- Destiny

1)  Within the knowledge of Allah (The Exalted) there is what was going to happen in the world and whatever servants were going to do, Allah (The Exalted) found this out from the beginning and wrote it down.

2) He wrote goodness in some people's fate and wrote badness in another person's fate. He did not make the person helpless by writing this down, but wrote down what the servant was going to do.

3) If He wrote evilness in a person's fate then this is because the person was going to perform evilness and if He wrote righteousness in a person's fate then this is because the person was going to perform righteousness.

4)  Allah (The Exalted's) knowledge or due to Allah (The Exalted) writing this down did not make a person helpless.

5)  It is forbidden to discuss or debate the subject of destiny, a person should only think they are not helpless like stones and therefore cannot do anything according to their will, but actually Allah (The Exalted) has given humans the power to do as they please and the reward and sin is based upon this power of will.

6) To believe yourself as totally without will or totally helpless is a misguided belief.

7)  After performing bad deeds you should not say that this happened because it was Allah (The Exalted's) will and therefore it was in my destiny, but all good things are done with the pleasure of Allah (The Exalted) and all bad deeds are done with the pleasure of one's desires.