The claim of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) that anger is the will for retribution: does the apparent meaning of this claim support the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
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The questioner : The claim of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) that anger is the will for retribution: is this not the view of the Zahirites? Does it support the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
The Shaykh : We say: since you have affirmed the will, He does not will anything except that what is willed for it is disliked by Allah. If He wills retribution against this person, why? Because this person is disliked by Him. He wills the reward for this person because he is loved by Him. So, however much they flee, they must fall into what they fled from, along with their distortion of the words from their proper places.
The Shaykh : We say: since you have affirmed the will, He does not will anything except that what is willed for it is disliked by Allah. If He wills retribution against this person, why? Because this person is disliked by Him. He wills the reward for this person because he is loved by Him. So, however much they flee, they must fall into what they fled from, along with their distortion of the words from their proper places.