'Behavioural disability'

The Sheikh mentions the question of one given a sick daughter, a blind son, a child who cannot hear or speak, or one with intellectual delay: why me? He says he dislikes the word 'disabled' society uses for them and prefers 'people with special needs'. ^{1 2 3}

He holds that the disabled one is he who has disabled himself from doing acts of obedience and good deeds, who has not entered the circle of faith and submission to God, while weak sight, hearing or understanding is no disability. ^{2 3} He holds that the envious, the rancorous and those who love to bring misery to Muslims are the real 'people with special needs', and that true disability is behavioural: knowing neither forbearance, pardon, overlooking nor good manners, but only a foul tongue. ^{3 4}

He holds that one struck by a calamity should know it is God's disposing of him, that the Owner disposes of what He owns, and that decrees do not run according to man's planning. ^{4 5 6} See: decree.