What is the difference between will and desire?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between will and desire?
The Shaykh:
Will and desire mean the same thing, and Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner.
The Shaykh:
Desire is only of the type of creation, whereas will can be of the type of creation or of the type of legislation. The will of creation is synonymous with desire. Note this: the will of creation is synonymous with desire, and it is not synonymous with the will of legislation, because there is no legislative desire. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the difference between will and desire?
The Shaykh:
Will and desire mean the same thing, and Allah knows best. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner.
The Shaykh:
Desire is only of the type of creation, whereas will can be of the type of creation or of the type of legislation. The will of creation is synonymous with desire. Note this: the will of creation is synonymous with desire, and it is not synonymous with the will of legislation, because there is no legislative desire. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [494 -858] ما الفرق بين الإرادة والمشيئة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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