Theology

[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 23 Sec2] Using Qadar As An Excuse

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 22 Min Read

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَجْرِي بـِقُدْرَتِهِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ. وَمَشِيئَتُهُ تَنْفُذُ، وَلا مَشِيئَةَ لِلْعِبَادِ إِلاَّ مَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ، فَمَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ Things occur as He ordains and wills them. His

[al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 23 Sec1] Using Qadar As An Excuse

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 24 Min Read

  وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَجْرِي بـِقُدْرَتِهِ وَمَشِيئَتِهِ. وَمَشِيئَتُهُ تَنْفُذُ، وَلا مَشِيئَةَ لِلْعِبَادِ إِلاَّ مَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ، فَمَا شَاءَ لَهُمْ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ "Things occur as He ordains and wills them.

Why Allāh tests us [al-Taḥawiyyah Pt 22]

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 7 Min Read

وأمرَهم بطاعته ونهاهُم عن معصيتِه He Has Commanded Them to Obey Him and He Has Forbidden Them to Disobey Him.   The statement of the author should be read in context of

What of Those Who Never Heard of Islam [al-Tahwiyyah Pt 21]

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 10 Min Read

The fate of people who did not hear of Islām is a common question on the minds of many, yet it is easily understood when one appreciates the all-encompassing nature of Allah’s

The Sublime Qadar of Allah [al-Tahwiyyah- pt 19]

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 10 Min Read

Allāh willed that the Prophet Muhammad (Ṣallāhu 'alayhi wa salam) would be born into this world in the ‘Year of the Elephant’, 570 CE, the knowledge of that was with Him from

al-Tahwiyyah Pt 15, 16 & 17- In No Need of Creation

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad 8 Min Read

We believe that Allāh has always been the Lord, even if He had not brought anything into existence; just as He was al-Khāliq (the Creator) even if He had not created anything.