6. MODESTY WILL PREVENT YOU FROM THE JEALOUSY AND GLOATING OF OTHERS
It is part of human nature to want to excel over others of the same kind. A person therefore conceals any misfortune that strikes him in order not to be seen as deficient.
A person in need acts with pride in order for others not to see him with the eye of mercy. And a sick person acts healthy in order for healthy people not to pity or make fun of him.
When Allah’s Messenger saw his Companions suffering from fever upon entering Makkah, he said: “May Allah have mercy upon he who demonstrates toughness.”
The Companions jogged while circumnutating the Ka’bah {rami), this was so their enemy does not gloat
Nowadays the cause for rami no longer exists, yet the ruling remains. When some people wanted to visit Mu’awiyah (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) during his final illness, he asked his family members to sit him up firmly, showing healthiness. After his visitors left he said:
With m y perseverance I show my enemies that I do not crumble by afflictions of Time, When death show s its paws then I have found no men to work properly.
Wise men have always demonstrated toughness during times of hardship, poverty’ and affliction in order to prevent being stricken with the gloating of enemies, for it is harsher than every other affliction.
A wise poor person used to show that he is wealthy, and a sick person used to show that he is healthy.
Another point worth contemplating is that a person might brag about his wealth and become stricken with the evil eye. So his wealth will not compensate for this affliction.
An evil eye fajri) only afflicts when seeing something pleasant, and it is the trait of a person who is bad natured. So a person must demonstrate wellness just enough not to be stricken with the evil eye. [Prophet] Ya’qub (‘alayhi as-salam) told his sons:
“Do not all enter from the same entrance, instead, enter from various entrances.” [Yusuf (12): 6 7]
out of fear that they get stricken with the evil eye.
Let this be understood, for it aids the one who contemplates.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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