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The ruling on phrases that pair the will of Allah with the will of the created

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Question : This questioner says: What is the authenticity of this phrase that was reported, in which he addressed the Imam of the Muslims, saying: "Go ahead with us wherever you wish and where success is willed for you, and direct us to where you wish, then where the will of Allah is?" I ask for your honorable opinion on this phrase, because people have spoken about it a lot. May Allah grant you success.

Answer : This phrase is undoubtedly from an ignorant person, as it appears to me, because no Muslim ever places the will of Allah after the will of the created. Whoever places the will of Allah after the will of the created while believing that has transgressed into shirk (associating partners with Allah), because it is shirk to pair the will of the created with the will of the Creator using the conjunction "and." If you say, "What Allah willed and what you willed," to any person, if you say, "What Allah willed and what you willed," you have become a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). So how about the one who says, "What you willed, then what Allah willed"? This is one who has multiplied shirk, may Allah protect us from it. But in my opinion, this is an ignorant man who does not know the meanings. The obligatory thing is that the will belongs to Allah alone, then that the will belongs to Allah and to others among those who possess will, but connected with "then." Pay attention, we have levels. The first level is to attribute the will to whom? To Allah. The second is to attribute it to Allah and to other than Allah among those who have will. And we said "among those who have will" as an objection to attributing the will to Allah and to a buried dead person, for he has no will. It is not permissible to say, "What Allah willed, then so-and-so the dead person willed," because he has no will.
The third is to attribute it as the will of Allah and the servant, connected with "and," such as saying, "What Allah willed and what you willed," or "What Allah willed and what so-and-so willed." This is a type of shirk. If the speaker believes that the will of humans is equal to the will of Allah, it is major shirk; otherwise, it is minor shirk. For this reason, when a man said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "What Allah willed and what you willed," he said, "Have you made me equal to Allah? Rather, it is what Allah willed alone." The fourth is to tie a matter to the will of humans in what humans are capable of, so this is permissible and there is no harm in it, such as the speaker saying, "If you wish, I will go to so-and-so," addressing another person, saying, "If you wish, I will go to so-and-so." This is fine.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [256] حكم العبارات التي تقرن مشيئة الله بمشيئة المخلوق - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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