Allah allows some people to suffer in order to test their patience and steadfastness. Even Allah\u2019s Prophets and Messengers were made to suffer. Prophet Ayyub (Job) is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an as a Prophet who was very patient. Good people sometimes suffer but their sufferings heal others and bring goodness to their communities. People learn lessons from their good examples. Martyrs die for their faith, soldiers give their lives for their nations and this brings liberation and freedom for their people.<\/p>\n

4. Allah sometimes allows some people to suffer to test others, how they react to them.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you see a person who is sick, poor and needy, then you are tested by Allah. Allah is there with that suffering person to test your charity and your faith. In a very moving Hadith Qudsi<\/em> (Divine Hadith) the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:<\/p>\n

Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, \u2018O son of Adam, I was sick and you did not visit Me.\u2019 He will say, \u2018O my Lord, how could I visit You, when you are the Lord of the Worlds.\u2019 Allah will say, \u2018Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was sick and you did not visit him? Did you not know that if you had visited him, you would have found Me there?\u2019 Allah will say, \u2018O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not.\u2019 He shall say, \u2018O my Lord, how could I feed you and you are the Lord of the Worlds?\u2019 And Allah will say, \u2018Did you not know that My servant so-and-so was in need of food and you did not feed him? Did you not know that if you had fed him, you would have found that to have been for Me?\u2019 \u2018O son of Adam, I asked you for water and you did not give Me to drink.\u2019 The man shall say, \u2018O my Lord, how could I give You water, when You are the Lord of the Worlds?\u2019 Allah will say, \u2018My servant So-and-so asked you for water and you did not give him to drink water. Did you not know that if you had given him to drink, you would have found that to have been for Me.\u2019 (Muslim, Hadith no. 4661)<\/p>\n

Prophet `Isa (Jesus), peace be upon him, is also reported to have said something similar. (See Matthew 25: 35-45)<\/p>\n

So to summarize, we can say that sufferings occur to teach us that we must adhere to Allah\u2019s natural and moral laws. It is sometimes to punish those who violate Allah\u2019s natural or moral laws. It is to test our faith in Allah and to test our commitment to human values and charity. Whenever we encounter suffering we should ask ourselves, \u201cHave we broken any law of Allah?\u201d Let us study the cause of the problem and use the corrective methods. \u201cCould it be a punishment?\u201d Let us repent and ask forgiveness and reform our ways. \u201cCould it be a test and trial for us?\u201d Let us work hard to pass this test.<\/p>\n

Believers face the sufferings with prayers, repentance, and good deeds. The non-believers face the sufferings with doubts and confusions. They blame Allah or make arguments against Him.<\/p>\n

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Taken with slight editorial modifications from onislam.net.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sufferings occur to teach us that we must adhere to Allah\u2019s natural and moral laws. It is sometimes to punish those who violate Allah\u2019s natural or moral laws. It is to test our faith in Allah and to test our commitment to human values and charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[419],"tags":[7549,494,19160,19161,2959,517,518,2027,2976,18744,497,7,498,2042,504,9239,16929,627,646,522,19162,501,19163,19164,7554,19165,335,19166,19167,8352,524,19168],"class_list":["post-31412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-truth-seeker","tag-affliction","tag-allah","tag-causality","tag-cause-and-effect","tag-corruption","tag-creation","tag-creator","tag-death","tag-dunya","tag-earthquake","tag-faith","tag-featured","tag-god","tag-good","tag-hadith","tag-hadith-qudsi","tag-illness","tag-law","tag-life","tag-mohamed","tag-moral-law","tag-muhammad","tag-muzammil-siddiqi","tag-old-age","tag-pain","tag-physical-law","tag-quran","tag-sickness","tag-storm","tag-trial","tag-universe","tag-why-does-allah-allow-suffering-and-evil-in-the-world"],"yoast_head":"\n