veiled4allah: when bad things happen to good people veiled4allah: when bad things happen to good peopleHasem Bazian, a lecturer on Islam at UC Berkeley, quoted the prophet Hadith to me. "If God loves a servant, he sends tribulation upon him," echoing the story of Job from the Old Testament and similar parables from other religions. "In Islam, all those who die in a natural catastrophe die in a state of martyrdom," Bazian said. They are not held accountable for their sins in life; they are given passage directly into paradise. For those left behind, he said, a tragedy of this scope is a reminder of God's power and our own mortality.The article also quotes responses from Sikhs, Roman Catholics, Hindus, and Baptists.
"It's a recognition of the need to walk lightly upon this Earth with a sense of humility and respect for the divine," Bazian said. "And to be thankful for the blessings you have."
Baslim Elkarra of Sacramento, a Muslim with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said a colleague at CAIR in Maryland lost 30 family members in the tsunami. Elkarra has reminded himself of a passage in the Quran in which one line is repeated twice: "Verily with difficulty comes ease."
"Life is not supposed to be easy," he said. "How we respond is the test of our faith. Here in the West people ask, 'How could God do this?' Over there, they turn to God even more, asking for his mercy."
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