Ruling on saying: "The fates willed it" or "The circumstances willed it"
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Question:
The questioner, Yusuf 'Abd al-Latif al-'Abbad from Dammam, says in this question: We often hear...
The Shaykh: Yusuf?
The presenter: Yusuf 'Abd al-Latif al-'Abbad from Dammam says: We often hear these days the phrase "the fates willed it" or "the circumstances willed it." Is there in these phrases shirk (associating partners with Allah) ?
Answer:
This speech is not permissible. "The circumstances willed it" or "the fates willed it"—none of this is appropriate. Say: "Allah the Exalted willed it," "Our Lord willed it," "Allah willed it," "The Merciful willed it," "The Great King willed it," "Our Lord willed it." He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: [al-Insan:30], [al-Kahf:39].
The point is that will is attributed to Him, the Exalted, and not to circumstances, not to times, not to fates, nor to any other such matters, but rather it is attributed to Allah alone, the Exalted and Exalted is He. Yes.
The questioner, Yusuf 'Abd al-Latif al-'Abbad from Dammam, says in this question: We often hear...
The Shaykh: Yusuf?
The presenter: Yusuf 'Abd al-Latif al-'Abbad from Dammam says: We often hear these days the phrase "the fates willed it" or "the circumstances willed it." Is there in these phrases shirk (associating partners with Allah) ?
Answer:
This speech is not permissible. "The circumstances willed it" or "the fates willed it"—none of this is appropriate. Say: "Allah the Exalted willed it," "Our Lord willed it," "Allah willed it," "The Merciful willed it," "The Great King willed it," "Our Lord willed it." He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
And you do not will except that Allah wills
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُAnd why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '?
وَلَوْلا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِThe point is that will is attributed to Him, the Exalted, and not to circumstances, not to times, not to fates, nor to any other such matters, but rather it is attributed to Allah alone, the Exalted and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
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