According to the noble hadith: "Indeed, when Allah loves a people, He tests them: whoever is content, for him is contentment, and whoever is discontent, upon him is discontent." How can one be content with severe tribulations such as repeated rape in childhood, which led to behavioral deviations, drug addiction, imprisonment, and then suffering from depression and social phobia, and an inability to lead a normal life? Is this a tribulation or a punishment? And how can a six-year-old child be tested? Is what happened a reward or a sin? And how can one forget the past and live happily?
Contentment with destiny is a cause of happiness in this world and the hereafter, while discontent with it indicates weakness in one's knowledge of Allah. All of Allah's decree is wisdom and mercy, and He decrees for His servant only that which contains good. Allah Almighty says: "But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not." And contentment with destiny does not contradict self-reflection to correct mistakes and strive in seeking means.
Among what helps one to be content with destiny and patient in afflictions is that this world is a house of trial, and the reward in the hereafter is a house of eternal bliss. Allah does not wrong His servant by the weight of an atom; rather, He gives immense recompense for affliction, so much so that on the Day of Resurrection, those who lived in ease will wish that their skins had been shredded with scissors when they see the reward of those who were afflicted. And when the servant receives the reward for his patience, he forgets all the calamities of this world. It is narrated on the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "The most luxurious person in the world from the people of Hell will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and dipped once in the Fire. Then it will be said, 'O son of Adam, have you ever seen any good? Has any comfort ever passed by you?' He will say, 'No, by Allah, O my Lord.' And the most miserable person in the world from the people of Paradise will be brought and dipped once in Paradise. Then it will be said to him, 'O son of Adam, have you ever seen any misery? Has any hardship ever passed by you?' He will say, 'No, by Allah, O my Lord, no misery ever passed by me, nor did I ever see any hardship.'"
Therefore, one must turn to Allah and rely upon Him, not surrender to the whispers of Satan, and look towards a bright future through obedience to Allah and His care, with the option of consulting a Muslim psychiatrist when needed.
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