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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on the common people saying, when a calamity befalls someone, "So-and-so does not deserve this calamity"?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on the common people saying, when a calamity befalls someone, "So-and-so does not deserve this calamity"?

Answer:
That is to say, Allah is more just than to wrong him, and he does not deserve it. It is not permissible to speak in this manner. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [456 -858] ما حكم قول العامة إذا وقعت لأحد مصيبة قالوا: فلان ما يستاهل هذه المصيبة؟ — youtube.com

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