Islam: A Psychology of Ease or Difficulty?
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The Prophet (saw) was brought up as an orphan. As he grew up he experienced trial upon trial upon trial; he didn’t know his father, his mother passes away also, then his grandfather passes away years later.
How do you expect a man who experienced all of this difficulty to be like?
How about a boy who is thrown into a well? By his brothers, those whom he trusted the most... left to rot and die?
Imagine being in the depth of that well and hearing voices and then seeing a rope and basket. You cling onto this rope for dear life thinking that you’re not going to die!
You experience a sense of overwhelming joy.
But just then you are bound and gagged, taken into slavery! How cruel!
That moment of ecstasy extinguished suddenly. You experience days and weeks of being tied and gagged en route to an unknown land.
Nevertheless, you are sold to a man who treats you well, so you experience a ray of light in your dark tunnel. However, the mistress of the house tries to seduce you, leading you to commit sin. But you resist and refrain.
But then the mistress brings her friends and creates an even bigger temptation, you resist but because of HER you get sent to prison. Innocently. The accusation being a crime that you did not commit.
Are these not hardships? This was the Prophet Yusuf (as).
Statistically speaking, what would you expect of someone who had experienced these hardships?
You would expect a bitter man, in search of revenge. A man out to harm society, most likely a serial killer!
But we know this is not how he responded.
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Islam - AbdelRahman Mussa
Islam; A Psychology of Ease or Difficulty ?
AbdelRahman Mussa
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Evidence That Seems to be Pro Ease
- Pro Ease: Evidence 1
- Pro Ease: Evidence 2
- Pro Ease: Evidence 3
- Pro Ease: Evidence 4
- Pro Ease: Evidence 5
- Pro Ease: Evidence 6
- Pro Ease: Evidence 7
Evidence That Seems to be Pro Difficulty
- Pro Difficulty: Evidence 1
- Pro Difficulty: Evidence 2
- Pro Difficulty: Evidence 3
- Pro Difficulty: Evidence 4
The Misunderstood Hadith
Difficulty or Ease or Allah ?
A word on Sacrifice
A Practical Example of Pro Difficulty Thinking
Practical Examples of Pro Ease Thinking
Do You Deserve Punishment?
About The Author
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Foreword
This small book aims to explore the following questions:
Does Islam promote ease or difficulty? Does the path of spirituality in Islam lend itself to ease or to difficulty?
There are those in Islam who claim that the path to Allah is difficulty. Is this true?
In Islam we derive our understandings from two primary sources: The Quran and The Sunnah of The Prophet, peace be upon him. There are secondary sources of course but this book will only focus on the primary - only because that’s all that’s needed.
This book is intended to be an easy read. Islam is not an academic discipline. Yes it can be studied academically, but Islam is more than that.
Also, the sunnah (way) of The Prophet, peace be upon him, is to use easy, short and understandable