Does Allah create the servant's choice?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says, via the World Wide Web: Does Allah the Exalted create the servant's choice? He says: Since the servant's actions are created, and choice is one of the servant's actions, does Allah the Exalted create the servant's choice?
Answer:
Without a doubt, Allah created you and what you do. Allah creates the servant himself, and creates his will, and creates his actions.[Az-Zumar 39:62]. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says, via the World Wide Web: Does Allah the Exalted create the servant's choice? He says: Since the servant's actions are created, and choice is one of the servant's actions, does Allah the Exalted create the servant's choice?
Answer:
Without a doubt, Allah created you and what you do. Allah creates the servant himself, and creates his will, and creates his actions.
Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.
اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [146/186] هل الله يخلق اختيار العبد؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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