Predestination of Good and Evil || Destiny – Qadar
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The Prophet MuHammad Sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam, said:
«الإِيمَانُ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللهِ وَمَلائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَاليَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ»
Which means: « Belief is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, the Day of Judgment, and to believe in the qadar (destiny), both the good and the evil » Related by Muslim.
The meaning of this Hadith is as follows: the creatures whom Allah has predestined, among whom there is good and evil, exist by the eternal predestination of Allâh. Thus, predestination, which is an attribute of Allah, can not be described as bad in itself.
Allâh also says in the Qur’an :
﴿ وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَآتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَاهَا وَلَٰكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّي لَأمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴾
Which means: « if God wanted, He would have guided everyone [to Islam], but God wanted there to be humans and jinn entering Hell », [surat As-sajdah ‘Ayah 13].
God does what He wants, He is not questioned about what He does. Allâh says in the Qur’an:
﴿لا يُسْأَلُ عَمّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ﴾
Which means: «God is not questioned about what He does and the slaves will be questioned», [surat Al-‘Anbiyâ’ ‘Ayah 23].