What is the difference between a calamity and a sin?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between a calamity, a mistake, and a sin?
Answer:
A sin, no, a sin is something you did. As for a calamity, it is from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) who decreed it upon you. This is the difference between them..
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between a calamity, a mistake, and a sin?
Answer:
A sin, no, a sin is something you did. As for a calamity, it is from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) who decreed it upon you. This is the difference between them.
Do not say, "If I had done such and such, it would have been such and such," but rather say, "It is the decree of Allah, and what He willed, He did."
لا تقل لو أني فعلت كذا وكذا لكان كذا وكذا، ولكن قل قدر الله وما شاء فعل
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [448 -858] ما الفرق بين المصيبة والمعصية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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