Combining the two words qada' and qadar in the early centuries
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, was the combination of the two words qada' and qadar known in the early centuries, or was its usage different?
The Shaykh:
Allah and qadar (divine decree) are beyond doubt, and the Muslims have not been in doubt about that from the first to the last. Rather, when the Qadariyyah (a sect that denied divine decree) appeared at the end of the era of the Companions, the Muslims rejected them and were severe with them. Debates took place, and many of the propagandists of the Qadariyyah were killed because they were considered to have gone out of faith, objecting to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The Qadariyyah are a misguided sect, and some of them reach the level of kufr (disbelief), may Allah protect us from that.
The questioner:
And if the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that this faith is a legal reality, why do we not know it in the definition of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Jibril only, or is this an elevation of the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Yes, give us the next question.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah inform you, was the combination of the two words qada' and qadar known in the early centuries, or was its usage different?
The Shaykh:
Allah and qadar (divine decree) are beyond doubt, and the Muslims have not been in doubt about that from the first to the last. Rather, when the Qadariyyah (a sect that denied divine decree) appeared at the end of the era of the Companions, the Muslims rejected them and were severe with them. Debates took place, and many of the propagandists of the Qadariyyah were killed because they were considered to have gone out of faith, objecting to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). The Qadariyyah are a misguided sect, and some of them reach the level of kufr (disbelief), may Allah protect us from that.
The questioner:
And if the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that this faith is a legal reality, why do we not know it in the definition of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Jibril only, or is this an elevation of the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
Yes, give us the next question.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وقال تعالى : { ما أصاب من مصيبة في الأرض ولا في أنفسكم إلا في كتاب من قبل أن نبرأها } — islamhouse.com (1:00:40)
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