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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of Legal Permission and Decree-Based Permission

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Question:
This is another questioner who says: Guidance and misguidance are all in the hand of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So what is the meaning of His saying:
And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allah, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَيَجْعَلُ الرِّجْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
[Yunus 10:100]
He asks: Is this decreed for me, that I will be misguided or an open sinner, or that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will guide me?

Answer:
And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of Allahوَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تُؤْمِنَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ
[Yunus 10:100]
That is, His legal permission and His decree-based permission. Yes, there is decree-based permission and there is legal permission. The Muslims cooperate and unite by Allah’s legal permission after His decree-based permission. As for the disbelievers, they support one another in falsehood, and the falsehood vanishes, and this friendship turns into enmity, and some of them curse others:
You have only taken, other than Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, andإِنَّمَا اتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْثَانًا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا وَمَأْوَاكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا
[Al-'Ankabut 29:25]
. And you have no supporters. This is their end: the people of disbelief, the people of apostasy, and the people of deviation and misguidance. This is their end in the Hereafter.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5225] معنى الإذن الشرعي والإذن القدري - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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