Mishaps and Ordeals are Like Hot and Cold Weather
Ibn Al-Qayyim said: “Shaikh Al-Islām Ibn Taimiyyah, may Allāh have mercy on him, once said to me:
Mishaps and ordeals are like hot and cold [weather]: when a slave [of Allāh] knows that there’s no escape from either of them, he doesn’t get angry upon their coming about, doesn’t get distressed, and doesn’t get sad [or depressed].
Source: Madārij Al-Sālikīn, vol. 4, p. 359, as quoted by Dr. ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī. twitter.com/dr_albukhary. 4 Dec 22.
[العوارضُ والمِحنُ كالحرِّ والبردِ]
قال الإمامُ ابن القيّم:"قال لي شيخُ الإسلامِ ابنُ تيميّةَ-رحمه الله-مرّةً:
العَوارِضُ والمِحَنُ هي كالحَرِّ والبَردِ؛ فإذا علِمَ العبدُ أنّهُ لاَبُدَّ مِنهُما لم يَغْضَبْ لِورُودِهِما،ولم يَغتَمّ لذلك و لم يَحزنْ لهُ"
(مدارج السّالكين)(٤/ ٣٥٩)— أ.د. عبدالله البخاري (@dr_albukhary) December 4, 2022