Six Considerations for Disliked Qadr
Shamsuddeen Muhammad bin Abee Bakr Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [d.751 A.H.] (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If a disliked Qadr crosses a person, then he has six considerations:
The first consideration is of Tawheed, and that Allah is the One who destined it for him, willed it for him, created him. Whatever Allah wants, occurs, and whatever Allah does not want, does not occur.
The second consideration is of justice, and that it will occur with Allah’s command. It is just in fulfilling Allah’s justice.
The third consideration is of mercy, and that Allah’s mercy in what has been destined is generally from Allah’s anger and recompense; His mercy is present but hidden and not apparent.
The fourth consideration is of wisdom - that the Allah’s Wisdom necessitated this destiny. Allah did not destine this in vain or command it for no reason.
The fifth consideration is of praise - that all complete praise is for Allah; for this destined Qadr from whichever way you look at it.
The sixth consideration is of servitude of worship, and that a person is purely a slave of Allah from every point of view. The regulations of his Master apply to him and are carried out due to him being his Master’s possession and His slave. So Allah disposes him under His destined rulings just as Allah disposes him under rulings of the Deen; therefore, the slave of Allah has to conform and proceed with these rulings.
[al-Fawaid p. 93-94]
