The Creation of Evil and Allah’s Will for It
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Question:
He says: I heard in the Friday sermon hall and the poetry that it speaks of good and evil. He said, “And Allah created evil but did not will it, and He did not will disbelief for His servants, and He created good and commanded it. He creates evil for compatibility, and for the weapon of the disbelievers. So what is your opinion?”
Answer:
And his saying “He did not will it” is a great error, and I seek refuge in Allah from it. He created evil; He willed evil and its creation for a wisdom. If he had left out the word and not said He did not will it, the speech would have been permissible. But his saying “He did not will it” is perhaps due to a slip of the tongue or ignorance on his part. So it is obligatory to be cautious of such a discrepancy. There is nothing in the universe that Allah the Exalted did not will. Yes.
He says: I heard in the Friday sermon hall and the poetry that it speaks of good and evil. He said, “And Allah created evil but did not will it, and He did not will disbelief for His servants, and He created good and commanded it. He creates evil for compatibility, and for the weapon of the disbelievers. So what is your opinion?”
Answer:
And his saying “He did not will it” is a great error, and I seek refuge in Allah from it. He created evil; He willed evil and its creation for a wisdom. If he had left out the word and not said He did not will it, the speech would have been permissible. But his saying “He did not will it” is perhaps due to a slip of the tongue or ignorance on his part. So it is obligatory to be cautious of such a discrepancy. There is nothing in the universe that Allah the Exalted did not will. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [5] — alfawzan.live (1:03:20)
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