The Cause of Calamities and Worries
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Question:
Because it has become one of the things that are not subject to zakah according to the majority of scholars. Abu 'Abd al-Malik from Riyadh says: As for the calamities, O Shaykh, that befall a person, and the worries and sorrows, are they due to the sins and disobedience that a person commits, or is it a trial from Allah the Exalted for the son of Adam?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[Ash-Shuraa 42:30] There is no doubt that these calamities are due to sins, so that the Muslims may become aware and repent to their Lord. May Allah reward you with good.
Because it has become one of the things that are not subject to zakah according to the majority of scholars. Abu 'Abd al-Malik from Riyadh says: As for the calamities, O Shaykh, that befall a person, and the worries and sorrows, are they due to the sins and disobedience that a person commits, or is it a trial from Allah the Exalted for the son of Adam?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.
وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 246 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (7:36)
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