Is it permissible to attribute blessings to luck?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people attribute blessings to luck and do not attribute them to Allah the Exalted. What is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
This is what Qarun said before them. Allah mentioned that when a person is blessed by Allah with a favor, he says, "This is for me; this is for me," meaning, "I deserve it," and he does not say, "This is from the grace of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He." This is an old habit among people: they attribute blessings to other than Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And if a good thing befalls them,[Al-A'raf 7:131] meaning, "We deserve it," [Al-A'raf 7:131] and as they said to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), that if they [An-Nisa 4:78] they deserve it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people attribute blessings to luck and do not attribute them to Allah the Exalted. What is the ruling on their action?
Answer:
This is what Qarun said before them. Allah mentioned that when a person is blessed by Allah with a favor, he says, "This is for me; this is for me," meaning, "I deserve it," and he does not say, "This is from the grace of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He." This is an old habit among people: they attribute blessings to other than Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And if a good thing befalls them,
they said, "This is ours
قَالُوا لَنَا هَٰذِهِAnd if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him
وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُif good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allah "; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This
تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ مِنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا هَٰذِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [457 -858] هل يجوز أن تنسب النعم إلى الحظ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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