Ahlesaabiqoon
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Qadr is not something that people should dwelve into. However, only because of deviance, the 'ulamā needed to teach Qadr more in depth so that people would have a correct understanding of it. Unfortunately, the teachings of many 'ulamā on this matter are not great.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī (رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) has commented on the hadīth of jibrīl (alayhis salām) and talked about the two degrees of affirming Qadr.
The first, which is agreed upon by every Muslim, including some of the Qadarīyyah, is that Allāh always had pre-eternal knowledge of everything, and in this sense, He decreed and 'wrote' what He always knew was going to happen. Only the extreme Qadarīyyah, who are kuffār, rejected Allāh's knowledge and decree (first degree of Qadr).
The second is that Allāh has not only known what would happen but also creates people's actions and willed/decided their actions for them. This is affirmed by Ahlus Sunnah but rejected by Qadarīyyah and even by many Muslims today. They think affirming this degree is jabr (belief that we are compelled to do actions).
You see, many Muslims hear scholars saying that just because Allāh knows what we will do does not mean He is forcing us to do what we do. However, when a Muslim hears this, he thinks this means that Allāh knows what we will do but does not *create * or *decide * what we will do.
--So if Zayd was going to sin tomorrow, Ahlus Sunnah says not only did Allāh know that, He also *decided * that Zayd would sin tomorrow and creates his action of sinning.
--Qadarīyyah and many Muslims today think Allāh only knows what Zayd will do tomorrow but does not create his action and did not decide he would sin, rather, Allāh only wrote down what He knew what would happen and the common people think the decree is just Allāh allowing zayd to sin, not deciding or creating his action.
If they reply to us that Allāh deciding what we do is jabr, we reply Allāh decides what we do, but He also decided that we would commit these actions with our own will (which is what we feel with intention). Jabr is Allāh deciding what we do without our own will (involuntary action). The jabrīyyah say all actions we commit are involuntary. Ahlus sunnah say there is a distinction between voluntary and involuntary actions, and we are responsible only for the former, but Allāh creates both types for us. This is too difficult for many Muslims to comprehend.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī (رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) has commented on the hadīth of jibrīl (alayhis salām) and talked about the two degrees of affirming Qadr.
The first, which is agreed upon by every Muslim, including some of the Qadarīyyah, is that Allāh always had pre-eternal knowledge of everything, and in this sense, He decreed and 'wrote' what He always knew was going to happen. Only the extreme Qadarīyyah, who are kuffār, rejected Allāh's knowledge and decree (first degree of Qadr).
The second is that Allāh has not only known what would happen but also creates people's actions and willed/decided their actions for them. This is affirmed by Ahlus Sunnah but rejected by Qadarīyyah and even by many Muslims today. They think affirming this degree is jabr (belief that we are compelled to do actions).
You see, many Muslims hear scholars saying that just because Allāh knows what we will do does not mean He is forcing us to do what we do. However, when a Muslim hears this, he thinks this means that Allāh knows what we will do but does not *create * or *decide * what we will do.
--So if Zayd was going to sin tomorrow, Ahlus Sunnah says not only did Allāh know that, He also *decided * that Zayd would sin tomorrow and creates his action of sinning.
--Qadarīyyah and many Muslims today think Allāh only knows what Zayd will do tomorrow but does not create his action and did not decide he would sin, rather, Allāh only wrote down what He knew what would happen and the common people think the decree is just Allāh allowing zayd to sin, not deciding or creating his action.
If they reply to us that Allāh deciding what we do is jabr, we reply Allāh decides what we do, but He also decided that we would commit these actions with our own will (which is what we feel with intention). Jabr is Allāh deciding what we do without our own will (involuntary action). The jabrīyyah say all actions we commit are involuntary. Ahlus sunnah say there is a distinction between voluntary and involuntary actions, and we are responsible only for the former, but Allāh creates both types for us. This is too difficult for many Muslims to comprehend.
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