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August 17, 2012, 12:13am
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Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders
Food is necessary to survive. For a human, with earthly body, the requirements do not change whether the human is an ordinary human like me or you.. or a messenger of Allah. Allah is the provider of everything. He tells us to utilize His sources and the knowledge given to mankind. We must do our part and the whatever is the result will be coming from the Lord. There is no basis to argue about Hz Khalid ibn Walid (RA) case. Imaan on Allah does not require from you that you do not attempt on anything. It does not require you to leave everything on Allah and you stay at home. You sow the seeds and then pray to Allah to make it a fruitful tree. Study to get better grades, Allah will help you. Earn Halal, Allah will put barkat in your rizq. Eat food and then pray to Allah to keep you healthy etc.
I do not see the point of the example you are giving above. As I said earlier, the power of Imaan is tested through how long you can be steadfast, it is tested by loss of wealth, loss of the life of someone dearer to you. Iman does not require you to deliberately eat poison and wait for Allah to cure you without taking any precautionary measures.
In the hadith you mentioned above, if the camel was tied and then it had been stolen or ran away, the reason could not have been that because the sahabah did not tie the camel, thats why it got stolen/ran away.. but just the luck, or thats what Allah intended, despite the human effort of tying it.
In the same way, if you do not eat, your health will eventually get in bad condition. Doctors will tell you the reason behind your condition is the lack of food. Nothing else. If you are eating, doing everything possible to maintain your health and even then you get sick, then the doctor give you the reason of lack of food in your system, but rather something else.
Food is essential. Allah says in the verse of Quran that we did NOT send any messenger whose bodies did not require food. Therefore, a human, even if its a prophet is bound to eat, for His body requires food to sustain himself..and ofcourse, the sustainer is Allah alone. He provides food, and the human survive. The only time a human is not required to eat,breathe, drink is when he is dead.
Food is not essential to survive many years … Allah. (SWT) has demonstrated that too … You just need to be able to make the connection … If you can accept that the camel can still be taken or if not tied the camel may still remain … Then you have to admit that despite not eating Allah (SWT) is not compelled to end the life of such a person … Allah (SWT) chooses and makes concession.