Mufti Menk – Do We Have Any Choice

Subhanallah.

Why does Allah allow negative things to happen?

Do you know that Allah has given man

and Allah has given his creatures

to a certain extent,

some form

of a

some form of

a choice in some of

what they do and some of what they

say, etcetera.

So Allah has given us a choice within

what he has allowed in order to test

us.

And this Allah explains in the Quran in

a

few places where Allah

says,

We guided man to the path.

We've given him the choice. Either he would

be, you know, grateful, show gratitude by worshiping

Allah alone, following what Allah has revealed, or

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showing

ungratefulness,

ingratitude,

and that would be known as,

kufr, which means disbelieving in Allah

as well. So ingratitude and disbelief come hand

in hand. You know, so Allah has allowed

us certain

a certain leeway,

but all of that is within the permission

of Allah, within the power of Allah. Nothing

happens except by the permission and knowledge of

Allah