Meaning: For You have power and I do not have power in the prayer of istikhara, and the response to the Jabriyyah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the prayer of istikhara that we went over yesterday, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 6382 was mentioned. He says: Is this not evidence for the Jabriyyah that the servant has no power?
Answer:
You have complete power over everything, whereas I have limited, deficient power. He has power, yet He is also incapable; He has power in one aspect and is incapable in another. As for the One who has power over everything and is not incapable, that is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the prayer of istikhara that we went over yesterday, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
fa innaka taqdiru wala aqdiru
فإنك تقدر ولا أقدرAnswer:
You have complete power over everything, whereas I have limited, deficient power. He has power, yet He is also incapable; He has power in one aspect and is incapable in another. As for the One who has power over everything and is not incapable, that is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : الوجه الثاني : أن الله - سبحانه وتعالى - خلق الخلق لعبادته — islamhouse.com (1:03:12)
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