The ignorant person is not excused from the basics of the Creed, and he is not excused if he falls into blasphemy because of his lack of care about the Religion. Had ignorance excused one…
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…
The Intellectual Evidence for the Invalidity of the Saying of the Mu^tazilah that the Slave Creates his Deeds The people of the truth say that the slave’s creation of his own deeds is invalid because…
The Tawhid of Allah in the Doings[1] It was narrated from Imam Al-Junayd, the Imam of the true Sufiyys, that when he was asked about Tawhid he said, “Certainty.” Then he was asked for clarification,…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…