{"id":21965,"date":"2019-01-27T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T08:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:47:32","slug":"i-like-what-he-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/i-like-what-he-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"I like what He likes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21965\" class=\"elementor elementor-21965 elementor-1947\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f336505 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f336505\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6d07fc\" data-id=\"b6d07fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fff7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74fff7f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, the old and great companion of the Messenger of Allah\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP), who had become old and decrepit, was on his deathbed. His shining face was a clear sign of his sincerity and purity.<\/p><p>Imam Baqir(PBUH)\u00a0went to visit Jabir in his house. So he sat beside Jabir and said to him with kindness, \u201cO Jabir! How are you?\u201d<\/p><p>Jabir replied,\u201d I am in a condition that I prefer\u00a0<strong>being old<\/strong>\u00a0over being young, and I love\u00a0<strong>death<\/strong>\u00a0more than life, and I like\u00a0<strong>illness<\/strong>\u00a0more than well-being\u201d. (He meant to say that he was patient and resistant against any difficulty of hardness).<\/p><p>Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said to Jabir,<\/p><p>\u201dBut I like whatever\u00a0<strong>Allah\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(SWT)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0likes<\/strong>. If He wants me to become old, I like it; or if He wants me to be young, I like that. Illness or well-being, death or life, whichever He likes, I like the same.\u201d<\/p><p>When Jabir heard this, he became happy, kissed Imam Baqir(PBUH), and said, \u201dThe Messenger of Allah\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP)\u00a0was right when he said to me,\u201d You will be alive and shall meet my son Baqir. So convey my greetings to him\u2026\u201d\u201d<sup>\u00a0<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><p>Even though Jabir was full of experience and knowledge at that old age and had faced so many difficulties and hardships in his life, he assumed that the highest level of faith is that one prefers illness over well-being or being old over being young. Therefore, he wanted to tell Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0that \u201cI have reached a level that not only the difficulties do not disturb me, in fact I am more eager towards them\u201d. However, Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0taught this sincere old man a higher concept, namely\u00a0<strong>being satisfied with what Allah\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(SWT)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0wills<\/strong>. Imam Baqir(PBUH)\u00a0taught Jabir that after fulfilling the duties and endeavoring to perform the responsibilities, one should be satisfied with what Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0has willed for him\/her, be it pleasant or not.<\/p><p><strong>(The above is a selection taken from \u201c<em>A Look into the Life of Imam Baqir\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(PBUH)<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u201d, by Muhammad Muhammadi Ishtihardi (with some additions))<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> A\u2019yan al-Shia, vol. 15, p. 141; Majaalis al-Mu\u2019minin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his deathbed, Jabir ibn Abdullah expressed preferring hardship over ease, seeing it as faith. Imam Baqir (PBUH) corrected him, teaching that true faith is complete submission to Allah\u2019s will\u2014accepting life, death, health, or illness as He decrees. 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