Does taking the means contradict divine decree?
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The questioner:
Nasser, please, from Riyadh with us. Nasser, yes, we hear you over the phone. O Nasser, ask your question, may Allah preserve you. Please. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. I have two questions, Shaykh. The first question: Do the means prevent divine decree? Okay, the Shaykh will answer.
The Shaykh:
The means, my brother, are decreed. You do not do a cause except that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has decreed it. And the beneficial means must be taken with faith in divine decree and destiny. There is no contradiction between them, my brother. It is necessary to do the beneficial means with faith in the divine decree and reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes. The second question, Nasser.
The questioner:
But Shaykh, if one prevents the cause, does it prevent the decree or not?
The Shaykh:
My brother, the cause is decreed. The cause is decreed. It never contradicts the decree. Yes.
The presenter:
Okay, the second question, O Nasser.
The Shaykh:
And I advise you not to ask such questions, for there is no benefit for you in them. Ask about what concerns you in your matters of religion and worldly life. Okay. Yes.
Nasser, please, from Riyadh with us. Nasser, yes, we hear you over the phone. O Nasser, ask your question, may Allah preserve you. Please. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. I have two questions, Shaykh. The first question: Do the means prevent divine decree? Okay, the Shaykh will answer.
The Shaykh:
The means, my brother, are decreed. You do not do a cause except that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has decreed it. And the beneficial means must be taken with faith in divine decree and destiny. There is no contradiction between them, my brother. It is necessary to do the beneficial means with faith in the divine decree and reliance upon Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes. The second question, Nasser.
The questioner:
But Shaykh, if one prevents the cause, does it prevent the decree or not?
The Shaykh:
My brother, the cause is decreed. The cause is decreed. It never contradicts the decree. Yes.
The presenter:
Okay, the second question, O Nasser.
The Shaykh:
And I advise you not to ask such questions, for there is no benefit for you in them. Ask about what concerns you in your matters of religion and worldly life. Okay. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2368 - هل الأخذ بالأسباب ينافي القدر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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