Allah wills and then so-and-so wills.’” (1). A man said to him, “What Allah wills and you will,” and he replied: “Have you made me a rival to Allah? Say: ‘What Allah alone wills.’” (2).

This prohibited association of partners with Allah is likewise expressed in the words of those who do not guard against it: “I depend on Allah (3) and on you”; “Allah and you suffice for me”; “I have no one but Allah and you”; “I rely (4) on Allah and on you”; “This is from Allah and from you”; “Allah is there for me in heaven, and you are there for me on earth”; and “By Allah and by your life!” These and similar expressions make (5) a created being a rival to the Creator. They are more strictly forbidden and more reprehensible than saying, “What Allah wills and you will.”

If, however, (6) someone says, “I depend on Allah, then on you,” or “What Allah wills and then you will,” there is nothing wrong with that. Thus, in the hadith of the three men, we find: “I have no means to carry on today except through Allah, then through you” (7). Likewise, the preceding hadith permits saying, “What Allah wills and then so-and-so wills.”