Islamic View on Judging and Hardships...

All,

It is hard sometimes to not Judge and when we do judge its even harder to judge in a positive manner as we are so often to quick to say this person is like or this person is like that...Especially when it goes to think this person has it easy or hard. Hardship can be found in many different ways, not just monetary but also in terms of friendship and relationship...

Someone sent the below to me which may help you to understand how Judging and hardship should be seen in Islam:

The Prophet (saw) said, "On the Day of Judgement the Scales will be placed
and the people of prayer will be brought forward and they will be
compensated according to the Scales; then the people of fasting will be
brought forward and they will be compensated according to the Scales; then
the people of hajj will be brought forward and they will be compensated
according to the Scales; and then the people afflicted with hardships and
calamities [in the dunya] will be brought forward and the Scales will not
be used for them nor will their records be brought out, and they will be
given their reward without any account, so much so that the people who used
to be free of worries and calamities would wish that they were in their
position, such is the immensity of their reward from Allah the Exalted."

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Umar (ra) said, "I swear by Allah! I have never been tested by hardship
except that Allah bestowed upon me due to it four blessings - the first is
that I was not tested through a sin; the second, that the hardship was not
greater than it was; the third, I wasn't deprived of being contented with
it; the fourth, I hope that I will be rewarded for it."

- both from Imam Ibn Hajr's book on Preparing for the Day of Judgement.

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When we look at those who are achieving all that they wish for, we should remember the verse in the Quran that tells us - their enjoyment may not benefit them, in fact it may be the greatest loss that they experience. In the next life, or even years from now, you will realise that the way things happened was so much better for you than the way they could have happened. As for the resulting bitterness you may feel right now, I know it may not seem like it at the moment, but every trial places within us a humility and a sense of detachment from the world, which reminds us of who we truly are, and what place we have in the universe. Strength can only develop in your character when you go through difficult times, and these times are preparing you and making you a stronger, more resilient, wiser and mature human being inshaAllah. If any person hurts us, if a thorn pricks us, we are the ones rewarded. You are being granted many precious gifts by the grace of Allah. Every moment of sadness brings us closer to Allah, and we are reminded that He tests those whom He loves. What could be more precious than the love of our Creator.

Adios for now...