Allāh Creates and Commands for Wisdoms that Return to Himself | Abu Iyaad SP

Allāh Creates and Commands for Wisdoms that Return to Himself and to His Servants

Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said:

“That which the majority of the Muslims are upon from the Salaf and the Khalaf is that Allāh the Exalted creates for a wisdom and commands for a wisdom, and this is the view {madhhab) of the leading scholars in jurisprudence and knowledge.” Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā (8/377)

Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمه الله) said:

“He the Sublime is Wise (Ḥakīm), He does not do anything in vain, nor without meaning, benefit and wisdom which is the desired goal behind the act. Rather, His the Sublime’s actions emanate from far-reaching wisdom for which He acted just as they arise on account of reasons (asbāb) for which He acted.” Shifāʾ al-ʿAlīl (p. 400)

Allāh is al-Hakīm (the All-Wise) in His creation and command, all of Allāh’s actions and His commands (in His legislations) arise from far-reaching wisdoms which return:

a) to Himself, such as aiding the believers because of His love for them and prohibiting shameful deeds because of His ghayrah, His dislike of them, and

b) to His servants, such as aiding them, and such as making lawful for them the good and wholesome and prohibiting the unwholesome and filthy.

None of this implies that He is somehow in need of goals and objectives as claimed by those who say that Allāh’s actions arise through pure will (mashīʾah) alone, devoid of wisdom, mercy and the likes.

They claim Allāh does not have objectives and goals prior to His acts (as it implies He is in need). This means He did not create Jinn and Men for any purpose or wisdom and He did not legislate and command for any purpose or wisdom.

Since they denied wisdom in Allāh’s actions and returned the affair back to pure will, they said Allāh can enter the righteous into Hellfire and the disbelievers into Paradise because the affair is one of pure will, devoid of wisdom, thus all things become possible. However, Allāh’s will is tied to His wisdom and His justice and He only wills and does that which is wise and just.

The negation of wisdom in Allāh’s actions leads to misguided statements and great corruption in belief.

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