What is the criterion for distinguishing between the Shari'ah ruling and the cosmic ruling?
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The questioner : What is the difference between ... the wisdom between the Shari'ah ruling and the cosmic ruling
The Shaykh : Yes, the Shari'ah ruling is what Allah commanded the servants to do; whatever Allah commanded the servants to do is a Shari'ah ruling, understood? Or what He forbade them from doing is a Shari'ah ruling. As for the cosmic ruling, it is what Allah created; all created things are cosmic, understood? The sending down of rain is a cosmic ruling, while prayer is a ruling
The student: Legal
The Shaykh : Shari'ah, yes
The questioner : What do the Asha'irah say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Qamar 54:5]
The Shaykh : They have no answer, the Asha'irah
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I say the Asha'irah have no answer regarding all the attributes, meaning there are more than a thousand proofs for establishing wisdom, as mentioned by ... a thousand proofs, a thousand proofs. But whoever Allah does not give light to, he has no light. Yes
The student: The time has ended.
The questioner : ... the name al-Jabbar ...
The Shaykh : Glory be to the One of Majesty and Power.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This was mentioned before us ... Fu'ad, it was mentioned before us that the saying of Allah the Exalted implies that we should call upon Him by the name, seeking nearness to Him through the appropriate name. This was mentioned before us
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : We mentioned it
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is everything appropriate? Does appropriate mean you say, "O al-Jabbar, forgive me," or you say, "O al-Jabbar, restore me," and perhaps also "O al-Jabbar, forgive me," because forgiveness is part of restoration
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : "O al-Jabbar, take revenge on so-and-so," yes, there is no harm, it can be part of Majesty
The reciter: "[Ash-Shuraa 42:12] And we believe that with Him are the keys of the unseen, and none knows them except He. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea, and not a leaf falls but He knows it, nor a grain in the darknesses of the earth, nor anything green or dry, but it is in a clear register "
The Shaykh : Yes, the Shari'ah ruling is what Allah commanded the servants to do; whatever Allah commanded the servants to do is a Shari'ah ruling, understood? Or what He forbade them from doing is a Shari'ah ruling. As for the cosmic ruling, it is what Allah created; all created things are cosmic, understood? The sending down of rain is a cosmic ruling, while prayer is a ruling
The student: Legal
The Shaykh : Shari'ah, yes
The questioner : What do the Asha'irah say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
حكمة بالغة فما تغني النذرThe Shaykh : They have no answer, the Asha'irah
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I say the Asha'irah have no answer regarding all the attributes, meaning there are more than a thousand proofs for establishing wisdom, as mentioned by ... a thousand proofs, a thousand proofs. But whoever Allah does not give light to, he has no light. Yes
The student: The time has ended.
The questioner : ... the name al-Jabbar ...
The Shaykh : Glory be to the One of Majesty and Power.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This was mentioned before us ... Fu'ad, it was mentioned before us that the saying of Allah the Exalted
So call upon Him by them
فادعوه بهاThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : We mentioned it
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is everything appropriate? Does appropriate mean you say, "O al-Jabbar, forgive me," or you say, "O al-Jabbar, restore me," and perhaps also "O al-Jabbar, forgive me," because forgiveness is part of restoration
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : "O al-Jabbar, take revenge on so-and-so," yes, there is no harm, it can be part of Majesty
The reciter: "