Concerning obstacles and trials in the life of the believer

Concerning obstacles and trials in the life of the believer

Ibn Al-Qayyim said: Shaikh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said to me on an occasion:

((Obstacles and trials are like warmth and cold; so if the servant knows that they are both imperative – then he does not become angry due to their occurrence and nor does he grieve due to that and nor does he become saddened.))

Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah

Jaami' al-aadaab vol 1 p.402

Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq

Taken from: http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=630