The Difference Between Cosmic Decree and Religious Legislative Will
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Question:
What is the difference between the legislative decree and the legislative will and choice?
Answer:
The difference between them is that they coincide in the case of the obedient, and they differ in the case of the disobedient and the disbeliever. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has two wills: a cosmic will and a legislative will. The cosmic will is preceded by His knowledge, and its intent is executed, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Yasin:82]. The cosmic will is executed. He (Mighty and Majestic) said: [Al-An'am:125].
And there is a legislative will, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Al-Baqarah:185] [An-Nisa:28]. This is a legislative will. He may have intended ease and commanded His servants with what brings them ease, but this may occur for some people, and the ease may not occur; they may be tested with hardship. He may have intended for people to pray, to fast, and to worship Him alone, and He commanded them to do so. Some of them prayed, fasted, and worshipped Allah, while others disbelieved, and they are the majority. This is the legislative will.
So the obedient monotheist is one in whom the two wills coincide. He agreed with Allah’s cosmic will, and he worshipped Allah alone and obeyed Him, and he agreed with the legislative will; because by his obedience to Allah and his monotheism of Allah, he also agreed with the legislative will.
As for the disobedient, he agreed with the cosmic will, but he opposed the legislative will and the legislative command, and so it is with the disbeliever.
What is the difference between the legislative decree and the legislative will and choice?
Answer:
The difference between them is that they coincide in the case of the obedient, and they differ in the case of the disobedient and the disbeliever. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has two wills: a cosmic will and a legislative will. The cosmic will is preceded by His knowledge, and its intent is executed, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُSo whoever Allah wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky
فَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَهُ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُضِلَّهُ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِAnd there is a legislative will, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship
يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَAnd Allah wants to lighten for you [your difficulties]; and mankind was created weak.
يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْكُمْ وَخُلِقَ الْإِنْسَانُ ضَعِيفًاSo the obedient monotheist is one in whom the two wills coincide. He agreed with Allah’s cosmic will, and he worshipped Allah alone and obeyed Him, and he agreed with the legislative will; because by his obedience to Allah and his monotheism of Allah, he also agreed with the legislative will.
As for the disobedient, he agreed with the cosmic will, but he opposed the legislative will and the legislative command, and so it is with the disbeliever.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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