The Benefits of Trials and Tribulations for the Muslim Believers by Al-ʿizz ʿabd Al-ʿaziz Ibn ʿabd Al-Salām: A Translation of Fawā’id Al-Balwā Wa Al-Miḥan

Trials and tribulations come to everyone’s life in many shapes and forms. This issue is discussed sytematically and at length in the field of Islamic faith (ʿaqīdah), Islamic sufism (taṣawwuf), Islamic thought (al-Fikr al-Islāmiyy). Among treatises of classical Islam which touches this issue is Kitab Fawā’id al-Balwā wa al-Miḥan (The Benefits of Trials and Tribulations) by Sulṭān al-Ulamā’ Al- ʿIzz ʿAbd al-ʿAziz Ibn ʿAbd Al-Salām al-Ashʿariyy al-Shāfiʿiyy al-Dimashqiyy of the 6th/7th AH or 12th/13th CE. This article provides the introduction to the intellectual biography of Al-ʿIzz ʿAbd al- ʿAziz Ibn ʿAbd Al-Salām, introduction to the treatise: Kitab Fawā’id al-Balwā wa al-Miḥan, English translation of this treatise, and discussion of its contents. This treatise of Al-ʿIzz ʿAbd al- ʿAziz Ibn ʿAbd Al-Salām is a worth reading and exploring by all Muslims and non-Muslims. This treatise provides important points, proofs, and short explanations in understanding the benefits of
trial and tribulation in human life from the Islamic perspective