: 40]

This indicates that there is no sadness with Allaah the Exalted; and why would one be sad in the company of Allaah? Sadness is only for those who fail to get Allaah.  Why would one be sad when he has Allaah? What would make a person happy when he is far from Allaah?

Allaah the Exalted said: “Say: ‘In the Bounty of Allaah and in His Mercy therein let them rejoice.’” [Soorah Yoonus: 58].

Rejoicing in the bounty and mercy of Allaah comes with being happy with Him. A believer feels happy with his Lord more than the happiness anyone feels for his beloved one or his life or wealth, or a particular blessing or authority; a believer feels happier with his Lord than with all of that. The heart will never achieve real life until it finds the flavor of this happiness and delight. So the happiness will manifest in his heart while its radiance will manifest on his face and his state will be like that of the people of Paradise owing to Allaah’s bestowing upon them, the light of beauty and joy.

So, the worker should work for this, and for it the competitors should compete. This is the knowledge for which the people of determination and firm will roll up their sleeves and for which the people of special attributes and excellent qualities compete.

Source: Tareeq al-Hijratayn wa Baab as-Sa‘aadatayn by Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah