The Difference Between a Trial and a Punishment in Calamities
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Question:
Salih, one of the brothers is asking. Muhammad from Riyadh says: How does a Muslim know whether the calamity that has befallen him is a trial or a punishment?
Answer:
This is known through faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that what has befallen him is by the divine decree and destiny of Allah, from which there is no escape. Then he should examine himself, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:30] He should examine himself and purify himself from sins, for it is a warning to him, and it is also a purification for him from the sins he has committed, because Allah does not combine for him two punishments in this world and the Hereafter. He may hasten the punishment for him as a mercy for him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Salih, one of the brothers is asking. Muhammad from Riyadh says: How does a Muslim know whether the calamity that has befallen him is a trial or a punishment?
Answer:
This is known through faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that what has befallen him is by the divine decree and destiny of Allah, from which there is no escape. Then he should examine himself, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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 كَثِيرٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/264 — archive.org (3:24)
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