The text The 17 Benefits of Trials and Tribulations has always benefitted me, and I listen to the audio lecture on it again and again whenever the situation arises — I hope that it will benefit you as well. It is a paradigm shift of my perception on trials and tribulations. I first knew about this text through Shaykh Hamza Yusuf’s translation and lecture. There is a new video lecture that started on Zaytuna College (linked below)
Some notes from the audio lecture:
- – For some people, a tribulation removes wrongs (except for the Prophets and the salihin — it’s to elevate them in rank)
- – Imam Ghazali said, “There are wrongs in this world that are only removed by depression” (because the soul is in anguish)
- – “There is no tribulation that doesn’t have a tribulation that could be worse than it”, said Ibn Abbas (thus it is hard to discern what is truly is happening with them)
Links:
- Deen Stream / YouTube: The 17 Benefits of Tribulation by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
- 17 Benefits of Trials and Tribulations (Audio)
- NEW: The 17 Benefits of Tribulation by Zaytuna College (three part series, started April 5th, 2020)
- Session 1 (April 5th, 2020): https://youtu.be/GTtM1nhFI7E?t=295
- Session 2 (April 13th, 2020): https://youtu.be/HO5ha0zTa24?t=412s
- Session 3 (April 30th, 2020): https://youtu.be/qqNmzSC_aLg