fīhā barakah

Bismillāh.

Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, sweet sisters.

Let’s talk about something that touches every one of us — pain, struggle, inconvenience.

It comes in so many shapes, doesn’t it? Maybe you’re a student with deadlines stacking up, or a teacher worrying over your class, a mother juggling little ones while feeling completely worn out, or perhaps you’re in that stage of pregnancy where everything just feels heavy. Maybe it’s that familiar discomfort of your period — the fatigue, the back pain, the headaches.

Whatever form it takes, pain finds us all.

And when it does, our first response is often the same — annoyance, frustration, that sinking feeling of “Why now? Why me?”

We might not say it, because we know better than to question Allāh’s decree — but our hearts whisper it sometimes, don’t they? That quiet ache that wonders why things had to go this way.

But subḥānAllāh, our dīn teaches us to see even these moments differently.

The Prophet ﷺ said that no fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a believer — not even the prick of a thorn — except that Allāh expiates some of his sins because of it.
(Bukhāri & Muslim)

How incredible is that?
Even the smallest pain — even something as tiny as a thorn prick — is written for you as forgiveness.

Think about how many little inconveniences you face in a single day.
That headache.
That moment of worry.
That person who annoyed you.
That plan that didn’t go right.
That day where nothing seems to work.

All of it — every single one — could be a means of your sins being wiped away, in shāʾ Allāh.

So instead of letting frustration take over, pause for a moment.
Take a breath.
And whisper, alḥamdulillāh.

Your Lord is so merciful that even your struggles — your exhaustion, your tears, your minor annoyances — are counted as acts of purification.

And if you think of the prophets of Allāh, and what they endured, it humbles the heart. Their tests were immense, yet their patience was beautiful. And still, Allāh, in His mercy, allows us to be rewarded for something as small as a moment of pain.

So the next time something doesn’t go your way — when you’re hurting, when you’re tired, when life feels inconvenient — try to remember this:
It’s not a punishment. It’s purification.
It’s not meaningless. It’s mercy.

That’s the barakah of pain — the hidden blessing that only a believer can see.

With love and duʿāʾ,
Barakah ❣️