Patience during difficult times may be achieved by:
- Thinking of the good reward that lies ahead. The more you believe in the rewards that are waiting for you, the easier it becomes to have patience. If it were not for the anticipation of the rewards, no goals or objectives pertaining to this life or the hereafter would have achieved. Human nature loves instant gratification, but reason and maturity make us think of the long term outcome, which helps to strengthen our patients in enduring whatever faces us, whether there is no choice otherwise.
- Expecting and hoping for a time of ease. This hope in itself measure of immediate relief.
- Thinking of Allah's countless blessings. When we realize that we cannot enumerate the blessings of Allah, it becomes easier for us to exercise patience in facing current adversity, because the present troubles are like raindrop compared to vast ocean of Allah's blessings and favours.
- Thinking of previous blessings of Allah. This will remind us of Allah's care, and strenghten our hopes and expectations of a time of ease to come.
(Taken from "Patience and Gratitude" by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah)
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