بـسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم
THE STANCES TO BE ADOPTED WITH REGARD TO DECREED EVENTS WHICH ARE DISAGREEABLE
[From ‘al-Fawaa’id (pp.46-47) of Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim –rahimahullaah.]
“When something predecreed happens to the servant, and
it is something which he dislikes, then he must adopt six stances regarding
it:
The first: The stance of Tawheed: and that
Allaah is the One Who decreed it, willed
it, and created it. Whatever Allaah willed occurs, and whatever He did not will
shall not occur;
The Second: The stance of Justice (al-‘Adl): And that
His Judgement applies and occurs upon him, and whatever He ordains concerning
him is fully just;
The third: The stance of Mercy (ar-Rahmah): And
that His Mercy in this decreed matter
outweighs His Anger, and His punishing; and that Mercy is its basis;
The fourth: The stance of Wisdom (al-Hikmah): And that
His Wisdom –He the One free of all imperfections – necessitated that it should
occur. He did not ordain it without purpose of frivolously.
The fifth: The stance of Praise (al-hamd): And that He-
the Perfect- deserves full praise for
that, from every aspect.
The sixth: The stance of Servitude (al-‘Uboodiyyah):
And that he is entirely a slave, in every sense. The Judgements and Decrees of
his Master apply and occur upon him, since he belongs to Him and is His slave.
So He controls him such that he is under His Decrees which relate to the
creation, just as He controls him in his being under His Judgements relating to
the Religion. So it is fully appropriate that these Decrees occur upon him.
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[Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood ibn Ronald Burbank]
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