Why Is There So Much Suffering in The World?
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why is the world falling apart with wars, natural disasters, and debilitating diseases? Why do innocent souls meet such violent endings? Why do bad people always live comfortably? If God is so merciful, why did He write extreme suffering into the fate of so many? And what am I supposed to be doing about it? Of the dua’s of the prophet SallAllahu ’Alaihi Wassallam was: "لبيك وسعديك والخير كله في يديك والشر ليس إليك أنا بك وإليك تباركت وتعاليت استغفرك وأتوب إليك." “Here I am, O Allah, in answer to Your call, happy to serve You. All good is in Your Hands, and evil should never be attributed to You. I exist by Your will and will return to You. How Blessed and Exalted are You.” And Imam Ibn Qayyim comments on this beautiful hadith and he says, Allah is far more glorified and exalted that someone should attribute evil to Him. Rather, the only thing attributed to Him is good. And evil only becomes evil because it is removed from what it was o...
