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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Case Inbetween Two Concerns The Example Which the Authority Scholar Sayied Al Khouay Employed To Declare the Matter Suppose that somebody’s hand has been paralyzed, so he can not move it himself; the physician succeeded in moving it temporarily by electric power, so that the man could move it himself whenever the doctor connects electricity wire to it; in case the wire is disconnected the man would not be able to move it.

Now, if the doctor connects the wire – let us say for the sake of experiment – and the man started to move his hand doing his things by it; the doctor every now and then supplies him with the necessary power he needs; no doubt then that the man’s movement of his hand in this case is (a case inbetween two concerns), for it can not be attributed to him alone because he needs somebody to pass the power to his hand; and it can not be attributed the physician either, for the man – by his own will – has moved his hand; he – as a doer – was not obliged to act, he has acted willingly, yet he has not been authorized to act independently by all means of the word, somebody else must support him.

All acts produced by willing doers fall under this jargon. The act is man’s product; man – as a servant of Allah – can only will by Allah’s will; all Quranic verses refer to this purpose; they deny determinism - which most (Sunnies) advocate-, for they (the verses concerned) affirm man’s free choice. These verses too deny absolute authorization – which some sects advocate- proving the opposite by attributing the act to Allah.

(Later on – if Allah the Sublime wishes – we shall tackle this matter elaborately, invalidating both opinions by means of the verses concerned). The matter we have already stated is driver from the instructions of the progeny(A.S.).([^2]) “Al Shaikh Al Mufeed’s Opinion” The late Al Shaikh Al Mufeed Abi Abdullah Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Al Newman’s opinion agrees with this approach in explaining (a case inbetween two concerns).

We might summarize his opinion into two fundamental points that lay at the core of the (a case inbetween two concerns) namely: **1. Repudiating the opinion of attributing man’s deeds to Allah ** First point: All people’s deeds are attributed to them themselves and never they are Allah’s creation. This is the point of disagreement between the school of the progeny of Muhammad (A.S.) and the school of determinism.