Knowing that affliction is due to sins
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Question:
A questioner says: How can I know that the affliction that has befallen me is due to my sins?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Ash-Shuraa 42:30] [An-Nisa 4:123]. So nothing of the disliked things befalls you except due to your sins.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner says: How can I know that the affliction that has befallen me is due to my sins?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned
وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْParadise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong will be recompensed
لَّيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَن يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 16-01-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (47:39)
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