[043] When stricken with a mishap or overtaken by an affair |

‘The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allaah, than the weak believer and there is goodness in both. Strive for that which will benefit you, seek help from Allaah and do not despair . If a mishap should happen to befall you then do not say ‘ If only I had acted...such and such would have happened’. Rather, say:

‘Allaah has decreed and what He wills, He does.’

...for verily ‘If ‘ lets in the work of the devil.’

Indeed Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala) rebukes due to negligence and slackness, but take to determination and caution, and if a matter should overtake you then say:

‘Allaah is sufficient for me, and how fine a trustee (He is).’