“Or do you think that you will enter those of you who have not, let us
give a brief summary of this
Paradise while such [trial] has not
yet come to you as came to those
who passed on before you? They
were touched by poverty and
hardship and were shaken until
[even their] messenger and those
who believed with him said, “When
is the help of Allah?”
Unquestionably, the help of Allah is
near.” -Holy Qur'an, Surat Al
was blessed very much by Allah
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (as) clarifies
(swt), he was given much property,
in the answer and says, “In the
money, land and animals, along with
name of Allah the Most Beneficent
and Most Merciful and all praises
to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O' Allah
a beautiful wife and children. Iblis
(la) would come and see Job always
praising and thanking Allah (swt), so
Iblis said the only reason why Job is
praising Allah is because of the
blessings He (swt) had given him
(as), but if Allah took away these
In the name of Allah the Most
Beneficent, Most Merciful and all
blessings Iblis said he would not be
everything, with and in everything,
Lord of the Worlds. O' Allah send
your peace and blessings upon
Muhammad and the family of
soul and cause it to be unbalanced
and unstable, cause it to be mad
We know it is among the hypocrites
(insane) or led astray and it can
who thank Allah (swt) in times of
also touch the body or the bodies
good, but when there is a shortage
and cause it to be corrupted and
of blessings they become forgetful
Muhammad, the Imams and Mahdis.
Assalamau Alaikum waRahmatullahi
considered Job to be among this
waBarakatu.
category of the hypocrites or at
the story of Prophet Job (as) and
the patience he showed throughout
send Your Peace and Blessings upon
Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad, the Imams and
Mahdis. The shaytan is evil and
darkness and evil can touch the
thankful.
and ungrateful. So Job (as) was
thanking Allah (swt) and the shaytan
In a recent Khutbah given by
Abdullah Hashem, we talked about
when he was a pure Prophet and
Prophet. Job (as) was a Prophet that how was this touching by Iblis?
Baqarah: 214
praises to Allah before and after
and how was he touched by shaytan
least wanted to test Job (as) by
saying that he was a hypocrite and
that he was only thanking Allah
(swt) for the blessings he received.
difficult afflictions he (as)
So the man asking the question to
underwent after being touched by
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (as) was
Iblis (curse of Allah be upon him) by saying Job (as) was a messenger and
was pure and yet we find that Allah
the permission of Allah (swt). In a
question that was sent to Imam
(swt) tried Job, where Allah gave
Ahmad Al Hassan (as), he was asked
permission to Iblis (la) that he may
destroyed. And the type of evil that
touch Job was of the second type,
meaning Job was not affected by
the darkness that caused him to be
led astray or to cause him to go
crazy, rather it was the one that
affected his body and this was a
test from Allah (swt). This caused
Iblis to cry, because he thought the
worship of Job and thanks to Allah
was only because of the personal
benefit he received from Allah (swt)
and with the going away of this
benefit the thanks would go away,
but even though Job's money,
bring down all these trials and
how Iblis reached Prophet Job (as)
so that he could touch him and how attacks upon Job. What did Iblis do?
health, land and children were
Job's family was killed, his land and
was this touch?
Now many of you have heard the
story of Prophet Job (as) and he
was a Prophet of Allah and for
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