Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

Fakhraddîn-i Râzî said that there must be compulsion, for, when
Allâhu ta’âlâ creates the desire of disbelief in the heart, man has to
become a disbeliever. This means to say that man’s every
movement is like the swaying of trees, the twittering of leaves, the
movements of the sun and moon. Indeed, they move as if they
were living. And man, though seeming to act optionally, moves
under compulsion. As a matter of fact, Mûsâ ‘’alaihissalâm’ said to
Âdam ‘’alaihissalâm’, ‘Allâhu ta’âlâ created you with His might.
He gave you from His own spirit. He made angels prostrate
themselves before you. He put you into Paradise. And then men
were evicted from Paradise because of you.’ In response, Âdam
‘’alaihissalâm’ asked, ‘Allâhu ta’âlâ made you a Prophet. He sent
you the Tawrât in sheets and informed you about everything.
When was the Tawrât written on those sheets?’ ‘Before He
created you,’ was the answer. Upon this Hadrat Âdam asked
again, ‘Was it written in the Tawrât that I would make a mistake
and then would be taken out of Paradise?’ ‘Yes,’ the latter said.
Then Hadrat Âdam said, ‘Then, I did what Allâhu ta’âlâ had
written in His Book.’ This true word, which is communicated in a
hadîth-i-sherîf, shows that what I say is correct,” is it permissible to
let this person go on sinning, or is it necessary to advise him to give
up that belief and ask for Allâhu ta’âlâ’s forgiveness?
Answer: He must not be allowed to remain in that state. If, as
is understood from his words, he believes that man is compelled to
sin and is excusable for his evil and that there will not be a reward
for worship, nor torment for sins, he is a zindiq. He must be killed
right away. If he feels sorry about his sins by saying that there is a
reward for worship and torment for sins, but one has to do them,
because everyone is a slave in the hands of qadâ and qadar, he will
be advised to correct that wrong belief. He will be told that his
words are wrong and will be informed of the truth of the matter.
He will be answered as follows: Allâhu ta’âlâ knew in eternity the
sins that would be committed. But a person’s goodness or badness,
whether he is for Paradise or for Hell, is known only at his last
breath. Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “A
person commits all through his life-time the sins that will lead him
to Hell-fire. Performing the good deeds that will lead him to
Paradise during the final days of his life, this very person goes to
Paradise.” Whence does this sinning scholar infer that it is Allah’s
knowledge that he will go on living in this manner and his life-time
will be completed as such, so that he thinks he has to commit sins
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