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Taqdeer

· 20 Safar 1428 AH1 min readFatwa 14946English

Question

Respected Ulama, I have read your response that “Taqdeer refers to the absolute knowledge of Allah Ta'ala of everything even prior to its existence. Since the knowledge of Allah Ta'ala is perfect, everything will take place exactly according to his knowledge, but in the case of our deeds it is through the choice of every individual.”

I know in general we believe in fate and that we have a choice. But I also thought that we have to believe that good and bad fate is from Allah. So in that case, is our choice free and unlimited, or is it also according to the will of Allah. Please clarify this for me. Jazak Allah

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

There are two issues in taqdeer:

Khalq (to create)

Kasb (to earn)

Allah is the Khaliq (creator) of all things good and bad. It is clear from this that good and bad being attributed to Allah. Human beings have full and complete choice in choosing either good and bad.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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