Aslam

Praise be to Allah.One of the basic principles

of Islam is to believe in the wisdom of the Lord in what He creates

and commands, and in what He wills and decrees, in the sense that He

does not create anything in vain and He does not decree anything in

which there is not some benefit for His slaves. So everything that exists

is His will and decree. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Allaah is the Creator of all

things” [al-Ra’d 13:16]

His perfect wisdom decrees

that He creates opposites, so He has created angels and devils, night

and day, purity and impurity, good and ugly, and He has created good

and evil. He created His slaves with differences in their bodies and

minds, and in their strengths. He has made some rich and some poor,

some healthy and some sickly, some wise and some foolish. By His wisdom,

He tests them, and He tests some by means of others, to show who will

be grateful and who will be ungrateful. Allaah says (interpretation

of the meanings):

“Verily,

We have created man from Nutfah (drops) of mixed semen (sexual discharge

of man and woman), in order to try him, so We made him hearer and seer.

Verily, We showed

him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful” [al-Insaan

76:2]

“Who

has created death and life that He may test you which of you is best

in deed”

[al-Mulk 67:2]

When the sound believer

sees disabled people, he recognizes the blessing that Allaah has bestowed

upon him, so he gives thanks for His blessing, and He asks Him for good

health. He knows that Allaah is Able to do all things.

People are incapable

of comprehending Allaah’s wisdom. He cannot be questioned as to what

He does , while they will be questioned. Glorified and exalted be He.

Whatever you understand of His wisdom, believe in it, and whatever you

cannot understand, say, “Allaah knows best and is most wise, and we

know nothing except that which You have taught us, and He is the All-Knowing,

Most Wise.”