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Sun- nat is being purposely attacked and vehemently opposed. And those who invite
towards it are being called ignorant fools as far as the religion is concerned.
Is there no limit to this tremendous wrong and injustice? If such is the position, what
right have Muslims to complain about their present distress? What right have they got for
this clamour and outcry in their speeches and writings that Muslims are facing ruin and
destruction?
Persian couplet:
“That which we face is of our own doing
No remedy is there for what we cause ourselves (to suffer).
In the clearest terms Allah Ta’aala says:
“Whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands had earned. And
Allah pardons much. And you will not be able to escape in the earth, for, save Allah you
shall have no protector or helper.”
Allah states further:
“Corruption prevails over land and sea for that evil which the hands of men had caused;
that He may make them taste part of that which they had done, in order that they may
return.”
(30. 41)
Similar themes are expounded in the Quran not in only one or two places but are stated in
numerous places. Regarding the first of the two verses quoted above, Sayyidina Au
(Radiallahu anhu) says: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said to me:
‘I shall explain to you the meaning of this verse. 0’ Ali! Whatever misfortune befalls you
- whether sickness, or any form of torment or any worldly calamity - is because of what
your hands had earned.’
Sayyidina Imam Hasan (Radiallahu anhu) says: “When this verse was revealed,
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: ‘I swear by Him in whose Hands is my
life, whatever befalls you, whether it be the scratch of a stick, the throbbing of a vein, the
stumble of the feet, or to be struck by a stone is because of some sin on your part.’
Sayyidina Abu Moosa (Radiallahu anhu) says: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
said: ‘When a servant of Allah suffers any injury or anything less than that befalls him, it
shall be because of his own actions.”
Sayyidina Imran bin Haseen (Radiallahu anhu) once suffered from some illness
somewhere in his body. People came to visit the patient and expressed sorrow on his
behalf. He said: “Why do you express sorrow and regret? This which befell me is a result
of some sinful act.”
Al- Eti’daal Fi Maraatibur- Rijaal 51