Ali on Trials: Calamities due to sin, removed by repentance

Ibn al-Qayyim reported: Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “A trial is not sent down but due to a sin, and it is not lifted but with repentance.”

Source: al-Jawāb al-Kāfī 1/74

عن ابن القيم قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَا نَزَلْ بَلَاءٌ إِلَّا بِذَنْبٍ وَلَا رُفِعَ إِلَّا بِتَوْبَةٍ

1/74 الجواب الكافي لمن سأل عن الدواء الشافي أو الداء والدواء فصل المعاصي تزيل النعم

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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