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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the Qadariyyah declared to be in disbelief?

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Question:
Now, regarding the doctrine of the Qadariyyah, who deny divine decree and destiny, are they declared to be in disbelief? The scholars have distinguished the matter. They said: The one who denies the first level, which is knowledge—the one who denies the first level, which is knowledge, and says that Allah does not know things before they exist, but only knows them when they exist—

Answer:
before they exist, Allah does not know them. This is what the one who held this view is declared to be in disbelief for, because he denied the knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But they say that those who held the denial of knowledge have perished. They perished from among the Mu'tazilah, and they are disbelievers because they denied the knowledge of Allah.
As for the rest of the Mu'tazilah, they affirm the eternal knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). They affirm the knowledge of Allah, but they deny divine decree. They are people of misguidance and do not reach the level of disbelief. They are considered people of misguidance because they affirmed the knowledge of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and affirmed the writing in the Preserved Tablet. They only denied the actions of the servants. That is, they affirmed them but exaggerated in them, saying that they occur without the will of Allah and the will of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So they were misguided in this. And this exists and continues. This exists and continues among the Mu'tazilah and those who adopted their doctrine from the misguided sects.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 289 - هل يُحكم على القدريّة بالكفر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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