LessonsCreed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through QuestionsQuiz

Question: If a sin occurs, does its occurrence prove that Allah approves of it?

Answer: No. Will concerns the occurrence of an event; approval concerns whether it is pleasing and acceptable. The occurrence of a sin does not make it lawful or approved.

وَلَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا مَا يُرِيدُ.
Nothing occurs except what He wills.

Follow-up: What, then, must the person do?

Clarification: The revealed command remains the standard. One must avoid forbidden acts and repent after wrongdoing; decree cannot be turned into a legal or moral excuse for disobedience.

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Distinguishing divine will from approval

Creed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through Questions

Question: If a sin occurs, does its occurrence prove that Allah approves of it?

Answer: No. Will concerns the occurrence of an event; approval concerns whether it is pleasing and acceptable. The occurrence of a sin does not make it lawful or approved.

وَلَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا مَا يُرِيدُ.
Nothing occurs except what He wills.

Follow-up: What, then, must the person do?

Clarification: The revealed command remains the standard. One must avoid forbidden acts and repent after wrongdoing; decree cannot be turned into a legal or moral excuse for disobedience.