LETTER TO M'UAZ BIN JABAL (R.A.A.)


In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful



From Muhammad, Prophet of Allah --



To M'uaz bin Jabal (R.A.)



May Peace be on you! I praise Allah the one. May Allah add to your recompense and calm your sad heart and give you endurance to thank Him.



As a matter of fact, our lives, our kith and kin and our property are merely a trust temporarily reposed in us from amongst the gifts of Allah. He benefits his servant by it, till he likes and when the fixed time comes, He takes it back.



The duty of a man is to thank Allah, when He bestows on him a munificence and when it is taken back, he should endure it with patience.



Your son was a good trust of Allah. He kept you blessed with him, till He liked. And when He desired He took him away from you, in return for a great recompense, provided you keep yourself contented with the will of Allah



Oh M'uaz (R.A.A.), if you show impatience you will lose. your recompense or reward with Allah. If you get to know, how much return and recompense has been granted to you for it, then this loss would appear very meagre in your eye.



The promise which Allah has made with the people who endure misfortune and pain with patience, shall be fully fulfilled in the life to come, The promise of Allah should reduce your grief. Whatever is destined to take place, must occur.



Peace be there!'



Seal: Allah's Prophet Muhammad



Note: M'uaz was an esteemed Companion of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) who embraced Islam at the young age of 18. He belonged to the Ansars. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) sent him to educate the Muslims, in Yemen while there, his son died. On that occasion the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) wrote to him the above letter of condolence, exhorting him to bear the loss patiently.