06-26-2004, 03:43 PM
[Protesting at misfortunes that are part of time]
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the night and the day (*).
(*) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to inveigh (protest) against misfortunes that are part of Time is tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).