{"id":6460,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/misfortune\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:21:06","slug":"misfortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/misfortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Misfortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Is  it possible that a person may be jinxed by God for some reason? I feel  that everything I touch ends up in disaster. I am a practicing Muslim  but still I feel there must be some evil within me as to why I have no  barakah in anything that I do! Please explain the reasoning behind this.<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The  Almighty Allah has created and is running this universe on the  principle of test and trial. There are many who are tested by hard times  and some by good fortune. The former class needs to show patience and  the latter to offer gratitude. I believe Allah Almighty is testing you.  At times the tests are harder. May Allah help you and ease the  circumstances for you and help you tread the path of his liking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-17<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6460\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is  it possible that a person may be jinxed by God for some reason? I feel  that everything I touch ends up in disaster. I am a practicing Muslim  but still I feel there must be some evil within me as to why I have no  barakah in anything that I do! 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