What is the ruling on some people saying "coincidence"?

Question : The questioner says: What is your opinion on the word "coincidence"? It has spread widely among people. For example, a person says, "I saw so-and-so by coincidence." What is the ruling on this word? And is there another word that is better than it?

Answer : "Coincidence" means that something happens without expectation, that something happens without expectation. And this, with regard to what Allah the Exalted does, is not permissible.
Because Allah the Exalted does a thing while He knows that He is doing it. He knows when it will occur, where it will occur, and how it will occur, is that not so? So it is not possible for us to attribute coincidence to anything related to the action of Allah, and to make coincidence something by which Allah is described. As for truth in what is attributed to a human being,
then that is permissible. One says, "I went out to the market and so-and-so happened to meet me," or "I saw so-and-so by coincidence," meaning that I did not expect what? Seeing him. This is not a problem because there is no harm in it, and it matches reality, for coincidence is the occurrence of a thing without expectation.