The Ruling on the Phrase
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The Shaykh: ... and He compelled them, and He compelled them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He created them with that nature and He compelled them to sin; otherwise, what is the difference between humans and angels?
The questioner: That those people...
The Shaykh: Do you know what compulsion (jabr) means in the statement we constantly repeat to your ears, always and forever?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh:Sunan Abi Dawud 2152Sahih (Al-Albani), what does "without fail" mean?
The questioner: My Shaykh, in my understanding, due to his human weakness, he must realize this thing.
The Shaykh: What does he realize?
The questioner: The sin.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by "realize"? Say: "It must happen."
The questioner: It must happen, yes.
The Shaykh: What is the difference between your saying "It must happen" and my saying "He created them with that nature, He shaped them, and He compelled them to sin"?
The questioner: The difference, my Shaykh, as I see it, is that the first involves coercion and compulsion, whereas the other is from his own self.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by "the other"?
The questioner: That he falls into sin because of his weakness.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Connect your previous statement with your subsequent one. Write down what you said. You said: "It must happen," it must.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: "It must" is the compulsion.
The questioner: "It must" is the compulsion, by Allah... My Shaykh.
The Shaykh: What is it that...?
The questioner: I mean, you have not clarified it yet.
The Shaykh: My brother, I have not clarified it, but it was not you who said it that way, or was it me who said "it must"?
The questioner: "It must," yes. But "it must," my Shaykh, behind it is the cause of this necessity, which is humanity. This humanity: He created humans and did not create them of the same kind as the angels.
The Shaykh: You have returned to my words. What is the difference then? What is the difference between humans and angels?
The questioner: That those are protected from...
The Shaykh: And humans?
The questioner: They are not protected.
The Shaykh: What does that mean as a result? Can they be protected?
The questioner: No, they cannot, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: So what is the compulsion? Can you be a woman?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: What is the compulsion?
The questioner: It is...
The Shaykh: I mean, do not hold me accountable if I tell you now that your situation is like that of schoolchildren: is a qintar of cotton heavier or a qintar of lead? No, the lead. And the result is the same. I say "He created them, He shaped them, and He compelled them," and you say "it must." The word "compelled" is heavier than "it must," and it is the same thing.
The questioner: It is only the weight.
The Shaykh: I am telling you, it is the same. Cotton or lead, it is the same.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my Shaykh. I say, if you permit me.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He created them with that nature and He compelled them to sin; otherwise, what is the difference between humans and angels?
The questioner: That those people...
The Shaykh: Do you know what compulsion (jabr) means in the statement we constantly repeat to your ears, always and forever?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh:
Allaah has decreed for the children of Adam a share in adultery, he will get it by all means
كُتِبَ على ابن آدم حظُّه من الزنا ؛ فهو مدركه لا محالةThe questioner: My Shaykh, in my understanding, due to his human weakness, he must realize this thing.
The Shaykh: What does he realize?
The questioner: The sin.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by "realize"? Say: "It must happen."
The questioner: It must happen, yes.
The Shaykh: What is the difference between your saying "It must happen" and my saying "He created them with that nature, He shaped them, and He compelled them to sin"?
The questioner: The difference, my Shaykh, as I see it, is that the first involves coercion and compulsion, whereas the other is from his own self.
The Shaykh: What do you mean by "the other"?
The questioner: That he falls into sin because of his weakness.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Connect your previous statement with your subsequent one. Write down what you said. You said: "It must happen," it must.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: "It must" is the compulsion.
The questioner: "It must" is the compulsion, by Allah... My Shaykh.
The Shaykh: What is it that...?
The questioner: I mean, you have not clarified it yet.
The Shaykh: My brother, I have not clarified it, but it was not you who said it that way, or was it me who said "it must"?
The questioner: "It must," yes. But "it must," my Shaykh, behind it is the cause of this necessity, which is humanity. This humanity: He created humans and did not create them of the same kind as the angels.
The Shaykh: You have returned to my words. What is the difference then? What is the difference between humans and angels?
The questioner: That those are protected from...
The Shaykh: And humans?
The questioner: They are not protected.
The Shaykh: What does that mean as a result? Can they be protected?
The questioner: No, they cannot, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: So what is the compulsion? Can you be a woman?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: What is the compulsion?
The questioner: It is...
The Shaykh: I mean, do not hold me accountable if I tell you now that your situation is like that of schoolchildren: is a qintar of cotton heavier or a qintar of lead? No, the lead. And the result is the same. I say "He created them, He shaped them, and He compelled them," and you say "it must." The word "compelled" is heavier than "it must," and it is the same thing.
The questioner: It is only the weight.
The Shaykh: I am telling you, it is the same. Cotton or lead, it is the same.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my Shaykh. I say, if you permit me.
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