The statement "I succeeded because of my intelligence" and whether it is disbelief in the blessing
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Question:
If a student says, "I succeeded because of my intelligence," or if a successful person says, "I succeeded because of my knowledge of trade," is this disbelief in the blessing? And if it is disbelief, is it minor or major?
Answer:
This is a statement of the kind, "I only did it because of my knowledge." So when a person says, "I succeeded because of my intelligence," or because of his cleverness, or when a person of wealth says, "I obtained this wealth through my skill and my hard work and my effort," and does not say, "This is from the favor of Allah and the success of Allah," then this is disbelief in the blessing, or minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), but it is very serious.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
If a student says, "I succeeded because of my intelligence," or if a successful person says, "I succeeded because of my knowledge of trade," is this disbelief in the blessing? And if it is disbelief, is it minor or major?
Answer:
This is a statement of the kind, "I only did it because of my knowledge." So when a person says, "I succeeded because of my intelligence," or because of his cleverness, or when a person of wealth says, "I obtained this wealth through my skill and my hard work and my effort," and does not say, "This is from the favor of Allah and the success of Allah," then this is disbelief in the blessing, or minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), but it is very serious.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-05 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (50:26)
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