The Twelfth: It contains the expiation of sins.

The Shaykh : Well done, good. He says: This calamity contains the expiation of sins, because a believer is not struck by anything except that Allah expiates his sins thereby. No worry, grief, or harm befalls him, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allah expiates his sins thereby. This is a blessing. Each of us hopes that Allah will lighten our sins, and we ask Allah to erase the sins from us and from you. Each of us loves for Allah to expiate his sins. These calamities, over which we have no control, cause Allah to expiate sins. And if a person seeks the reward from Allah for them, they become a raising of ranks. So, when a person is struck by a calamity, he gains two things: first, that it is an expiation for sins, and second, that if he seeks the reward from Allah for it, it becomes a cause for the raising of ranks and an increase in good deeds.
Good, what Allah willed, the one behind you, I think you took it.
The student: No, I did not take it.

The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The student: We were in blessings that perhaps we did not know the value of, the blessing of security.

The Shaykh : Correct.