Some of the common people say (Allah does not test us - Allah does not afflict us). Is this prescribed?
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The questioner : The supplication of some of the common people when they say: Allah does not test us, or Allah does not afflict us. Please clarify for us the ruling on this, may you be rewarded?
The Shaykh : The meanings of trial and affliction are close, and they occur in good and in evil. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Anbya 21:35] And He the Exalted said: [Muhammad 47:31].
However, when people supplicate by saying: O Allah, do not test us, or do not afflict us, they mean by that testing in evil and affliction in evil. There is no blame on a person for saying: O Allah, do not test us in this sense, or O Allah, do not afflict us in this sense, because a person asks Allah not to afflict him with evil, fearing that if evil were to befall him, he would not be able to escape from it.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The meanings of trial and affliction are close, and they occur in good and in evil. Allah the Exalted said:
And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَAnd We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allah] and the patient
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّابِرِينَHowever, when people supplicate by saying: O Allah, do not test us, or do not afflict us, they mean by that testing in evil and affliction in evil. There is no blame on a person for saying: O Allah, do not test us in this sense, or O Allah, do not afflict us in this sense, because a person asks Allah not to afflict him with evil, fearing that if evil were to befall him, he would not be able to escape from it.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.