What is the meaning of the phrase: "Allah may grant a karamah (a miracle granted to a righteous person) to someone because he may need it"?
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Question:
He says: We heard you on the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* previously, where you said that Allah may grant a karamah to someone because he needs it. We ask Your Eminence to clarify this phrase. Is it sufficient for it to merely occur to someone that Allah will grant him a karamah, other than the karamah of steadfastness, without him asking Allah for a karamah?
Answer:
Yes, a person may need something and not have the means to obtain it. So Allah brings him what he needs without effort and without exerting the means, just as happened with Maryam. It happened to Maryam that when she withdrew from people and took a veil to cover her place, and she would pray and worship, provision would come to her. Provision would come to her while she had not gone out and had not asked for provision; rather, it would come to her without effort. Whenever Zakariyyah entered the mihrab, meaning the place of worship where she was, the place where she had withdrawn, whenever he entered the mihrab, he would find provision with her.
[Ali 'Imran 3:37] This is from the karamah that Allah grants to His servant because of his need for it.
He says: We heard you on the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb* previously, where you said that Allah may grant a karamah to someone because he needs it. We ask Your Eminence to clarify this phrase. Is it sufficient for it to merely occur to someone that Allah will grant him a karamah, other than the karamah of steadfastness, without him asking Allah for a karamah?
Answer:
Yes, a person may need something and not have the means to obtain it. So Allah brings him what he needs without effort and without exerting the means, just as happened with Maryam. It happened to Maryam that when she withdrew from people and took a veil to cover her place, and she would pray and worship, provision would come to her. Provision would come to her while she had not gone out and had not asked for provision; rather, it would come to her without effort. Whenever Zakariyyah entered the mihrab, meaning the place of worship where she was, the place where she had withdrawn, whenever he entered the mihrab, he would find provision with her.
O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account."
يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى العبارة الله قد يعطي الكرامة لأحد لأنه قد يحتاج إليها؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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