Kamil Ahmad – Is Allah Punishing Us

			Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah while Ali was
		

			Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
		

			come to you from Western prayer. And I just wanted to share
		

			a brief
		

			reminder with all of us
		

			in these very, very trying and difficult times,
		

			during the many who are asking
		

			about this calamity
		

			that has befallen all of us.
		

			They're asking,
		

			Is this a punishment from Allah subhanho wa Taala or not.
		

			And so what we're finding is two extremes.
		

			One group of people who are seeing that it is impossible for us to attribute to Allah, that he is
punishing us through this pandemic.
		

			And we're not allowed to say that Allah subhanho wa Taala is punishing
		

			people to such a calamity.
		

			And other extreme are those who say that
		

			this disease is a punishment from Allah subhanho wa Taala for every single person
		

			who is infected by
		

			and so either you have this extreme or unhealthy.
		

			And so what we say regarding this is that there's no doubt
		

			that if we were to examine the area to look around,
		

			and the Mini ahadeeth, we will come to the conclusion that Allah subhanho wa Taala does send such
commodities as a punishment for the people.
		

			And this is, we say, in general, it's a communal punishment from Allah Subhana Allah,
		

			we the Stories of the Prophets, read the various stories either in the Quran or the Sunnah, we find
that Allah subhanahu Attallah sends natural disasters, as a way of punishing the people.
		

			And the spread of disease is also an example. Allah subhanahu wa taala used the plate incentive on
winning this war II. And there are other examples as well.
		

			This is in the general sense. So what we are seeing, and what we are going through is a punishment
from Allah subhana wa Tada for all of for all of humanity. And the reason for ALLAH SubhanA
punishing, is there are many reasons behind it. Among these reasons, is our sins, the spread of
corruption, the spread of immorality,
		

			not enjoying the good forbidding the evil, and so on. So
		

			this is on the one. On the other hand,
		

			if we were to look at
		

			this calamity, on the individual level, we see that here, it differs.
		

			And so here, it could either be a punishment from Allah for that particular individual, or it could
be a form of Allah showing mercy to that person.
		

			And the proof for this, I should have
		

			asked the Prophet sallallahu Sallam about the plague. And so he said, that it was a punishment that
was part of what God would sin on some people, or whoever you will.
		

			But it is a mercy for the believer. So any believer who is infected by this disease, it is a form of
mercy from Allah subhana wa, tada. You may be wondering, how could it be a form of mercy? How could
it be something good for the person, their suffering involved, there's pain involved. And so here,
now we go to a different topic. And that is, you know why there's a loss of carnivores that are now
suffering for his wretched servings for his believers. And there are many reasons behind that, that
the scholars of Islam are it's wait. We're not going to get into that. But the point is, that
		

			this calamity, in this pandemic, it is a punishment from Allah subhana wa Bucha. But when it comes
to the believers, when it comes to the believers, it's something good for them.
		

			was apparent of which Island afflict them with these kinds of calamities for their own good. And
that can be looked at through a variety of different ways.
		

			If you have been afflicted with a calamity, whether it is whether it is being infected by this
disease
		

			or having a loved one, to be infected with it, and dying from it,
		

			or
		

			whether it be the effects of this pandemic, like the economic downfall, and maybe you've lost your
job is a calamity. And so on. It's over.
		

			If
		

			this calamity
		

			has gotten you closer to Allah subhana wa Tada.
		

			This is Allah's mercy upon him.
		

			Allah subhanahu wa Tada afflicted you with this calamity, for your own good, so that now you wake
up. You wake up from your heedlessness and I'll turn to Allah subhana wa Tada. And so if we come out
of this pandemic, and out of this calamity,
		

			being closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala rectifying our waves,
		

			then it was something good for us. But if we remain upon our old wave waves, and we haven't changed
them, it was a punishment from Allah subhana wa Bucha.
		

			And so this is how your work can take advantage balanced approach to this issue. And Allah knows
best we ask ALLAH SubhanA more data to keep us all safe and sound and healthy, in the best of health
and Amen. And we ask Allah subhana wa Tada to cure those among the believers who have been afflicted
with this disease and to accept as Shahadat those who have passed away from it. We ask Allah subhana
wa Montana to allow us to witness the month of Ramadan, in
		

			good health, we ask Allah subhana wa to once again open the doors of his of his houses or the
massages for the month of Ramadan. Also what will
		

			be celebrated sleep if you