The Difference Between Trial, Punishment, and Retribution
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How can a Muslim distinguish between a trial and punishment or retribution?
Answer:
He distinguishes by the state of the servant. If he is a believer, it is a trial, a test. If he is a disbeliever, it is a punishment. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How can a Muslim distinguish between a trial and punishment or retribution?
Answer:
He distinguishes by the state of the servant. If he is a believer, it is a trial, a test. If he is a disbeliever, it is a punishment. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتمام الكلام في هذا المقام العظيم يتبين بأصول نافعة جامعة — islamhouse.com (44:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.