The Ruling on Calamity and Its Effect on the Servant
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Question:
Very good. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, what is your opinion on this investigation? It states that when a calamity befalls a Muslim, it does not fall outside of three possibilities: either his rank in Paradise is raised, or his sins are expiated, or his sins are expiated by his soul.
Answer:
The most likely final outcome is the purification of sins. Allah the Exalted said:[Ash-Shuraa 42:30] meaning [Ash-Shuraa 42:30] This is what the evidence indicates. So the final point is that it serves to purify sins, just as this hadith indicates. This hadith also indicates that when Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, loves a servant, He hastens the punishment for him. The punishment is not except for a sin; it is not except for a sin.
Very good. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, what is your opinion on this investigation? It states that when a calamity befalls a Muslim, it does not fall outside of three possibilities: either his rank in Paradise is raised, or his sins are expiated, or his sins are expiated by his soul.
Answer:
The most likely final outcome is the purification of sins. Allah the Exalted said:
And whatever strikes you of disaster
وَمَا أَصَابَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍit is for what your hands have earned
فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ
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