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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Regret for bad deeds does not contradict the divine decree

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Question:
The Shaykh, Abu Salih, Abu Mu'adh, Abu al-Adham, knows the divine decree.

Answer:
Does regret contradict the divine decree? How does regret contradict the divine decree? It is required that a person regrets his bad deeds and repents to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This does not contradict the divine decree; rather, it is faith in the divine decree and destiny. He regrets his own actions, not the divine decree and destiny. That is not his concern. He regrets his own actions and his own transgressions. The rule is that a person does not look at the divine decree and destiny; that is the concern of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and no one knows it except Allah. We do not know about the divine decree and destiny. What is upon us are our own actions and our own behaviors; that is what is obligatory for us.
As for not occupying ourselves with the divine decree and destiny and asking questions like "why" and "why," that is not our concern, and we have not reached the essence of it. But we occupy ourselves with our actions and behaviors, we correct what was wrong among them, and we develop what was good among them. That is our concern. Yes.
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