بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
The Stances To Be Adopted With Regard To
Decreed Events
[From ‘al-Fawaa·id’ (pp.46-47) of Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله d.751H.]
Translated by Dawood Burbank رحمه الله
“When something
pre-decreed happens to the servant, and it is something which he dislikes, then
he must adopt six stances regarding it:
The first: The
stance of Tawheed: and that Allaah is the One Who decreed it, willed it,
and created it. Whatever Allaah willed occurs, and whatever He did not will
shall not occur.
The second: The
stance of Justice (al-`Adl): And that His Judgment applies and occurs
upon him, and whatever He ordains concerning him is fully just.
The third: The
stance of Mercy (ar-Rahmah): And that His Mercy in this decreed matter
outweighs His Anger, and His punishing; and that Mercy is its basis.
The fourth: The
stance of Wisdom (al-Hikmah): And that His Wisdom -He the One free of
all imperfections- necessitated that it should occur. He did not ordain it
without purpose or frivolously.
The fifth: The
stance of Praise (al-Hamd): And that He- the Perfect- deserves full
praise for that, from every aspect.
The sixth: The
stance of Servitude (al-`Uboodiyyah): And that he (man) is entirely a
slave, in every sense. The Judgments and Decrees of his Master apply and occur
upon him, since he belongs to Him and is His slave. So He controls him such
that he is under His Decrees which relate to the creation, just as He controls
him in his being under His Judgments relating to the Religion. So it is fully
appropriate that these Decrees occur upon him.”
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