A Beautiful Analogy on God

format_quote Originally Posted by Zia

This Is One Of The Best Explanations Of Why Allah Allows Pain And Suffering That I Have Seen:

Are barbers all powerful, all knowing and merciful? Do you think perhaps they are not able to force everyone to cut their hair and in fact have no responsibility over people who want long dirty hair?

Nor have you suggested why God allows pain and suffering.

Everything good and bad is from Allah, they are trials that Allah has sent down to mankind and verily Allah tests most those whom He loves most...SubhanAllah I recall reading a hadeeth where it states that when a man suffers and maintains saabr it removes his sins :'( SubhanAllah this is the mercy of thy Lord ...
InshAllah when you suffer through anything just remember they are tests sent by Allah and maintain a high level of saabr and Iman and remember the story of Yaqub [Pbuh]

".....And bear with patience whatever befalls you..."(Quran 31:17)

Peace & blessings x

I just took this in my class last week Masha'allah.

Some people may ask, Why would Allah allow such suffering? Why would it be part of Allahs Decree that there should be so many trials and tribulations in the Earth? Because as we know that everything that happens is by Allahs Qadar. But why? Why would Allah decree for disasters, for starvation, for harm to happen to his creation, when these are seemingly 'bad' things, and we know that Allah does not love bad things?

The answer is that there are two different types of "loved" things to Allah.
1. Something which is loved in itself, for example, prayer, fasting, worship etc.

2. Something which is not loved in itself, but what is actually loved from it is the outcome of this 'bad' thing.

Example : Medicine , Who loves taking medicine? no one, especially if the medicine is bitter , or an injection or etc. But people still take medicine because the Outcome of it is that which is loved and desired, and that is Healing.

Also, recall the hadeeth about when Allah created Adam alaihissalam and Allah AzzwaJall showed Adam all of his offspring and amongst them were the ones afflicted with leprosy etc. And so it bothered Adam that there should be such sickness and suffering amongst his offspring. So he asked Allah ; Why did you make it so? And Allah said " So that they may be grateful "

So really, for the Mu'min, when he sees these things happening around him, it should serve as a reminder to him that Allah is all powerful and that He is the one whom we should turn to always and forever.

...but with the difference, that this man with the dirty beard could have gone freewill to the barbershop, but we cannot simply say 'let's go to God for a visit'.
So, still no proove, God doesn't exist !

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.

They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of Allah,the barber said: "I don't believe that Allah exists."

"why do you say that?"

asked the customer. "well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that Allah doesn't exist. Tell me, if Allah exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If Allah existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.

I can't imagine a loving Allah who would allow all of these things."

the customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "you know what? Barbers do not exist."

"how can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "i am here, and i am a barber. And i just worked on you!"

"no!" the customer exclaimed. "barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"ah, but barbers do exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."

"exactly!" affirmed the customer. "that's the point ! Allah, too, does exist! That's what happens when people do not go to him and don't look to him for help. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

OMG loved it!! Congradualtions you'll have rep for this

Good one. Thanks for sharing.

excellent

format_quote Originally Posted by sheikh nazim

[B]A BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY!

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they
eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't
believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God
doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick
people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would
be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would
allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he
didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after
he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy,
dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said
to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I
am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they
did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed
beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the barber. "What happens, is,
people do not come to me."

"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES
exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for
Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

Didn't I read that from somewhere here?! *shrug*

Déjà vu!!

format_quote Originally Posted by zÂk

Forgot to use the search feature?

Yeah :><:

Cut fish some slack <_<