What is the meaning of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir’s statement regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: (those upon whom You have bestowed favor) that it contains a refutation of the Qadariyyah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the meaning of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement in his exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Fatihah 1:6-7] that it contains a refutation of the Qadariyyah?
Answer:
The phrase “those upon whom You have bestowed favor” indicates that righteous deeds are a favor from Allah, and that Allah decreed them for His servant out of His grace, Glorified and Exalted is He. This is a refutation of the Qadariyyah, who say that deeds are not from the action of Allah nor from the creation of Allah, but rather from the invention and creation of the created being. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the meaning of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement in his exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted
(6) Guide us to the straight path - (7) The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْAnswer:
The phrase “those upon whom You have bestowed favor” indicates that righteous deeds are a favor from Allah, and that Allah decreed them for His servant out of His grace, Glorified and Exalted is He. This is a refutation of the Qadariyyah, who say that deeds are not from the action of Allah nor from the creation of Allah, but rather from the invention and creation of the created being. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [216 -560] ما معنى قول الحافظ ابن كثير في قوله تعالى: (الذين أنعمت عليهم) أن فيها رد على القدرية؟ — youtube.com
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