The Difference Between the Statement of the People of the Sunnah and the Statement of the Jabriyyah Regarding Divine Decree
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the difference between the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the statement of the Jabriyyah? The outcome of both statements is that a person does not go beyond the decree of Allah the Exalted by even a hand’s breadth?
Answer:
My brother, the people of the Sunnah say that a person has choice and will. The Jabriyyah say, “No, he has no will and no choice; rather, he is moved without his choice, without his choice and without his will; he is compelled.” That is what they say. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the difference between the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the statement of the Jabriyyah? The outcome of both statements is that a person does not go beyond the decree of Allah the Exalted by even a hand’s breadth?
Answer:
My brother, the people of the Sunnah say that a person has choice and will. The Jabriyyah say, “No, he has no will and no choice; rather, he is moved without his choice, without his choice and without his will; he is compelled.” That is what they say. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (55:46)
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