[76:30]" And Allah (SWT) states: ".

📌[76:30]" And Allah (SWT) states: "...For Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills...[35:8]" What kind of contradiction is this? Exalted be Allah (SWT) from contradicting Himself. It is this kind of mental torture and struggle that I went through every day: On the one hand, Allah (SWT) asserts His (SWT) Justice, yet on the other He (SWT) asserts His (SWT) Will to do as He (SWT) pleases because He (SWT) is the Creator (SWT). Note that I agree with Dr.

al-Tijani regarding this mental struggle, and I have seen how it is destroying the fabric of our society, especially the youth. Dr. al-Tijani continues: I was not alone in this struggle, and that's why many scholars and sheiks when asked about Qada Wa Qadr (Destiny), they simply brush off the subject and say that it is not for us to decide this matter. Then the scholars state that the Prophet (PBUH&HF) said that we must believe in Qada Wa Qadr whether it is good or bad.

Now, if an inquiring mind asked those scholars how can Allah (SWT) 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 (PBUH&HF). 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 (SWT). So Dr.

al-Tijani countered his argument with the following: First, marriage is NOT the Will of Allah (SWT) because Allah (SWT) says: ".....Marry women of YOUR CHOICE.....[4:3]" Second, divorce is NOT "written -- i.e., not the Will of Allah (SWT)" either: "A divorce is only permissible twice; after that, the parties should either hold together on equitable terms, or separate with kindness....[2:229]" 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 (SWT) either: "Nor come nigh to adultery: For it is an indecent (deed) and an evil way. [17:32]" You are AT LIBERTY to commit or refrain from adultery. Fourth, drinking alcohol is also NOT the Will of Allah (SWT): "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? [5:91]" You are AT LIBERTY to abstain.

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