As religious belief can never agree with fatalism...
As religious belief can never agree with fatalism, religious programs, as well, are all altered by accepting this school of thought. How can we reconcile the justice of God which we have earlier proven with the school of fatalism? How is it possible that God obliges someone to do an evil deed? Then punishes him because he did it. This does not agree with any kind of logic!
Thus, by accepting the school of fatalism, spiritual rewards, punishments, heaven and hell are meaningless as well as ‘scroll of deeds’, ‘questioning’, ‘Divine reckoning’, ‘reprimanding the evildoers in the Qur’an’, ‘encouragement and praise for those who do good, all of these lose their meaning. Because according to this school, neither the good doers nor the evildoers have a choice.
In addition, in religion, one of the first issues we encounter is ‘duty’ or ‘responsibility’ but does ‘duty’ or ‘responsibility’ make any sense if a person has no choice? Can we tell a person whose hands involuntarily shake, not to shake their hands? Or tell a person who is falling down a steep mountain to stand still?
It is because of this that Imam ‘Ali (peace be upon him) says in a famous tradition recorded in the book titled “al-Kafi” that the school of fatalism is a school of idol worship whose followers are members of Iblis’ party: “These words of idol worshipping brothers, enemies of God members of Iblis’ party. (2) NOTES: ————————- Kitab Tajrubah bih al-Aqa’id. vol. 1, p. 119. Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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