Normal Reasons Do Not Affect in Reality and that the Only One Who Affects in Reality is Allah Al-Hakim, the author of Al-Mustadrak, mentioned in his book Tarikh Naysabur: I heard Zakariyyah Yahya Ibn Muhammad Al-^Anbariyy saying, “I heard Abu ^Isa Ibn Muhammad Ibn ^Isa At–Tahmaniyy Al-Marwaziyy saying: ‘Certainly Allah Makes apparent whatever He Willed, if He Willed, of…
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Four Categories Pertaining to Will and Order All of the matters are of four categories. The first is something that Allah Willed and Ordered for it to be done, and that is the belief of the believers and the obedience of the obedient. The second is something that Allah Willed but did not Order for it to be done, and…
Let it be known that the Will of Allah and His Destining do not change, because changing is impossible to attribute to Allah. As for the hadith: لا يرد القدر إلا الدعاء [which means] “Nothing deflects the Qadar except du^a’,” it refers back to the conditional destiny, not the definitive.
The Destining of Allah Does Not Change Know that Allah’s Eternal Predestining is not changed by anything; neither the supplication of the one who supplicates, nor the charity of the one who gives charity, nor the prayer of the one who prays, nor anything else among the good deeds. Instead there is no escape from the creation existing according to…
The slave’s will follows the Will of Allah. Allah the Exalted Said: ﴿وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّـهُ﴾ [which means] “You do not will unless Allah Wills.” This verse is among the clearest evidence of the misguidance of the group of Amin Shaykhu because they say that if the slave wills to be guided, then Allah will Guide him, and…
Guidance Is of Two Facets Guidance is of two types. The first of them is clarifying the truth and calling to it, and establishing the evidence for it. According to this meaning, it is valid to attribute guidance to the Messengers and to everyone who calls to the Religion of Allah, like in the Saying of Allah about His Messenger,…
Know that what we mention about the issue of the Qadar is not delving into the issue in the inappropriate way that the Prophet forbade when he said, إذَا ذُكِرَ القَدَرُ فأَمْسِكُوا [which means] “If Destiny is mentioned, then hold back,” as narrated by At–Tabaraniyy, because this is the explanation of the Qadar with which the religious text came. As…
Muslim narrated in his Sahih and Al-Bayhaqiyy narrated in Kitab Al-Qadar from the route of Abu Aswad Ad-Du’aliyy: “^Imran Ibnu Husayn said to me: ‘Do you see what the people are doing today, and that in which they are laboring? Is it something predestined for them that has come to pass on them, or among what they encounter [without destiny]?…
﴿اللهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ﴾The Explanation of the Verse The meaning of this verse is “Allah the Exalted is the guide of the people of the skies and the people of the earth to the light of belief.”[1] Al-Bayhaqiyy related that from ^Abdullah Ibn ^Abbas, may Allah Accept his and his father’s deeds. So Allah the Exalted is not a light…
Explanation of the Saying of Allah ﴿فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ Allah Said: ﴿وَللهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللهِ﴾ [which means] “To Allah belongs the east and the west, so wherever you turn yourselves, there is the Wajh of Allah.” The meaning is that wherever you have directed yourselves in the optional prayer, while traveling, then there is the Qiblah…