Tribulatons and Tests

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Posted on February 10, 2012 by Ustadh Abdul Shakur Hadi

Question:
Salamualaykum.
I wanted to know about why some people are tested severely and others not so much?
Also why are some people tested when they increase sincerely in their good deeds and try
to be thankful to Allah everyday for His Blessings but then those blessings are taken
away when the person has increased his ibadah and shukr to his Lord?
Answer:
Wa`alaikumussalam,
Allah Almighty tests each person in order to purify him and raise him higher and higher
according to his capacity.







And remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): If you are grateful, I will
add more (favours) unto you; But if you show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible
indeed. (Ibrahim 14:7)

Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and that they will not
be tested? We did test those before them, and God will certainly know those who are true
from those who are false. (Al-`Ankabut 29:2-3)

Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives
or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere, Those
who say, when afflicted with calamity: To God We belong, and to Him is our return:They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from God, and Mercy, and they are the
ones that receive guidance. (al-Baqarah 2:155-157)

God will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now, until He separates what
is evil from what is good nor will He disclose to you the secrets of the Unseen. But He
chooses of His Messenger. (For the purpose) whom He pleases. So believe in God. And
His messengers: And if ye believe and do right, ye have a reward without measure. (Ali
Imran 3:179)

He Who created Death and Life, that He may test which of you is best in deed: and He is
the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving;- (Al-Mulk 67:2)














Verily, We have created man from drops of mixed semen in order to test him, so We
made him hearer, seer. Verily, We showed him the way, so he is either grateful or
ungrateful. (Al-Insan 76: 2-3)

Verily, We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it so that We may test
them as to which of them are best in deeds. (Al-Kahf 18:7)

And it is He Who has made you generations after generations, replacing each other on the
earth. And He has raised you in ranks some above others that He may test you in that
which He has bestowed on you. Surely, your Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly
He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Al-An`am 6:165)





Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because on the things your hands have wrought,
and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness. (Ash-Shura 42:30)
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. said:

When Allah who is Great and Glorious loves people He afflicts them [with trials].
Tirmidhi
Anyone for whom Allah intends good, He makes him suffer from some affliction.
Bukhari
When Allah intends good for His slave, He punishes him in this world, but when He
intends an evil for His slave, He does not hasten to take him to task but calls him to
account on the Day of Resurrection. Tirmidhi
And Allah shall not test His servant more than what he can bear:

no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear; (Al-An`am 6:152)

On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bear: before Us is a record which
clearly shows the truth: they will never be wronged. (Al-Muminun 23:62)

On no soul does Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it
earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall
into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which You did lay on those before
us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our
sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector; Help us against
those who stand against faith. (Al-Baqarah 2:286)
Wallahu Alam
Abdul Shakur

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