No suffering – no life
Let’s now look at suffering in relation to human life.
The Holy Quran states:
تَبٰرَکَ الَّذِيۡ بِيَدِہِ الۡمُلۡکُ ۫ وَہُوَ عَلٰي کُلِّ شَيۡءٍ قَدِيۡرُ ۣالَّذِيۡ خَلَقَ الۡمَوۡتَ وَالۡحَيٰوةَ لِيَبۡلُوَکُمۡ اَيُّکُمۡ اَحۡسَنُ عَمَلًا ؕ وَہُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الۡغَفُوۡرُ ۙ الَّذِيۡ خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ؕ مَا تَرٰي فِيۡ خَلۡقِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ مِنۡ تَفٰوُتٍ ؕ فَارۡجِعِ الۡبَصَرَ ۙ ہَلۡ تَرٰي مِنۡ فُطُوۡرٍ ثُمَّ ارۡجِعِ الۡبَصَرَ کَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنۡقَلِبۡ اِلَيۡکَ الۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَّہُوَ حَسِيۡرٌ
“Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom,
and He has power over all things;
Who has created death and life that He might try you — which of you is best in deeds;
and He is the Mighty, the Most Forgiving.
Who has created seven heavens in harmony.
No incongruity canst thou see in the creation of the Gracious [God].
Then look again:
Seest thou any flaw? Aye, look again, and yet again, thy sight will [only] return unto thee confused and fatigued.”
(Surah al-Mulk, Ch. 67: V.2-5)
These verses tell us that suffering [trial] is crucial for the development or even existence of life.
Imagine that all our prehistoric forefathers had all their suffering taken away and all their wishes granted.
Would mankind have made any further progress?
Would we not still be cavemen?
What need would we have for fire if we were never cold?
Why would the caveman even stand up to do anything at all, for that would involve effort, and effort would mean suffering, which in this hypothesis has been taken away.
Allah swt firman ,
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا
“And whosoever is conscious of Allah,
He will make for them a way out”
[Quran 65:2]
And Allah always fulfils His promise.
However, we might have a hard time believing in this, especially during hard times,
and thus Allah continues in the Surah,
وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ ۚ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا
“And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
And whoever relies upon Allah – then He is sufficient for him.
Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose.
Allah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.”
[Quran 65:3]
Patients
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 544:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 545:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri and Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 549:
Narrated Aisha:
I never saw anybody suffering so much from sickness as Allah's Apostle
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I visited the Prophet during his ailments and he was suffering from a high fever. I said, "You have a high fever. Is it because you will have a double reward for it?" He said, "Yes, for no Muslim is afflicted with any harm but that Allah will remove his sins as the leaves of a tree fall down."
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I visited Allah's Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever.
I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
You have a high fever."
He said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you."
I said, "Is it because you will have a double reward?"
He said,
"Yes, it is so. No Muslim is afflicted with any harm, even if it were the prick of a thorn, but that Allah expiates his sins because of that, as a tree sheds its leaves."
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