Answers to the claim that Adam used the divine decree as an excuse for his sin in his story with Moses (peace be upon them both)
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Question : So, we have two answers regarding the story of Moses and Adam. The first answer
Answer : is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), which is that Moses did not argue with Adam about the sin. It is not possible for Moses, given who he was among the messengers and the people of resolve, to argue with his father about a sin from which he had repented and turned back to Allah. After he had repented, his Lord chose him and guided him; it is not possible to argue with him on that basis. Rather, Moses argued with them regarding the expulsion from Paradise. Adam then argued that this was part of the divine decree, and Adam prevailed over him. The second answer, or the second aspect, is that arguing with the divine decree is permissible after the blame is removed, or rather, after the blame is lifted.
It is permissible, there is nothing wrong with it. When is the blame lifted? When he repents. If a person repents and does not use the divine decree as an excuse for anything, whether past or future, then it is accepted from him. This aspect is a good one, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is more conceivable than the first. Yes. Yes.
Answer : is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), which is that Moses did not argue with Adam about the sin. It is not possible for Moses, given who he was among the messengers and the people of resolve, to argue with his father about a sin from which he had repented and turned back to Allah. After he had repented, his Lord chose him and guided him; it is not possible to argue with him on that basis. Rather, Moses argued with them regarding the expulsion from Paradise. Adam then argued that this was part of the divine decree, and Adam prevailed over him. The second answer, or the second aspect, is that arguing with the divine decree is permissible after the blame is removed, or rather, after the blame is lifted.
It is permissible, there is nothing wrong with it. When is the blame lifted? When he repents. If a person repents and does not use the divine decree as an excuse for anything, whether past or future, then it is accepted from him. This aspect is a good one, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is more conceivable than the first. Yes. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 474 - الأجوبة على القول باحتجاج آدم بالقدر على المعصية في قصته مع موسى عليهما السلام - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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