The leader of Hizb at-Tahrir, Taqiyyud-Din an-Nabahaniyy, said in his book, Ash-Shakhsiyyah al-Islamiyyah (Volume 1, pages 71-72): "These actions (i.e., the actions of man) are not related to Allah’s creating and Allah’s creating is not related to them, because man is the one who performs them by his will and choice, thereupon, the voluntary actions do not fall under Allah’s creating."
He also said in the same book (Volume 2, page 74): "Rendering the reward or punishment contingent upon guidance and misguidance denotes guidance and misguidance are doings of the slave and not from Allah." He stated a similar thing on page 72 in another one of his books called Nidham-ul-Islam.These words of Taqiyyud-Din an-Nabahaniyy are contrary to the Qur’an, the hadith, the explicit sound intellect, and the sayings of the scholars.
Nabahaniyy’s Negation of the Qur’an
Allah ta^ala said in Surat-ul-Furqan, Ayah 2:
which means: [He created everything and made terms for them.] Allah said in Surat As-Saffat, Ayah 96:
which means: [Allah created you and your doings.] Also, Allah said in Surat al-Qamar, Ayah 49:
which means: [Verily, I have created everything according to My Destiny.]
The term shay’ (thing) in these verses includes everything which enters into existence. Bodies, the voluntary and involuntary motions and rests of the slaves, and what pertains to them are not excluded. Moreover, voluntary actions far exceed the involuntary ones. So, if Hizb at-Tahrir’s claim was correct i.e., every voluntary action of the slave is a creation of the slave himself, then what the slaves would create among their actions would be more than what Allah creates--a thought the sound intellect totally rejects. Linguistically, the term shay’ (thing) refers to what is existing--which includes these voluntary actions.
Hence, this affirms an-Nabahaniyy’s claim is a rejection of the texts of the Qur’an and hadith. Allah, ta^ala, said in Surat ar-Rum, Ayah 30:
which means: [Who guides the one whom Allah has misguided?] Also, Allah said in Surat al-A^raf, Ayah 156, predicating about Musa:
which means: [This is only Your (i.e. O Allah) test; with it You stray whomever You willed and You guide whomever You willed.] Also, Allah said in Surat al Qasas, Ayah 57:
This means: [You (O Muhammad) do not guide whomever you would like to guide, but Allah guides whomever He wills.] This is to say that no one creates guidance in the hearts of the slaves except Allah. Allah said in Surat al-’A^raf, Ayah 155:
which means: [You misguide with it whomever You will, and guide whomever You will.] This Ayah stands as explicit evidence that Allah is the One Who creates the guidance in the hearts of those whom He willed to guide, and the misguidance in the hearts of those whom He willed to misguide.
There is no other meaning in the Arabic language for the saying of Allah:
except that Allah creates the misguidance in the hearts of those whom He willed, and He creates the guidance in the hearts of those whom He willed. This is so because the pronoun in the saying of Allah and His saying refers only to Allah--without any probability whatsoever of it referring to the slave. The meanings that Hizb at-Tahrir adopt clearly contradict the Book of Allah.
The statements of their leader also contradict the saying of Allah in Surat al-An^am, Ayah 110:
which means [We turn their hearts and sights.] In this Ayah, Allah revealed that both the actions of the hearts and the actions of the limbs are doings of Allah. Do they have a reply to this Ayah?
Allah ta^ala said in Surat al-Baqarah, Ayah 102:
which means: [They shall not harm anyone by it (i.e. sorcery) except if Allah wills.] Allah, ta^ala, said in Surat an-Nisa’, Ayah 78:
The meaning is: [If they encounter a goodness, they say it is from Allah, and if they encounter a calamity, they say it is from you. Say all are from Allah.] Also Allah said in Surat Saba’, Ayah 54:
It means: [They were blocked from what they desire.] In Surat Hud, Ayah 34, Allah said:
which means [...If Allah wanted to misguide you.] In Surat al-An^am, Ayah 109 Allah said:
which means: [As such, We have embellished for every nation that which they do.] In Surat al-Baqarah, Ayah 7, Allah said:
This means: [Allah sealed their hearts and veiled their hearing and sight.] Surat an-Nisa’, Ayah 155:
means: [Rather, Allah sealed their hearts with their blasphemy.] In Surat Yunus, Ayah 100, Allah said:
It means: [Not a soul shall believe except by the Will of Allah.] In Surat at-Takwir, Ayah 29, Allah said:
which means: [You do not will anything unless Allah, the Lord of the World, wills.] In Surat as-Sajdah, Ayah 13, Allah said:
which means: [If We had willed, We would have guided every soul.] In Surat al-Hujurat, Ayah 7, Allah said:
This means: [He made you love the belief and decorated it in your hearts.]
Hence, it is irrefutable that an-Nabahaniyy negates the Qur’an. Likewise, the statements of their leader contradict all other similar meanings that are in the Book of Allah. These meanings include: Allah is the One Who gives the belief out of His Benevolence and Generosity to whomever He wills among His slaves; Allah is the One Who makes the belief beloved to the heart of the slave, decorates it in his heart, and guides him to the straight path; Allah seals the hearts of some of His slaves; no one can do what is not written for him, and the slave does not harm or benefit himself or others except if Allah willed; all the doings of the slaves happen by the Will of Allah, and there is no saying, doing, or intention of a human which would take place except by the Will of Allah, ta^ala.
AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST
