Shadee Elmasry – How do we have free will if everything is ordained

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The speaker discusses the concept of "compulsion" and how it is not something that is specific to one person or group. They also mention a question about "how do we believe in free will" and how it is not related to theatrics. The speaker emphasizes that Compulsion is not something that is specific to one person or group and that responsibility is recognized when harm is done to another person.

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			All right, next question. How do
we believe in free will when we
		
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			believe in Allah's cudham? See, I
love these types of questions. I'm
		
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			not into theatrics, the type of
Dawa, that's just theatrics, that
		
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			stuff is going to end. Right? That
stuff is short term. This is the
		
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			real stuff that I love, right?
Even if it's like some people
		
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			like, oh, I don't want to talk
about these too. Too difficult.
		
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			No, this is the meat and potatoes.
Kada of Allah subhanho wa Taala is
		
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			that Allah, it has knowledge of
all things with himself. Okay?
		
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			There is no compulsion. It is no
different than if you know your
		
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			kid. And you know how much they
love candy. Then you gave them a
		
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			basket of candy and a basket of
lettuce. Which one are they going
		
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			to take? You know for sure. Right?
They're going to take the candy,
		
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			have you compelled them? No. So we
separate between divine knowledge
		
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			of all things. And compulsion.
There's no compulsion at all. But
		
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			there's divine knowledge.
		
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			You're responsible because you are
not forced. Right? There's no
		
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			compulsion.
		
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			And the proof that you're that it
is known that there's no
		
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			compulsion is that
		
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			when we harm one another, we go to
court go tell them I was compelled
		
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			right.
		
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