The ruling on describing Harut and Marut as disbelievers and the difference between the legislative decree and the cosmic decree
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Are the two angels, Harut and Marut, disbelievers in Allah because they teach sorcery? And what is the difference between the legislative decree and the cosmic decree?
The Shaykh:
How can they be angels and yet be disbelievers? The questioner does not respect this; this is how one respects the angels. Should it not be said that they are disbelievers? Allah commanded them to do this as a trial for the servants, and they advise the two of them, advising them and saying:[Al-Baqarah 2:102] So do not disbelieve. The fact that they know sorcery is by Allah's command in order to test the servants and try the servants, not because they consider sorcery permissible or believe in it. If that were the case, He would not have said: [Al-Baqarah 2:102] Yes.
The questioner:
And we have established for us the difference between the legislative decree and the cosmic decree.
The Shaykh:
There is no such thing as a legislative decree; rather, there is legislative permission and cosmic permission. Legislative permission is the commands and prohibitions, and cosmic permission is what is written in the Preserved Tablet, which must come to pass. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Are the two angels, Harut and Marut, disbelievers in Allah because they teach sorcery? And what is the difference between the legislative decree and the cosmic decree?
The Shaykh:
How can they be angels and yet be disbelievers? The questioner does not respect this; this is how one respects the angels. Should it not be said that they are disbelievers? Allah commanded them to do this as a trial for the servants, and they advise the two of them, advising them and saying:
We are a trial, so do not disbelieve
إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْWe are a trial, so do not disbelieve
إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْThe questioner:
And we have established for us the difference between the legislative decree and the cosmic decree.
The Shaykh:
There is no such thing as a legislative decree; rather, there is legislative permission and cosmic permission. Legislative permission is the commands and prohibitions, and cosmic permission is what is written in the Preserved Tablet, which must come to pass. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [189] حكم الملكين اللذين يعلمان السحر - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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