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WHATEVER EVIL BEFALLS YOU, IS FROM YOURSELF

The good things that brings happiness, with which a slave may be tested, come from the obedience that the slave performs, and the evil thing that bring dislike and despair, with which a slave may also be tested, come from disobedience performed by the slave, as Allāh the Most High, said:

{ مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ وَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًا وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًا }

Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allāh, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself. And We have sent you (O Muhammad ﷺ) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allāh is sufficient as a witness.*

* [Sūrah an-Nisā' 4:79]

Book: The Principle of Love & Desire
By Shaykhul-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
Translated by Ihsan Gonsalves
Authentic Statements Publications
P. 233, 234