Does the Tahrir Party have a Mu'tazilah position on the issue of divine decree and destiny?
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The questioner: Excuse me, their discussion of divine decree and destiny is with...
The Shaykh: The discussion of divine decree and destiny is not dangerous, but it lacks clarity; that is, it does not satisfy the Muslim.
The questioner: Do they have a Mu'tazilah position, meaning?
The Shaykh: It did not occur to me at that time that they had a Mu'tazilah position, because I studied the book... but it occurred to me that there was a lack of clarity. They say they have two circles, a circle within a circle, and they make this distinction. Perhaps you...
The student: It is stuck in my mind that they have a Mu'tazilah position.
The Shaykh: I do not remember, by Allah, I do not remember. I do not want to speak about people, no matter how far they are from the truth, unless I know it completely. And I tell them, "O people, you want to establish the Muslim state. The Muslim state is not established in this manner. You must understand the Islamic legal rulings, and indeed the Islamic creed, before anything else, in the correct way."
The Shaykh: The discussion of divine decree and destiny is not dangerous, but it lacks clarity; that is, it does not satisfy the Muslim.
The questioner: Do they have a Mu'tazilah position, meaning?
The Shaykh: It did not occur to me at that time that they had a Mu'tazilah position, because I studied the book... but it occurred to me that there was a lack of clarity. They say they have two circles, a circle within a circle, and they make this distinction. Perhaps you...
The student: It is stuck in my mind that they have a Mu'tazilah position.
The Shaykh: I do not remember, by Allah, I do not remember. I do not want to speak about people, no matter how far they are from the truth, unless I know it completely. And I tell them, "O people, you want to establish the Muslim state. The Muslim state is not established in this manner. You must understand the Islamic legal rulings, and indeed the Islamic creed, before anything else, in the correct way."
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