Posts in Calamities
The Benefits of Trials 1: Being Brought to Know Allah - Ustadh AbdelRahman Murphy

A series based on a text by a 12 century Egyptian scholar, The Benefits of Trials. The first benefit that he mentions is that trials and tests in life bring us to a much more intimate and deep knowledge of Allah - tests make us appreciate His honor and power in Lordship, and that realization comes to us in the midst of the trial, with the fruit of bringing us to a state of reliance and spiritual rest with God.

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The Plague that Killed Sahaba and the Coronavirus - Sh. Omar Suleiman

In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Sh. Omar Suleiman delivers a special lecture on the Amwas plague, the first plague to claim the lives of hundreds of Sahaba and thousands of people in the 7th century. He highlights lessons we can learn from that time period and offers some spiritual gems that are relevant to us today.
Time stamp: 9:33 - mass health crisis (a plague)

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