Many people ask these questions: 'What's the difference between a trial and punishment?' 'Am I being tried or punished?' There are differences between the two cases. So, When is it a trial? When is it a punishment? How does one know? Ustad Abu Hasan said:
It is a Trial - when you are doing your utmost responsibilities with the best of quality. Doing your waajibaat, sunnan, mustahabaat, doing your best with your mother, your kids, [etc] – then, it is a trial. When you are fulfilling you fundamentals, your obligations, fulfilling the rights of Allah (SWT) and the creation, and you do not see [yourself] doing any wrong – then, it is trial.
It is a Punishment - when the person is committing sins. When this trial [as punishment for him] comes, the person either begins to:
a) Commit more sins.
b) Begins to slack on the fundamentals, in the obedience [of] the fundamentals, waajibaat and sunnan.
If Allah (SWT) has mercy on the person, then He (SWT) will punish him with the trial, but – that punishment will bring him close to Allah (SWT) i.e. the sinning person is punished with jinn or an evil person, [then] the person asks Allah (SWT) to help him. This is the majority of the believers. Allah (SWT) trials a person who commits sin with punishment, then the punishment becomes a source [for the person to get close to Allah (SWT)].
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