FIRST REMINDER. Al- thalaatha, 13th day of Jumaadal Uulaa/Awwal (Tuesday, 30th January). ENDURING GRIEF AND HARDSHIP IN LIFE AS MUSLIMS. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. As human beings, I am sure each and every one of us has, at some point in our life, been visited by grief, tragedy, or tremendous loss, emotionally or materially. It may have been a serious illness or accident or death of a loved one, or we may have failed an important examination, or we may have seen a business or professional career which has grown and prospered over many years, finally come to disaster. Losing to marry our loved ones etc. To those who have suffered such a loss, their feelings are hard to describe adequately. There is a sense of utter despair, emptiness etc. It can become so intense that one actually questions the whole purpose and meaning of life. However, many people are unable to come to terms with sudden catastrophic loss, and therefore, we often hear of someone being so overcome with grief that they have taken leave of their senses, they suffer prolonged and repeated bouts of deep depression, a complete change of personality. In extreme cases, some victims of hardship lose all inclination for life at all and they commit suicide astaqfirulLah. I write many at times on this topic or similar bcs many Muslims today lose faith in Allah to the extend of abandoning Islam due to hardship in life and a lady once told me what's the point of worshiping Allah in this suffering of mine astaqfirullah just bcs she has been divorced but failed to question her attitude in her marriage. How should we Muslims deal with intense personal suffering and grief? How should we comfort a friend or relative who is in distress? Alhamdulillah we have a source of guidance in Quran and Teachings of our beloved Messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Don't miss the rest of the reminders for how to handle such ways of life. May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.