Circumstances or Causes Brought Us Together
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is this phrase correct, “Circumstances brought us together” or “Causes brought us together”?
The Shaykh:
Brought us together.
The questioner:
Circumstances.
The Shaykh:
If by “circumstances brought us together” he means that there is no divine decree, and that it was circumstances or chance that gathered them, then that is not permissible. However, if he believes in divine decree and destiny, and that it was divine decree and destiny that gathered them, but he says he did not expect it—meaning by “circumstances brought us together” that he did not expect we would meet—then if that is his intention, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is this phrase correct, “Circumstances brought us together” or “Causes brought us together”?
The Shaykh:
Brought us together.
The questioner:
Circumstances.
The Shaykh:
If by “circumstances brought us together” he means that there is no divine decree, and that it was circumstances or chance that gathered them, then that is not permissible. However, if he believes in divine decree and destiny, and that it was divine decree and destiny that gathered them, but he says he did not expect it—meaning by “circumstances brought us together” that he did not expect we would meet—then if that is his intention, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (55:39)
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