The ruling on attributing the non-occurrence of events to the power of Allah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I found difficulty with a phrase I heard in one of the lessons. It says: When events occur in reality, it is said that they occurred by the will and power of Allah. But when these events do not occur in reality, it is not said that they did not occur by the power of Allah, because that would lead to saying that Allah is incapable, even though we believe that when events do not occur, that is...
The Shaykh:
...a defective statement, and no, no, it should not be mentioned.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
What changes the caller to Allah or the teacher is changing the legal names.
The presenter:
Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I found difficulty with a phrase I heard in one of the lessons. It says: When events occur in reality, it is said that they occurred by the will and power of Allah. But when these events do not occur in reality, it is not said that they did not occur by the power of Allah, because that would lead to saying that Allah is incapable, even though we believe that when events do not occur, that is...
The Shaykh:
...a defective statement, and no, no, it should not be mentioned.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
What changes the caller to Allah or the teacher is changing the legal names.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، معنى العبارة أن الأمور تقع كونا وعلاقتها بإرادة الله وقدرته؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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