What is the validity of this phrase: “We walk on the palm of the divine decree, and we do not know what is written”?
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Question:
I said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I found this phrase written on one of the cars: “We walk on the palm of the divine decree, and we do not know what is written.” Is this phrase correct?
Answer:
It is correct in meaning. As for the “palm of the divine decree” and giving the divine decree a palm, and that all of this is from what one should not do—we walk and proceed according to the divine decree and destiny that Allah has decreed for us, and we do not know what Allah has decreed for us. This is part of the meaning that the divine decree is the secret of Allah, that Allah has hidden it from us. But you must do the causes; do the causes and entrust the results to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
I said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I found this phrase written on one of the cars: “We walk on the palm of the divine decree, and we do not know what is written.” Is this phrase correct?
Answer:
It is correct in meaning. As for the “palm of the divine decree” and giving the divine decree a palm, and that all of this is from what one should not do—we walk and proceed according to the divine decree and destiny that Allah has decreed for us, and we do not know what Allah has decreed for us. This is part of the meaning that the divine decree is the secret of Allah, that Allah has hidden it from us. But you must do the causes; do the causes and entrust the results to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [136 /641] ما صحة هذه العبارة (على كف القدر نمشي ولا ندري بالمكتوب)؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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