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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Agency and Material Causes

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. Does one rely on Allah? Does one rely on Allah? Does one rely on Allah? Does one rely on Allah? Does one rely on Allah? Does

Answer:
on material matters and from beneficial news from Allah the Exalted. Delegating to people is from the material causes. Delegating to people is from the material causes. A person may not be able to handle all matters directly, or may be unable to handle them, or it may not be fitting for him to handle them directly due to his work or his status.
People need agency, people need agency, and it is one of the causes, and it does not harm the creed at all. It is one of the beneficial causes, and it is part of cooperation, it is part of cooperation on righteousness and piety. So the agent helps the principal to fulfill his needs, and he is rewarded for that if he intends the reward. And if he is delegated to by a fee or money, then this is permissible for him. It is permissible for him to act on his behalf for a fee; there is no harm in that. The result is that agency is one of the causes.
What does he say? "I rely on what I say, I take the material causes and do not delegate, but I handle them myself." He says: You may be unable to handle them all. So from the expansion for the servants is that Allah permitted them agency through cooperation among themselves. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 06 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/هو الأول والآخر/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:34)

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