The Meaning of Guidance from Allah and Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
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Question:
A questioner says: Many people have expanded on their statement that guidance is from Allah. Some expect that guidance is from Allah. It would be desirable if you clarified what is meant by guidance from Allah, and whether there is a contradiction between this and enjoining good and forbidding evil. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, guidance is in the hand of Allah. Guidance of success is in the hand of Allah. As for guidance through preaching, indication, direction, enjoining good, and forbidding evil, this is in our hands. This is the duty of the messengers and the duty of those who call to Allah the Exalted and Majestic: that they guide people to the truth, make it clear to them, magnify it, and remind them. These are the causes of the guidance that is in the hand of Allah. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, only grants guidance in the hearts to the one who performs the cause and exerts the cause.
As for a person who persists in sins and says, "Guidance is in the hand of Allah," this is a false argument. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, commanded you to repent. He commanded the scholars to remind, to preach, and to call people. This is what Allah has made obligatory upon us. As for guidance, the guidance of the hearts and the acceptance of the truth, this is in the hand of Allah[Al-Qasas 28:56]. But Allah said to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) [Ash-Shuraa 42:52], meaning that guidance through indication, direction, preaching, and advice is possessed by the Messenger and possessed by the scholar. He clarifies that he calls, that he guides, and that he advises, and this is a cause for the occurrence of guidance in the hearts. Matters are connected to their causes. Yes.
A questioner says: Many people have expanded on their statement that guidance is from Allah. Some expect that guidance is from Allah. It would be desirable if you clarified what is meant by guidance from Allah, and whether there is a contradiction between this and enjoining good and forbidding evil. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, guidance is in the hand of Allah. Guidance of success is in the hand of Allah. As for guidance through preaching, indication, direction, enjoining good, and forbidding evil, this is in our hands. This is the duty of the messengers and the duty of those who call to Allah the Exalted and Majestic: that they guide people to the truth, make it clear to them, magnify it, and remind them. These are the causes of the guidance that is in the hand of Allah. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, only grants guidance in the hearts to the one who performs the cause and exerts the cause.
As for a person who persists in sins and says, "Guidance is in the hand of Allah," this is a false argument. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, commanded you to repent. He commanded the scholars to remind, to preach, and to call people. This is what Allah has made obligatory upon us. As for guidance, the guidance of the hearts and the acceptance of the truth, this is in the hand of Allah
Indeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَAnd indeed, [O Muhammad], you guide to a straight path -
وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-03-التوبة آداب وأحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (11:38)
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