{"id":23381,"date":"2021-12-20T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=23381"},"modified":"2021-12-20T12:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:50:58","slug":"why-does-allah-test-us-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/why-does-allah-test-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Allah Test Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05604<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Habiba Akhtar\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Why Does Allah Test Us?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It is understandable what you have mentioned regarding why Allah SWT tests us and the fact that Allah SWT knows what will happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Why does Allah test us if he knows everything?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Though it may not make sense or it seems confusing as to why Allah is doing this or may seem contradictory, this establishes the lack of ability to be able to fathom why Allah commands what he does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Allah SWT says regarding himself:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThere is nothing whatsoever like unto Him.\u201d (1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He establishes that he is incomparable to the rest of mankind and thus what he decides or does will not be understood by us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Why does Allah test us?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We have been set for two destinations: Heaven and Hell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The journey to and the eligibility of one comes down to the test Allah SWT puts us through. To be able to withstand the test would prove we have the patience to get through the test and keep faith in Allah SWT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This is explained in the following verse:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Be sure we shall test you with something of fear, and hunger and some loss of wealth and lives and fruits and glad tidings to those that bear patience&#8221; (2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Thus, in response to your query, it suits our creation that we are inferior and submissive to Allah SWT as we don&#8217;t hold the knowledge he does and therefore cannot fathom the reasoning for what he does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Habiba Akhtar\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">(1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">(\u0641\u064e\u0627\u0637\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0671\u0644\u0633\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0648\u064e\u200a\u0670\u2060\u062a\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0671\u0644\u06e1\u0623\u064e\u0631\u06e1\u0636\u0650\u06da \u062c\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645 \u0645\u0651\u0650\u0646\u06e1 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0643\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u0623\u064e\u0632\u06e1\u0648\u064e\u200a\u0670\u2060\u062c\u08f0\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0671\u0644\u06e1\u0623\u064e\u0646\u06e1\u0639\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0645\u0650 \u0623\u064e\u0632\u06e1\u0648\u064e\u200a\u0670\u2060\u062c\u08f0\u0627 \u06cc\u064e\u0630\u06e1\u0631\u064e\u0624\u064f\u0643\u064f\u0645\u06e1 \u0641\u0650\u06cc\u0647\u0650\u06da \u0644\u064e\u06cc\u06e1\u0633\u064e \u0643\u064e\u0645\u0650\u062b\u06e1\u0644\u0650\u0647\u0650\u06e6 \u0634\u064e\u06cc\u06e1\u0621\u08f1\u06d6 \u0648\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0633\u0651\u064e\u0645\u0650\u06cc\u0639\u064f \u0671\u0644\u06e1\u0628\u064e\u0635\u0650\u06cc\u0631\u064f)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[Surah Ash-Shura 11]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">(2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">(\u0671\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u06cc\u0646\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627\u06e4 \u0623\u064e\u0635\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0628\u064e\u062a\u06e1\u0647\u064f\u0645 \u0645\u0651\u064f\u0635\u0650\u06cc\u0628\u064e\u0629\u08f1 \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0648\u06e4\u0627\u06df \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u0650\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u06e4 \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u06cc\u06e1\u0647\u0650 \u0631\u064e\u200a\u0670\u2060\u062c\u0650\u0639\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[Surah Al-Baqarah 156]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05604 &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Habiba Akhtar\u00a0 &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Why Does Allah Test Us? 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