On Preordainment 2014-08-30

Commentary on a hadith quoted by Imam Nawawi (rahimahullah) in his Arba'een.

  1. Unbeknown
    A very informative and admonitory commentary on the last part of the hadith#4 as found in the Arba'een of Imam Nawawi (rahimahullah):

    'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, the truthful and confirmed one, told him:

    "The way that each of you is created is that you are gathered in your mother's womb for forty days as a sperm-drop and then for a similar length of time as a blood-clot and then for a similar length of time as a lump of flesh. Then an angel is sent and he breathes the spirit (ruh) into you and is encharged with four commandments: to write down your provision, your life-span, your actions, and whether you will be happy or wretched. By Him, apart form Whom there is no god, one of you can do the actions of someone destined for the Garden until there is only an arm's length between him and it, and then what is written will overtake him and he will do the actions of someone destined for the Fire and enter it."8 And one of you can do the actions of someone destined for the Fire until there is only an arm's length between him and it, and then what is written will overtake him and he will do the actions of someone destined for the Garden and enter it."

    The part prior to it is also worth watching as this dicussion actually begins in that part: 20
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