Comfort Is A Blessing Of Allah

Comfort Is A Blessing Of Allah

We say that because comfort is not the name of money and riches. Rather, comfort is the condition of the heart that only Allah the Exalted grants to whom He pleases. "You may build large houses, hire many servants, have at your disposal large limousines, but, with all those luxuries, when you lie down on your bed at night, sleep eludes you although the bed on which you lie is the best available, the mattress the most superior and the pillows most ideal. You keep awake all night, now turning to the right, now to the left. You have to take sleeping pills to induce sleep but the pills lose their power after some time. We see here that all the means of comfort are available but none of these-the palatial house, cars, wealth, air-conditioners-none, can help get the most wanted, yet elusive, sleep. These means are ineffective in removing restlessness. Only Allah can help remove it. On the other side there is the laborer who has neither a worthy bed to sleep on nor a proper room yet when he goes to sleep he wakes up after eight hours of sound sleep. Now, decide for yourself who is comfortable, the laborer or the rich man? Remember, only Allah grants comfort. The means to comfort cannot provide it. Comfort is not something that may be bought although the means of comfort may be bought at will.

The Comfort that Abdullah Bin Mubarak رحمة الله عليه Received

Abdullah bin Mubarak رحمة الله عليه, has said that there was a time in his life when he frequently stayed with the rich people and moved about and ate and drank with them. But perhaps no one else was more sad than he was because which ever friend he visited, he found him more affluent than him. He often took pride in his animal that he rode but when he encountered a friend he realised that his own animal was inferior. It was the same with his
dress. He would buy the best of the garments and wear them but always found his friends had better garments on them. He said, "Wherever I went, I found my friends had superior things than I had. Someone had a better house, someone better clothes, someone a better animal to ride Then, I took up the company of those people who were not very rich but were men of ordinary means. The result was that I found comfort I had lacked all along. This was because whoever I went to, I found my condition better than his-my house, my conveyance, my clothes....I thank Allah for that, for having blessed me with better and abundant bounties." This is known as contentment. If a man is not content then he will run after worldly pleasures all his life and will never receive comfort.