The Response to the Jabriyyah in Their Claim That the Servant Is Compelled
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How do we respond to the Jabriyyah who claim that the servant is compelled in his actions, and therefore is not held accountable?
Answer:
Well, if he slaps you on the face and wants to ask you why, tell him: This is decreed, my brother, this is decreed. I am compelled to do this. Perhaps he will excuse you for this, or he will slap you, or he will complain about you, and he will complain while saying that you are compelled to do this. This is a contradiction, yes. So the best thing, if he says that, is to slap him on the face and say: This is decreed? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How do we respond to the Jabriyyah who claim that the servant is compelled in his actions, and therefore is not held accountable?
Answer:
Well, if he slaps you on the face and wants to ask you why, tell him: This is decreed, my brother, this is decreed. I am compelled to do this. Perhaps he will excuse you for this, or he will slap you, or he will complain about you, and he will complain while saying that you are compelled to do this. This is a contradiction, yes. So the best thing, if he says that, is to slap him on the face and say: This is decreed? Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 13-03-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (49:03)
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