Fatalists are those who think that a person has no choice in what he does and is compelled to do it, and that his actions are like the actions of a tree which is moved by the wind. Their opposites are those who think that a person creates or initiates his own deeds. The Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah (Sunni Muslims who follow the way of the Prophet ` (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)) follow a middle path between these two extremes and believe that man has a free will but that this will is subject to the Will of Allah. A person does not initiate his own deeds, neither is he compelled to do what he does; he can decide for himself, within the framework of the Will of Allah. And Allah knows best.
Are Muslims fatalists?
Question 7216
Are Muslims fatalists?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
Belief in the Divine Will and Decree
Source:
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr
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