Understanding Sabr upon Disobedience and its Rewards in Islam
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PATIENCE UPON DISOBEDIENCE
The Second type of Patience
صبر على المعصية
Patience from Disobedience.
Allaah ﷻ exemplifies this Sabr in Yusuf عليه السلام and shows us what true Taqwa is.
When Zuleikha approached him,
وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ
and said: “Come on, O you.”
[12:23]
But he categorically refused her call,
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ
He said, “[I seek] the refuge of Allah . Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence.
[12:23]
as they used to call the chief and master a Rabb’, Yusuf عليه السلام said to her, your husband is my master who provided me with comfortable living and was kind to me, so I will never betray him’ by committing immoral sins with his wife,’
And as we know from the Hadith of Prophet ﷺ, anyone from his Ummah who resists the call of a woman of status and beauty will be under the shade of the Arsh of Allah ﷻ.
[Bukhari and Muslim]
Sabr from disobedience is difficult and is a test for the believers.
Abu Huraira رضي الله عنه reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When Allah created Paradise and Hellfire, He sent Jibreel عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ to Paradise saying: Behold it and what I have prepared therein for its people. Jibreel عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ came and looked at it and what Allah had prepared therein for its people. He returned to Allah and he said: *_By Your might, no one will hear of it but that he will enter it._*
Allah ordered that it be surrounded by adversity and he said: Return to it and behold what I have prepared therein for its people. Jibreel عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ returned and found that it was surrounded by hardship. He returned to Allah and he said: *_By Your might, I fear that no one will enter it._*
Allah said: Go to the Hellfire and behold it and what I have prepared therein for its people. Jibreel عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ found that it was in layers, one above another. He returned to Allah and he said: *_By Your might, no one who hears of it will enter it._*
Allah ordered that it be surrounded by desires and he said: Return to it. Jibreel عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ returned and he said: *_By Your might, I fear that no one will escape it.”_*
[Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2560, Grade: Sahih ]
Jahannam is surrounded by desirable things!
And to Abstain from these things for the sake of Allah ﷻ is what is صبر على المعصية.
And as Allaah ﷻ says
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى 
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
And as for him who fears to stand in front of his Rabb and forbids his lower desires, Jannah is his abode.
[79:40-41]
May Allaah Grant us ease.
آمين يا رب العالمين