The Powerpoint is a presentation of the meaning and understanding of Sabr which is referred to as patience. But the Arabic word Sabr has varied meaning.

1. What is happening?
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3. Sabr
Arabic
Comes from root meaning to detain,
refrain and stop
Has broader and deeper meaning than the
English
English
cannot be translated into a single word.
Depending on the text, It may mean:
patience
equanimity
Forbearance
steadfastness etc
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4. Sabr alat-taa
( Sabr of
obedience)
to persevere to fulfill the
obligatory acts
eg:- to leave ones
comfortable bed to offer the
Fajr Salah.
Sabr anil-
Masiya
( Sabr from
temptations)
to restrain from evil
temptation
e.g.: to not accompany ones
friend to attend an unislamic
movie.
Sabr alal-
ibtila
(Sabr during trials
and tribulations)
to observe patience during a
natural calamity or torture of
ones enemy
e.g. to have complete trust in
Allah and His Qadr and not to
utter words of disbelief
Forms of Sabr’
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6. Patience has many other
names, according to the
situation.
controlling
one’s stomach
self-control greed
restraining
sexual desire
Honour adultery
being content
with what is
sufficient for
one’s needs
Abstemiousness Covetousness
Refraining from
taking revenge Forgiveness Revenge
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7. What scholars have said
about patience
Abû ‘Uthmân said: “The one who has patience is the one who trained himself
to handle difficulties.” ‘
A scholar said: “To have patience means that one’s common sense and
religious motives are stronger than one’s whims and desires.
Amr ibn ‘Uthmân al-Makkî said: “Patience means to keep close to Allâh and
to accept calmly the trials He sends, without complaining or feeling sad.”
‘Alî ibn Abî Tâlib said: “Patience means to seek Allah's help.”
AlKhawwas said: “Patience means to adhere to the rules of the Qur'an and
Sunnah.”
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8. Different perspectives on
patience
Physical
BY
CHOICE
doing hard
labour
willingly.
WITHOUT
CHOICE
patiently
bearing illness,
beatings,extrm
eme heat /cold.
Psychological
BY CHOICE
Refrain from
forbidden acts.
Eg:patience of
Yûsuf in
disobeying the
wife of al-
‘Azîz
WITHOUT
CHOICE
bearing an
enforced
separation
from one
whom you
love.
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9. Patience and Shakwah (complaint)
Shakwah
(complaining)
Complain to
Allah
Yaqub(a.s)
“I only complain of
my distraction and
anguish to Allâh.”
(Yûsuf 12:86)
Ayyub(a.s)
‘Truly distress has
seized me..’ (Al-
Anbiyâ’ 21:83)
Complain to
people
directly, through
words, indirectly,
through the way we
look and behave.
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10. Five Categories of Patience
 Obligatory (wâjib) patience:
 abstaining from forbidden (harâm) things and actions,
 carrying out obligatory deeds,
 facing adversity which is beyond one’s control, such as illness,
poverty, etc.
 Encouraged (mandûb) patience:
 abstaining from disliked (makrûh) things
 performing acts of worship which are liked and encouraged
(mustahabb).
 refraining from taking revenge.
 Permissible (mubâh) patience:
Patience in abstaining from mubâh deeds.
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11. Conti..
Five Categories of Patience
 Forbidden (mahdhûr) patience:
 abstaining from food and drink until death.
 abstaining from eating harâm meat, carrion and blood, when the
alternative
 is death and starvation.
 at times of fitnah when the Muslims are fighting Muslims.
 enduring things that may lead to death, such as predators,
snakes, fire and water.
 Disliked (makrûh) patience:
 abstaining from physical appetites (food, drink, sex) to the extent
of causing damage to one’s health.
 Patience in doing a makrûh deed.
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12. STRONG WEAK
WEAK STRONG
SRONG STRONG
WEAK WEAK
Opposing Forces
Restraining
Force
Driving
force
Pushes towards
some actions.
Holds him back
from others
Psychologically speaking, every
person has two forces at work within
him or her
The best people are
those who possess
both types of
patience.
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13. - A hungry person has better patience when he
has no
access to food, and when food becomes
available.
his patience weakens.
- It is easier to control one’s sexual desire
In absence of a women.
