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Are you predetermined or free to choose?

                    The issue of fate and freedom of choice in life




In the name of God, and that is sufficient, and peace and blessings be upon the Chosen Prophet and those who follow his guidance, for through him they were guided and emulated. Now then, the issue of predestination and free will is one of the most perplexing issues that has baffled Muslim scholars due to its extreme complexity. I have not found an answer that satisfied my questioner's soul except from one of the scholars, Sheikh Al-Shaarawy, who provided a logical answer that satisfied the questioner's curiosity. He said that humans are surrounded by three types of actions, as follows:


A1.Actions that are inflicted upon them: The simplest example is that  when you leave the house, for example, and find the sky raining or snowing, or that you find the weather hot or cold. These are actions that are inflicted upon you. If I were to ask you whether you are predestined or free to do this, you would tell me that you are predestined to do this.





B2. Actions that are inflicted upon them: That is, within the body, such as the circulatory system or the heartbeat The actions that occur within a human being are not free to do, but rather are inflicted by predestination. As Sheikh Al-Shaarawy said, it is part of our Creator's mercy that we are not free to do these things. Imagine with me, dear reader, if we were free to do this, and you were responsible for the heartbeat of your own heart. This way, you won't have time to work; your time will be spent on your heartbeat and other bodily functions, such as the digestive system.

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C3.Actions performed by him: These actions, such as sitting, sleeping, or studying, are actions performed by you, and you have free will over them. You have the choice to study, play, sleep, or to be Muslim, Christian, or Jewish.




So, in this life, man is driven and has free will. Al-Shaarawy said that the origin of this issue stems from man's observation in life that there are things he does by choice, and there are actions and things that occur against his will. This is how this question arose.


If man were only free to choose in all his affairs, or only driven, he would not have raised this question.

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