What is meant by "accident" in Ibn Malik's statement, "or an accident..."?
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The student: ... actions, O Shaykh, do not go beyond being either a disposition or an accident?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Are they all necessary verbs?
The Shaykh : No, no. What is meant by "accident" is the meaning that subsists in the body, and it is an accident that is the act occurring from the person, such as illness, anger, or sadness. Is this an act like striking?
The student: But illness.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Illness.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Illness...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, meaning, when do you want to become sick, and when do you want to become healthy? A person cannot make himself sick, can he?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Are they all necessary verbs?
The Shaykh : No, no. What is meant by "accident" is the meaning that subsists in the body, and it is an accident that is the act occurring from the person, such as illness, anger, or sadness. Is this an act like striking?
The student: But illness.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Illness.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: Illness...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, meaning, when do you want to become sick, and when do you want to become healthy? A person cannot make himself sick, can he?
The student: No.