Refuting Those Who Deny Wisdom in Its Entirety and Explaining Their Doubt Therein

The Shaykh : Among those who deny wisdom are some of the innovators who rejected wisdom and said that wisdom is a purpose, and that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is free from purposes. If you say that He did such a thing for such a reason, it means He did it for a purpose, and Allah is free from purposes. It is obligatory to believe that Allah did this thing or legislated this thing merely by His will, preferring one thing over another without a cause, obligating this without a cause, and forbidding this without a cause. It is not permissible to say that Allah forbade such a thing for such a reason. Do you understand? Why? They said that this is a deficiency, that Allah doing a thing for the sake of a thing is a deficiency. Say that Allah does what He wills merely by His will. But the truth is that this statement is false, because it is refuted by many verses and texts. Everything containing the preposition of causation (lam al-ta'wil) indicates wisdom, and everything containing "for the sake of" (min ajl) indicates wisdom. and so on. Then we ask: Which is more perfect, one who acts without benefit or one who acts for benefit? The second. The first is folly. The first is folly. So their claim that this is a deficiency is a false claim. Rather, we say that this is perfection, and that He, Mighty and Majestic, legislating or creating for a wisdom is the ultimate perfection. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: And there are many verses in this regard. Even reason indicates the establishment of wisdom for Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
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