The discussion on free will and predestination automatically led to deliberation on the idea of “justice”. This is because there is a direct connection between free will and justice on the one hand, and between predestination and injustice on the other. SOURCE: DIVINE JUSTICE | AYATOLLAH MURTADA MUTAHHARI (R)
History of Islam on the whole indicates…
History of Islam on the whole indicates that the Muslims of early era had a firm belief in fate and destiny. They did not see any inconsistency between their being masters of their own destiny and their belief in this doctrine. They considered it to be an indisputable fact that not only destiny was changeable…
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History show that during the Umayyad…
History show that during the Umayyad period the rulers made full use of the doctrine of fate and destiny. They were staunch supporters of predestination, and persecuted those who preached self-respect, liberty and free will. That is why this sentence became proverbial: ‘Predestinarianism and anthropomorphism are the doctrines of the Umayyads whereas justice and monotheism…
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A believer in predestination does not care…
A believer in predestination does not care to promote his personality, to reform his moral conduct and to control his actions because he disbelieves in the system of cause and effect and gives no heed to the relationship between man, his deeds and his spiritual and moral personality on the one hand and his happy…
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The doctrine of predestination encourages…
The doctrine of predestination encourages the oppressors and binds the hands of the credulous oppressed. Those who are able to occupy wrongly a position which they do not deserve or acquire wealth by unlawful means, always talk of the blessing and favour of Allah. They say that He favours whomsoever he likes. His bounty is…
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