Combining the verse "And it is not for a man to have except what he strives for" with the hadith regarding the severance of deeds
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile His saying[An-Najm 53:39] with this hadith: when a person dies
Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. This is a specific case; this hadith specifies the general rule. There is no contradiction between a general and a specific statement.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile His saying
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰAnswer:
There is no contradiction between them. This is a specific case; this hadith specifies the general rule. There is no contradiction between a general and a specific statement.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : من الشرك أن يستغيث بغير الله أو يدعو غيره — islamhouse.com (55:38)
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