The Belief of the People of the Sunnah and the Community in Divine Decree and Destiny
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The questioner:
He asks: What is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding divine decree and destiny?
The Shaykh:
Faith in divine decree and destiny, faith in divine decree and destiny, and that what Allah has decreed must inevitably happen; it must happen. Everything that occurs in this universe is by the decree and destiny of Allah. Nothing happens in this universe except that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has decreed it[Al-Hadid 57:22] before
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Hadid 57:22-23] No. [Al-Hadid 57:23] Therefore, it is necessary to have faith in the divine decree and destiny, and that everything is by the decree and destiny of Allah. Yes.
He asks: What is the belief of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding divine decree and destiny?
The Shaykh:
Faith in divine decree and destiny, faith in divine decree and destiny, and that what Allah has decreed must inevitably happen; it must happen. Everything that occurs in this universe is by the decree and destiny of Allah. Nothing happens in this universe except that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has decreed it
No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before
مَا أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِ أَنThe presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
indeed that, for Allah, is easy -
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ لِّكَيْلَاdespair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -
تَأْسَوْا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ
Source
دروس الحرم، درس التفسير من الحرم 05-08-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (1:00:56)
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