The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Those who associate partners with Allah will say: If Allah had willed, we would not have associated partners with Him"
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Question:
Also, his other question regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted in this verse. He asks, may Allah bless you: "Everything is by the will of Allah the Exalted, and He is the One who guides and misleads." He asks what is intended by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:148] [Al-An'am 6:148] He asks about the will in that, and that Allah has something and wisdom in that.
Answer:
Yes, this is the statement of the Jabriyyah who claim that the servant is compelled, has no choice, and acts by compulsion, like a feather in the air moved by the wind, or like a corpse in the hands of its washer. This is a false doctrine and the statement of the Jabriyyah. Allah has given the servant choice and will, and provided him with the strength by which he can act or refrain. So the servant has choice and will, and is not compelled without choice. This is a false statement, the statement of the Jabriyyah.
And this is opposed to the position of the Mu'tazilah, who say that the servant creates his own action, and that Allah has no decree in it, but rather he is the one who creates his own action. So both groups are astray and mistaken in this. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) — yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) — has a will regarding the servant, and the servant also has a will and choice. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[At-Takwir 81:28-29] So He gave the servant a will, but He tied it to the will of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, and may Allah bless you,
Also, his other question regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted in this verse. He asks, may Allah bless you: "Everything is by the will of Allah the Exalted, and He is the One who guides and misleads." He asks what is intended by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Those who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and
سَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا أَشْرَكْنَا وَلَاnor would we have prohibited anything." Likewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment. Say, "Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow not except assumption, and you are not but falsifying."
وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن شَيْءٍ كَذَٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَا قُلْ هَلْ عِندَكُم مِّنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنَا إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَخْرُصُونَAnswer:
Yes, this is the statement of the Jabriyyah who claim that the servant is compelled, has no choice, and acts by compulsion, like a feather in the air moved by the wind, or like a corpse in the hands of its washer. This is a false doctrine and the statement of the Jabriyyah. Allah has given the servant choice and will, and provided him with the strength by which he can act or refrain. So the servant has choice and will, and is not compelled without choice. This is a false statement, the statement of the Jabriyyah.
And this is opposed to the position of the Mu'tazilah, who say that the servant creates his own action, and that Allah has no decree in it, but rather he is the one who creates his own action. So both groups are astray and mistaken in this. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) — yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) — has a will regarding the servant, and the servant also has a will and choice. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
(28) For whoever wills among you to take a right course. (29) And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, and may Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى ليوم الأربعاء 1439/06/05هـ — youtube.com (2:56)
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