Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (8/509)

Majmu' al-FatawaIbn Taimiya

There are many such texts, and they show that the injustice which Allah has declared Himself free of is neither what the Qadariyyah describe nor what the Jabriyyah and those who agree with them describe. This matter has been examined in detail elsewhere, where Allah’s wisdom and justice have been explained. It is among the most momentous issues concerning which many earlier and later generations have fallen into confusion. An extensive discussion detailing people’s views, establishing the truth of the matter through evidence, and answering objections would not be appropriate in this response to the poem. That discussion is presented elsewhere.

In the authentic hadith narrated by Muslim in his Sahīh, Abū Dharr reports that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, related from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted, that He said:

“O My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself and have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another. O My servants, all of you are astray except those whom I have guided, so ask Me for guidance and I will guide you.

O My servants, all of you are hungry except those whom I have fed, so ask Me for food and I will feed you. O My servants, all of you are naked except those whom I have clothed, so ask Me for clothing and I will clothe you. O My servants, you sin by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so ask Me for forgiveness and I will forgive you.

O My servants, you can never harm Me, nor can you ever benefit Me. O My servants, if the first and last of you, humans and jinn alike, were all as pious in heart as the most pious man among you, that would add nothing to My dominion. O My servants, if the first and last of you, humans and jinn alike, were all as wicked in heart as the most wicked man among you, that would diminish My dominion in no way.

O My servants, if the first and last of you, humans and jinn alike, stood together on a single plain and asked of Me, and I granted each person what he asked for, that would diminish what I possess no more than a needle does when

وَمِثْلُ هَذِهِ النُّصُوصِ كَثِيرَةٌ وَهِيَ تُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ الظُّلْمَ الَّذِي نَزَّهَ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ عَنْهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ مَا تَقُولُهُ الْقَدَرِيَّةُ وَلَا مَا تَقُولُهُ الْجَبْرِيَّةُ وَمَنْ وَافَقَهُمْ وَقَدْ بُسِطَ الْكَلَامُ عَلَى تَحْقِيقِ هَذَا الْمَقَامِ فِي مَوَاضِعَ أُخَرَ وَبُيِّنَ فِيهَا حِكْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَعَدْلُهُ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْمَقَامَ هُوَ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْمَقَامَاتِ الَّتِي اضْطَرَبَ فِيهَا كَثِيرٌ مِنْ الْأَوَّلِينَ والآخرين. وَالْبَسْطُ الْكَثِيرُ الَّذِي يَنْتَهِي بِهِ إلَى تَفْصِيلِ أَقْوَالِ النَّاسِ وَحَقِيقَةُ الْأَمْرِ فِي ذَلِكَ بِبَيَانِ الدَّلَائِلِ وَالْجَوَابُ عَنْ الْمُعَارَضَاتِ لَا يُنَاسِبُ جَوَابَ هَذَا النَّظْمِ. وَهُوَ مَذْكُورٌ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ. وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ الصَّحِيحِ الَّذِي رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ {عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيمَا يَرْوِي عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا عِبَادِي إنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلَى نَفْسِي؛ وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تظالموا يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ ضَالٌّ إلَّا مَنْ هَدَيْتُهُ فَاسْتَهْدُونِي أَهْدِكُمْ - يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ جَائِعٌ إلَّا مَنْ أَطْعَمْتُهُ فَاسْتَطْعِمُونِي أُطْعِمْكُمْ يَا عِبَادِي كُلُّكُمْ عَارٍ إلَّا مَنْ كَسَوْتُهُ فَاسْتَكْسُونِي أُكْسِكُمْ يَا عِبَادِي إنَّكُمْ تُخْطِئُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَأَنَا أَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا فَاسْتَغْفِرُونِي أَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ؛ يَا عِبَادِي إنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَبْلُغُوا ضُرِّي فَتَضُرُّونِي وَلَنْ تَبْلُغُوا نَفْعِي فَتَنْفَعُونِي يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَتْقَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ مَا زَادَ ذَلِكَ فِي مُلْكِي شَيْئًا يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى أَفْجَرِ قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ مُلْكِي شَيْئًا يَا عِبَادِي لَوْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ وَآخِرَكُمْ وَإِنْسَكُمْ وَجِنَّكُمْ قَامُوا فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَسَأَلُونِي فَأَعْطَيْتُ كُلَّ إنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ مَسْأَلَتَهُ مَا نَقَصَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا عِنْدِي إلَّا كَمَا يَنْقُصُ الْمِخْيَطُ إذَا