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

All right, next question. How do we believe in free will when we

believe in Allah's cudham? See, I love these types of questions. I'm

not into theatrics, the type of Dawa, that's just theatrics, that

stuff is going to end. Right? That stuff is short term. This is the

real stuff that I love, right? Even if it's like some people

like, oh, I don't want to talk about these too. Too difficult.

No, this is the meat and potatoes. Kada of Allah subhanho wa Taala is

that Allah, it has knowledge of all things with himself. Okay?

There is no compulsion. It is no different than if you know your

kid. And you know how much they love candy. Then you gave them a

basket of candy and a basket of lettuce. Which one are they going

to take? You know for sure. Right? They're going to take the candy,

have you compelled them? No. So we separate between divine knowledge

of all things. And compulsion. There's no compulsion at all. But

there's divine knowledge.

You're responsible because you are not forced. Right? There's no

compulsion.

And the proof that you're that it is known that there's no

compulsion is that

when we harm one another, we go to court go tell them I was compelled

right.

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