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elieve in qadâ and qader, not to study them. We have to learn
about them as much as the ’Ulamâ of Ahl as-sunna have taught us
and believe in them in such a manner as prescribed by the ’Ulamâ
of Ahl as-sunna. As these true scholars [and experts of Islamic
teachings] state, Allâhu ta’âlâ knew in the eternal past all the
future good and evil deeds of mankind. When their time comes He
wills their creation, and creates them. His creation is called Taqdîr
(Divine Dispensation). He, alone, is the Creator, the Inventor.
There is no creator besides Him. No man can create anything.
Ignorant and idiotic votaries of the sects of Mu’tazila and
Qaderiyya have denied qadâ and qader. They have asserted that
man creates his own deeds. Such heretics have been on the
increase recently.
Man’s will and option assumes a certain role in the creation of
everything good or evil. When man wants to do something,
Allâhu ta’âlâ creates it if He, too, wishes it. Man’s will and option
is called kasb (acquisition). This means to say that every action,
everything man does, is actuated by Allah’s creation upon man’s
acquisition (option). The torment that will be inflicted on the
murderer is a punishment of his acquisition (option). Sectarians
called Jabriyya (necessarians or necessitarians) have denied man’s
will and acquisition. They have maintained that “Allah creates all
of man’s deeds, regardless of whether man wishes or not.
Everything man does is like the swaying of trees and leaves with
the wind. Every action is done under Allah’s compulsion. Man
cannot do anything.” These statements are kufr (disbelief). And a
person who holds such a belief will become a kâfir (disbeliever).
According to these people, “Those who perform good deeds shall
be rewarded in the hereafter. Sinners shall not be tormented.
Disbelievers, wrongdoers, sinners shall not be tormented because
the (real) maker of their sins is Allâhu ta’âlâ. So these people
have had to commit these sins.” Such misbelievers have been
cursed by all Prophets. Could it ever be said that the (involuntary)
trembling of the feet and moving them voluntarily were the same
things? The ninety-second and ninety-third âyats of (Hijr) sûra
purport, “Allâhu ta’âlâ will interrogate them for all of their
deeds.” The twenty-fourth âyat of (Wâqi’a) sûra purports, “They
shall pay for what they have done.” The twenty-ninth âyat of
(Kahf) sûra purports, “Let him who wishes, have îmân; and let
him who wills, deny. We have prepared Hell fire for those who
deny.” Some miscreants and heretics, in order to shirk the toil of
obeying the commandments and prohibitions of Allâhu ta’âlâ and
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