The Loss in Wealth

Question:
Can a loss in wealth be a result of the anger of Allah?

Answer:
Answer: Yes, a person may be afflicted in his wealth due to the anger of Allah. For example, if he withholds the obligatory alms (zakah), he is likely to have his wealth destroyed, whether by a lightning strike, a fire, loss, theft, or something else, or by an oppressor who seizes it, or otherwise. Withholding the obligatory alms is a cause for the destruction of wealth—may Allah protect us from that. Likewise, among the causes for the destruction of wealth is withholding the rights that are obligatory upon him, such as spending on himself, his children, his wife, or his parents, for whom he is obligated to provide maintenance. This is a cause for his punishment through the destruction of his wealth. The destruction of wealth may also be for the sake of trial and testing: will he be patient or not? (And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.”)