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Is this relief effort thing a new issue in Islam? I have not read anywhere where the believers

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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Is this relief effort thing a new issue in Islam? I have not read anywhere where the believers did this sort of thing after Allah destroyed the wicked

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Walaikum assalam,

Many of those who died were believers. Others were innocent people whom it would be cold-hearted indeed to consider ‘the wicked’.

As believers, our responsibility returns to faith and practice. The locus of faith is the heart, and it entails seeing everything as it relates to Allah Most High. In this sense, we see many wisdoms, lessons, and warnings in such events, at the individual and societal levels. The locus of practice is one’s actions, and it entails responding to events by acting in accordance with the guidance of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him, his family, companions, and followers), as explained in the previous answer.

Thus, a believer’s realizing that everything is from Allah, and that there is tremendous wisdom in everything, does not prevent them from also realizing that Allah Himself has commanded us to act: “Say: Act! And Allah shall see your actions, and His Messenger (will), and (so will) the believers.” [Qur’an, 9.105]

And Allah alone gives success.

Faraz Rabbani.

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