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“distinguishing Allah’s Formative Will From His Legislative Will” =========================================================================================================================================================== If Allah the Sublime may never be disobeyed against His will then disobedience may only take place by His permission, determination and will.

This is a fact we must conclude; then we may ask: How come that Allah wants the people to disobey Allah, while He orders them not to do so, never accepting or willing it? This is a complex at which the historical debate between (Al Asha'irah) and (Al Mutazilah) used to come to a stand still. Ibn AL Khayat says: Husham bin Abdul Malik (the Caliph) on hearing (Ghailan Al Damashqui)’s thesis of free choice sent for him and said to him: Woe for you Ghailan!

People keep talking about you, so tell us what you really think, if it is right we shall adhere to you. Then Husham asked the presence of (Maymoon bin Marwan) to discuss with Ghailan his opinion. Ghailan asked him. Did Allah mean to be disobeyed? Maymoon answered by asking him Was He disobeyed against his will?

Ghailan was stunned and could not answer, so Husham bin AbdulMalik dismembered him.([^19]) It is also said that (Ghailan AL Damashqui) who used to believe in man’s free choice came one day to (Rabiah AlRaii) who used to believe in determinism of destiny and fate, addressing him thus: “Are you the one who claims that Allah likes to be disobeyed?

(Rabiah) said: Are you the one who claims that Allah is disobeyed against His will?([^20]) This incredible complex may be solved by distinguishing the formative will from the legislative will, an attitude which the Progeny(A.S.) adopted to solve this problem, perhaps for the first time during the reasonable history of Islam.

Then and only then, Ghailan’s answer to Maymoon bin Marwan or to (Rabiah Al Raii) could be clear, He would not have meditated long before giving the decisive answer to this strange question. The answer is: Allah is never disobeyed by force against His will, if force and obligation is meant to signify the (formative will) rather Allah the Sublime is disobeyed by His own will without obligation or force as we have already clearly exposed.