๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐- ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ
๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ:
I have spoken with many non-Muslims who have heard about divine will and decree and will use it as an EXCUSE to say that they are not Muslims because Almighty Allah did not decide for them to be Muslims
On the Other Hand, some of those who claim to be Muslims who do not do their Islamic duties will say similar sayings such as InshaโAllah when Allah guides me, I will do my religious duties or pray for me so Almighty Allah guides me to be more of a Good Muslim
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ:
The very same non-Muslims or Muslims who will try to use the EXCUSE of divine will and decree =Qadar to avoid abiding by Islam fully and completely. Are chasing this world=Dunya hard enough and they are NOT sitting and accepting their economic, financial, or educational situations and they are NOT using divine will and decree =Qadar as an excuse to not go out and chase the money.
In fact, their chase after anything in this world has made them blind to the fact, that they CONTRADICTING themselves and their actions in chasing money through work, business, or further studies is a crystal clear evidence that they have free will:
โThey stateหบ that no soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another and that each person will only have what they endeavored towards, and that หนthe outcome ofหบ their endeavors will be seen หนin their record, then they will be fully rewardedโ
Surah An-Najm=Chapter the Star Quran (53:38-41)
๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ=๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
Qadar=divine will and decree does not contradict the idea that a person has free will with regard to actions in which he has free choice. He can choose whether or not to do things that he is able to do of acts of worship or sinful actions. Shariโah and real life both indicate that people have this will.
With regard to shariโah, Allah says concerning man’s will (interpretation of the meaning):
โThat is (without doubt) the True Day. So, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!.โ [al-Naba 78:39]
โso go to your tilth, when or how you will.โ [al-Baqarah 2:223]
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ):
โSo keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can.โ [al-Taghabun 64:16]
โAllah burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned.โ [al-Baqarah 2:286]
These verses confirm that man has a will and the ability to do what he wants and not to do what he does not want.
With regard to real life, everyone knows that he has a will and the ability to do what he wants and not to do what he does not want. And he can distinguish between the things that happen when he wants them to, such as walking, and those that happen without him wanting them to, such as shivering.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ (๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ):
โTo whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight. And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills the Lord of the โAlamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists).โ [al-Takwir 81:28-29]
But the entire universe is the dominion of Allah, and nothing can happen in His dominion without His knowledge and will.
Allah knows Best.
Why should a Muslim act if everything is already decreed by Allah?
Why did Allah create mankind when He knows what their destiny will be, in Paradise or Hell?
The Muslim belief concerning the destiny of non-Muslim monotheists in the Hereafter
Allah is the Creator of all things
Reference:
Risalat Sharh Usul al-Iman by Shaykh Ibn โUthaymin.
Almighty Allah is the highest and most knowledgeable, and the attribution of knowledge to him is the safest.
Right from Almighty Allah and wrong from me and Satan
Prepared by Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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