How do we reconcile the hadith: (Whoever Allah wishes to do good by, He grants him understanding in the religion) with the verse: ((Whoever Allah wishes to guide, He expands his chest for Islam))?
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The questioner : ... Sahih Muslim 1037a And His saying, the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:125]? We find that this ... also allows for the reverse ...
The Shaykh : No, we mentioned that it is a cosmic will, not a legislative will; it is a cosmic will. And we said, for example:[Al-An'am 6:125] And this verse agrees with His saying, the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:39]
The questioner : O Shaykh, we said that this verse allows for the reverse, meaning, the more Allah wishes good for him...
The Shaykh : The point is that "whoever Allah wishes to do good by" refers to a cosmic will, not a legislative will. This is what we have established. However, it was difficult for some students to accept that the implication of the hadith is that whoever Allah does not grant understanding in the religion, He does not wish good for him. So we said yesterday, meaning, this is not a new issue. We said yesterday that the meaning is that if Allah grants him understanding in the religion, that is a sign that Allah wishes good for him. Yes.
The reader: "Chapter on the virtue of one who learns and teaches" Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Asama narrated to us from Burayd ibn 'Abdullah from Abu Burdah from Abu Musa from the Prophet
The student: ... Chapter on going out in the pursuit of knowledge
He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
من يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه في الدينwhoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam
من يرد الله أن يهديه يشرح صدره للإسلامThe Shaykh : No, we mentioned that it is a cosmic will, not a legislative will; it is a cosmic will. And we said, for example:
whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide
من يرد الله أن يشرح صدره للإسلام ومن يرد أن يضلهWhomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.
من يشأ الله يضلله ومن يشأ يجعله على صراط مستقيمThe questioner : O Shaykh, we said that this verse allows for the reverse, meaning, the more Allah wishes good for him...
The Shaykh : The point is that "whoever Allah wishes to do good by" refers to a cosmic will, not a legislative will. This is what we have established. However, it was difficult for some students to accept that the implication of the hadith is that whoever Allah does not grant understanding in the religion, He does not wish good for him. So we said yesterday, meaning, this is not a new issue. We said yesterday that the meaning is that if Allah grants him understanding in the religion, that is a sign that Allah wishes good for him. Yes.
The reader: "Chapter on the virtue of one who learns and teaches" Muhammad ibn al-'Ala' narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Asama narrated to us from Burayd ibn 'Abdullah from Abu Burdah from Abu Musa from the Prophet
The student: ... Chapter on going out in the pursuit of knowledge