Patience at the time of
adversity is easier than at the
time of ease
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14. What is the most difficult
type of patience?
a ruler to
refrain from
committing
injustice and
oppression
(dhulm)
rich man to
refrain from
pursuing
physical
desires and
pleasures.
young man to
refrain
from
fornication
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15. When patience is needed
1
• . In worshipping Allah and
following His commands
2
• In abstaining from wrong
actions
3
• In accepting Allah's decree
and ruling (qadâ’ wa qadr)
This was the advice of
Luqmân to his son:
“O my son! establish regular
prayer, enjoin what is just and
forbid what is wrong;
and bear with patient
constancy whatever betide
thee; for this is firmness (of
purpose) in (the conduct of)
affairs.” (Luqmân 31:17)
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16. Patience in the Qur’ân
Imâm Ahmad said: “Allâh has mentioned patience in the Qur’ân in ninety places
Patience in enjoined upon
believers: (an-Nahl 16:127), (at-
tûr 54:48).
That which is opposite to patience
is forbidden:(al-Ahqâf 46:35), (Al
Imrân 3:139), (al-Qalâm 68:48)
Patience is made a condition of
success and prosperity, (Al ‘Imrân
3:200).
The rewards of those who
exercise patience will be
doubled:(al-Qasas 28:54), (az-
Zumar 39:10)
Patience and îmân are
prerequisites for leadership in
religion, (as-Sajdah
32:24)
Patience is the way to earn the
companionship of Allâh, (al-
Anfâl 8:46),
Allâh will reward those who have
patience with a threefold reward:
blessings, mercy
and guidance: (al-Baqarah 2:155-
7)
Patience is a means of seeking
Allâh’s help: (al-Baqarah 2:45)
Allâh made patience and right
actions a condition for
forgiveness and great reward:
(Hûd 11:11).
Allâh has made patience a
standard of courage and
determination in the conduct of
one’s affairs: ” (ash-Shûra
42:43), (Luqmân 31:17)
Allâh has promised the believers
His support and victory, and has
said that they
deserve this because of their
patience: (al-A‘raf
7:137).
Allâh has made patience a
condition of His love: (Al
‘Imrân 3:146).
Allâh has made patience a
condition of receiving many
blessings: (al-Qasas 28:80),
(Fussilât 41:35)
Allâh has mentioned that only
those who practise patience and
gratitude will benefit
from the Signs of Allâh: (Luqmân
31:31), ” (ash-Shûra 42:32-33)
Allâh has given a general ruling that whoever does not have faith and
does not belong
to the people of truth and patience, is in state of loss. This means that
the only true
winners are people of patience: (al-‘Asr 103:1-3) , Imâm ash-Shâfi‘î
said: “If people thought deeply on this sûrah, it would provide enough
guidance.
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17. Ahâdîth about patience
• Umm Salamah’s nikah with Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasalam) (Muslim)
• Anas (RA) narrated that the Prophet (SAAS) said: “Allâh said: ‘If I test My
slave by depriving him of his two precious ones (meaning the eyes or
eyesight), and he faces that with patient perseverance, I shall compensate
him with Paradise.’ ” (al-Bukhârî)
• Sa‘d ibn Abî Waqqâs (RA) said: “I asked the Prophet (SAAS) who among
the people are most severely tried? He said, ‘The Prophets, then the right
acting people, and so on down through various categories of people. Man
will be tested according to the strength of his faith. The stronger his faith,
the more severe his trial, and the weaker his faith, the lighter his trial. The
believer will be continually tested until he walks on earth with all his
wrong actions forgiven’.” (al-Bukhârî)
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18. Conti..
• Death of Abu Talhah (radiullah anhu’s ) son- (al-Bukhârî)
• Abû Sa’îd al-Khudrî (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAAS) said: “No-one
can be given a better an more abundant gift than patience.” (al-Bukhârî and
Muslim)
• It was narrated that the Prophet (SAAS) said: “By the One in Whose hand
is my soul, there is no qadâ’ that Allâh decrees for the believer but it is
good for him. If Allâh decrees that he will go through a time of ease, the
believer will be grateful, and that is good for him. If Allâh decrees that he
will suffer some affliction, he will be patient, and that is also good for him.
This applies only to the believers.” (Ahmad)
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