The Shaykh's discussion of the Jabriyyah sect regarding their belief in divine decree.

The Shaykh : Since the matter is such that everything is decreed by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), people necessarily differ regarding this divine decree, falling into three schools of thought. Two of these schools agree in believing in it and affirming it, as is obligatory, but they differ in interpreting the divine decree in terms of its relation to human acquisition and will. One of them holds that there is no necessary connection between belief in the divine decree and the belief that the human being is compelled in that matter; these are the ones called the Jabriyyah. And, unfortunately, the Asha'irah are among them. They say that since everything is by divine decree, and everything has been decreed by Allah, as in the hadith of al-Bukhari and others from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in which he said: . This hadith appears in the book *al-Jami' fi al-Usul*, titled *al-Taj al-Jami' li al-Usul*, with an addition to its text that has no basis, namely: . The phrase "by divine decree" (bi qada') has no basis in the hadith. The author attributed this hadith with this addition to al-Bukhari and others from the authors of the six books, but there is no basis for this addition with any of them, nor with anyone else who narrated the hadith. The point is that the Asha'irah, following the Jabriyyah, said that since everything is decreed by Allah, and what Allah has decreed must necessarily occur, then the human being is compelled and not a chooser.