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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on saying, "These things were created by nature"

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Question:
We move on to another letter from our brother listeners. The author of this letter asks: What is the ruling on the one who says that these things were created by nature?

Answer:
The one who believes that nature created things is a disbeliever in Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the Creator of everything, the Creator of everything,
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
[Az-Zumar 39:62]
. So creation is exclusive to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); He is the One who creates, provides, gives life, causes death, and manages this universe. The one who believes that anyone creates anything, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) considers him a disbeliever and one who associates partners with Allah in lordship. Neither nature nor anything else creates with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Or do they have
partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."شُرَكَاءَ خَلَقُوا كَخَلْقِهِ فَتَشَابَهَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلِ اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
[Ar-Ra'd 13:16]
Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[Al-A'raf 7:54]
Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
[An-Nahl 16:17]
or
other deitiesلَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ
[Ash-Shuraa 42:21]
? Allah the Exalted said:
Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens?أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
[Al-Ahqaf 46:4]
to a book
a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."بِكِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا أَوْ أَثَارَةٍ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
[Al-Ahqaf 46:4]
. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
This is the creation of Allah. So show Me what those other than Him have created. Rather, the wrongdoers are in clear error.هَٰذَا خَلْقُ اللَّهِ فَأَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ بَلِ الظَّالِمُونَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
[Luqman 31:11]
. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the Creator. Whoever believes that someone creates with Allah, or that nature or something else is that which creates things, this is love for the Creator (Glorified and Exalted is He) and creation for the Creator (Glorified and Exalted is He). This is denial of the divine attributes and disbelief, the most severe of disbelief, the most severe of the types of disbelief, and we seek refuge in Allah from that.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. These phrases are on the tongues of some people as a result of sitting with certain people, or listening to a medium of the media, or reading a book. From the books. Yes. It is possible that one might drink. It is obligatory for the Muslim to learn the matters of his religion, especially the creed. He should know the correct creed and know the false beliefs that resemble it, in order to be cautious of falling into what corrupts his creed or conceals it.
The company one keeps certainly has an effect. So the Muslim should keep the company of the people of faith and the people of knowledge, who increase his insight, increase his faith, and increase his knowledge and action. He should avoid the company of the atheists, the ignorant, and the wicked, for they increase his ignorance and wickedness, and they may divert him from faith to disbelief. A person is upon the religion of his close friend, so let one of you look at whom he associates with. It is obligatory for the Muslim to be cautious of this. Allah the Exalted said:
on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way. (28) Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend. (29) He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, toعَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا يَا وَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءَنِي وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِلْإِنسَانِ
[Al-Furqan 25:27-29]
. There is no doubt that companions have an effect on those who sit with them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) compared the righteous companion to a carrier of musk; one does not lose out by sitting with him and being his companion, but rather he either obtains some musk to sell or wear, or at least finds a pleasant scent during the time of his companionship. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) compared the blacksmith to one who sits with a blacksmith; one does not lose out by sitting with him, but rather he either has his clothes burned by the sparks that fly, or he finds a foul smell with him during his sitting. Likewise, the one who keeps the company of the wicked: if they are righteous, he is affected by their righteousness, or if they are bad, he is affected by their badness.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4038- حكم قول "إن هذه الأشياء خلقتها الطبيعة" - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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