Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A What Does Good and Bad Signify in the Context of Belief in Destiny

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			There's a question
		

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			that
		

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			that Allah most
		

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			high and his messenger have emphasized belief in
		

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			destiny, both it's good and bad. What does
		

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			the good and bad mean?
		

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			So belief in destiny that Allah has decreed
		

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			everything
		

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			and when things happen, it is destiny unfolding.
		

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			But these do not lift our moral responsibility
		

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			in any way whatsoever. The very fact that
		

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			we have to believe in destiny means that
		

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			we have
		

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			agency and choice.
		

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			So
		

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			practically,
		

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			as believers,
		

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			we
		

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			believe in that everything.
		

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			Everything
		

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			is by an eternal decree
		

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			and it is destiny unfolding.
		

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			All of it. Allah
		

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			is
		

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			the creator of absolutely everything.
		

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			And
		

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			with respect to Allah, we do not have
		

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			the notion of anything being good or bad
		

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			because good and bad
		

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			are standards by which we weigh
		

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			those who owe others
		

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			rights and responsibilities.
		

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			But Allah does not owe anyone anything.
		

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			So good and bad relate either
		

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			to the moral good and bad,
		

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			right, and who sets what the what's the
		

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			moral good and bad that which there's accountability
		

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			in the hereafter?
		

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			Allah
		

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			Or it is the things that are pleasing
		

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			or displeasing to to us. So when it
		

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			comes to
		

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			what is pleasing and displeasing to us,
		

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			it is all from Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		

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			We should have
		

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			that certitude and that conviction. So it is
		

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			all
		

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			from Allah mighty and majestic.
		

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			Whether we like it or we don't and
		

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			the wisdom in it is that it's a
		

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			test.
		

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			And Allah has created us and what we
		

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			do. So the good that we do and
		

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			the bad
		

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			we choose them and Allah is the creator.
		

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			Right? So
		

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			good and bad do not relate to Allah.
		

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			Good and bad either relate to our choices
		

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			which are our choices but Allah is the
		

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			creator
		

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			of both the human
		

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			and what they do. As as Imam Alakani
		

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			says in
		

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			Allah is the creator of his servant and
		

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			all they do. Why? Because Allah tells us
		

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			in the Quran.
		

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			Allahu
		

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			Allah is the creator of everything.
		

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			Allah has created you in all that you
		

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			do. So whatever we do, whether it is
		

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			morally good or bad, Allah is the one
		

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			who has created it. We have chosen it.
		

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			And that's what it is our choices that
		

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			we are morally responsible for. And the things
		

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			that we like and dislike
		

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			is the other notion of good and bad.
		

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			Allah is their creator. What is the wisdom
		

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			in his creating? It's a test.
		

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			To test you which of you is best
		

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			in action. And what is that action?
		

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			Either when we choose
		

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			in initiating an action or how we respond
		

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			to what comes
		

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			to us. May Allah grant us facilitation
		

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			and good.