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However, the Quran also states: “But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.”(5) And Allah states: “…For Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills…”(6) What kind of contradiction is this? Exalted be Allah from contradicting Himself. It is this kind of mental torture and struggles that I went through every day: On the one hand, Allah asserts His Justice, yet on the other, He asserts His Will to do as He pleases because He is the Creator.

Now, if an inquiring mind asked those scholars how can Allah force someone to commit adultery, for example, and then condemn him to hell, they would claim that the questioner is a disbeliever that has abandoned his religion! It is this kind of avoidance of the crucial issues in one’s existence and religion that has fostered intellectual decay in the Ummah of Muhammad (PBUHH). THE SUNNIS AND THE QUESTION OF DESTINY Dr.

al-Tijani narrates a brief encounter with a Sunni scholar that asserts that EVERYTHING is the will of Allah. So Dr.

al-Tijani countered his argument with the following: First, marriage is NOT the Will of Allah because Allah says: “…..Marry women of YOUR CHOICE…..”(7) Second, divorce is NOT “written — i.e., not the Will of Allah” either: “A divorce is only permissible twice; after that, the parties should either hold together on equitable terms or separate with kindness….”(8) That is, the parties are AT LIBERTY to separate or maintain a relationship; they are NOT forced or coerced.

Third, adultery is NOT the Will of Allah either: “Nor come nigh to adultery: For it is an indecent (deed) and an evil way.”(9) You are AT LIBERTY to commit or refrain from adultery. Fourth, drinking alcohol is also NOT the Will of Allah: “Satan’s plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: Will ye not then abstain?” (10) You are AT LIBERTY to abstain.