Many people, when they commit a sin and are advised, say that this matter is written and decreed upon them. So how do we respond to them?
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The questioner : He says:The questioner : Many people, when they are advised after committing a sin, say: "This matter is written and decreed upon me." So what do we say to them?
The Shaykh : We respond to them with what Allah responded with to their like. Listen to Allah's response:[Al-An'am 6:148] - the response, the response - [Al-An'am 6:148].
He cannot answer with this answer on the Day of Resurrection, because this is denial.
And His saying: meaning Our punishment. This means that they have no argument with that. So we say: Indeed, Allah decreed that, without doubt, but He decreed upon you this sin and commanded you, what? To repent from it. He commanded you to repent from it. And I am not saying now, "Why did you disobey?" I am saying: Repent from the sin, repent from the sin. And then he has no argument.
And it is amazing that a person in worldly matters avoids what harms him and does what benefits him. When something is beneficial and more beneficial, he takes, what? The more beneficial one, and he does not go to what harms him, saying: "This is written upon me."
If there were a country with three roads, one road full of thorns, pebbles, and bandits, that is one.
Another road is paved, with no bandits, safe, but it is paved such that if a person drives a car on it, he gets dust and is harmed by it.
A third road is paved, clean, and free from harm. So one person said, "I will go with the first road." What do you say to him? Is he sane or insane? I do not think so. Is he sane or insane? Everyone says he is insane. He himself would never go there, a road full of thorns, pebbles, stones, and bandits, with no safety or comfort. Would he go with it?
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, placed two paths: the path of guidance is clearly distinct, and the path of misery is clearly distinct, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 2051 There is no ambiguity in it. So the one who chooses the path of misery is like the one who chooses, in the example we mentioned, the tangible example, what? The first road, the harmful and frightening one. But Satan whispers to them with this argument, and it is, by Allah, of no benefit to them, of no benefit to them with Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
The Shaykh : We respond to them with what Allah responded with to their like. Listen to Allah's response:
Those who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything."
سَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا أَشْرَكْنَا وَلَا آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ شَيْءٍLikewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment
كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ حَتَّى ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَاHe cannot answer with this answer on the Day of Resurrection, because this is denial.
And His saying:
until they tasted Our punishment
حتى ذاقوا بأسناAnd it is amazing that a person in worldly matters avoids what harms him and does what benefits him. When something is beneficial and more beneficial, he takes, what? The more beneficial one, and he does not go to what harms him, saying: "This is written upon me."
If there were a country with three roads, one road full of thorns, pebbles, and bandits, that is one.
Another road is paved, with no bandits, safe, but it is paved such that if a person drives a car on it, he gets dust and is harmed by it.
A third road is paved, clean, and free from harm. So one person said, "I will go with the first road." What do you say to him? Is he sane or insane? I do not think so. Is he sane or insane? Everyone says he is insane. He himself would never go there, a road full of thorns, pebbles, stones, and bandits, with no safety or comfort. Would he go with it?
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, placed two paths: the path of guidance is clearly distinct, and the path of misery is clearly distinct, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: