6.1. THE COUNSEL OF SHAYKH ‘ABDU’L-QADIR
It is for this reason that Shaykh (Abdu’l-Qadir and other upright Shaykhs would regularly tell the people to adhere to the two foundations of swift abidance by orders while abstaining from the unlawful and patient acceptance of destiny. Not just a good number of laymen but those on the spiritual path as well have erred regarding this matter.
Some of them only bear witness to pre-decreed destiny and the “universal reality” (haqiqa al-kawniyya) but not the “reality of the religion” (haqiqa al-diniyyd). They see that Allah is the Creator and Lord of everything and whilst admitting that it is He who destined it all they do not differentiate between the things that He loves and is pleased with and that which makes Him angry.
They do not distinguish between the oneness of worship (tawhid al-(uluhiyyah) and the oneness of lordship (tawhid al-rububiyyah), and as such only bear witness to the union affirmed by everyone, the happy and the wretched alike. This belief is attested to by people of all sorts; the believers and the unbelievers, the pious and the sinful, the true prophets and the imposters, the inhabitants of Paradise and Hell, the proteges and enemies of Allah, and the angels brought close and the defiant devils.
By Shaykhu’l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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