Rejecting the Trustworthy: A Deceptive Method of the People of Desires
When it reached Ibn ʿUmar that a people were delving into the intricacies and complexities of knowledge [i.e., speculating about the qadr (divine decree)] and that they say, “there is no divine decree”, he responded: Inform them that I am free of them and that they are free of me. He did not open a file or start an investigation and so on, as the people of innovation do nowadays. They falsely accuse others with injustice and aggression. Then, when something of their misguidance becomes clear to you and you speak about it and warn against it, they say: “He does not verify”.
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