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and therefore He loves disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience, though He does not love them as religion; He loves them on the part of the disbeliever but not on the part of the believer.
Both positions are erroneous and contrary to the Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the early generations of the Muslim community and its leading scholars. They agree that whatever Allah wills occurs, and whatever He does not will does not occur, and that nothing occurs except by His will. They also unanimously agree that He does not love corruption, that He is not pleased with disbelief for His servants, and that the disbelievers devise by night words of which He does not approve. Those who denied His love based their position on this false premise.
فَهُوَ لِذَلِكَ يُحِبُّ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ وَلَا يُحِبُّهُ دِينًا وَيُحِبُّهُ مِنْ الْكَافِرِ وَلَا يُحِبُّهُ مِنْ الْمُؤْمِنِ. وَكِلَا الْقَوْلَيْنِ خَطَأٌ مُخَالِفٌ لِلْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَإِجْمَاعِ سَلَفِ الْأُمَّةِ وَأَئِمَّتِهَا؛ فَإِنَّهُمْ مُتَّفِقُونَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَأَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ شَيْءٌ إلَّا بِمَشِيئَتِهِ وَمُجْمِعُونَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَسَادَ وَلَا يَرْضَى لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ وَأَنَّ الْكُفَّارَ يُبَيِّتُونَ مَا لَا يَرْضَى مِنْ الْقَوْلِ وَاَلَّذِينَ نَفَوْا مَحَبَّتَهُ بَنَوْهَا عَلَى هَذَا الْأَصْلِ الْفَاسِدِ.