{"id":365,"date":"2024-01-18T22:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2024-01-18T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:05:10","slug":"why-evil-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Why Evil Exists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the current state in Palestine where countless (more than 30,000 deaths) lives are lost, it is likely the question above surfaces. I don\u2019t have an eloquent answer but this video answers it nicely, I think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding the Wisdom of Suffering In Light of Gaza Conflict | Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ozfrkm2K1Fc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LINK: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ozfrkm2K1Fc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some keypoints:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Natural disaster vs moral evil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nothing falls a believer, without a &#8216;net benefit&#8217;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascribe trust to Allah, well above our understanding. Same as Allah&#8217;s answer to the malaikats.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nothing happens to me, without Allah allowing it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generally, difficulties increase Iman. We make more dua in time of troubles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pain that brings closer to Allah, is a blessing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Wisdom evils exist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Motivation to become good, to come together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discern traitors from allies, know the munafiqun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyranny &#8211; makes us look forward to the Day of Judgement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small pain to save from a bigger pain &#8211; Musa and Khidir<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reading. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the current state in Palestine where countless (more than 30,000 deaths) lives are lost, it is likely the question above surfaces. I don\u2019t have an eloquent answer but this video answers it nicely, I think. LINK: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ozfrkm2K1Fc Some keypoints: Wisdom evils exist Thank you for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farisismail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}