Pakistani Actress Yashma Gill asks Dr Zakir Naik a Challenging Question about Destiny in Urdu.

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00:00Assalamu alaikum Dr. Zaiq.

00:03Walaikum assalam.

00:04Your name and your profession?

00:06My name is Yashmaa Sadgil and I am an actress.

00:09Yes.

00:10I know the time is limited but I really want to address your contribution in my journey.

00:18There was a time when I had fallen into the trap of atheism,

00:22back in the days when I was doing my bachelors.

00:25But Alhamdulillah, it was your videos and your lectures that brought me back to my religion

00:33and brought my spirituality back to me and my faith back to me.

00:37So Alhamdulillah for that and thank you for coming to my country and especially my city.

00:42You've been a mentor and you are my... I'm literally shaking right now.

00:47I'm so sorry.

00:49Okay, so the question is, pardon me if I say anything wrong because my knowledge is limited.

00:57But at the time when I was doing my research and I came across your lectures,

01:01there was everything else that I could understand.

01:04But one question still remains which is that this concept of predestination

01:10and then there is this one concept of us human beings and Jinnah having free will, right?

01:19So if everything has already been written, if everything is predestined,

01:24then the concept that if a thief steals somewhere,

01:29that was not written in advance.

01:31What is his accountability in that in terms of free will?

01:36My sister has asked an important question and she says that she was an actress

01:42and she was trapped in the web of atheism and after listening to my cassettes,

01:46Alhamdulillah she came back to her religion and Allah gave her guidance.

01:51Her main question is about appreciation.

01:55I want to congratulate you that you came back on the right path from the film industry.

02:02It is very difficult. If you were trapped in the web of media, it would have been difficult to come out.

02:06But Allah is giving guidance to many people.

02:10Allah has given guidance to you too.

02:12Her question is about appreciation, about destiny, free will.

02:16If Allah Almighty has written in my destiny that I will drink alcohol and I drink alcohol,

02:23then who is responsible? Allah.

02:27This question is very common.

02:30But often Muslims are afraid to ask,

02:34that don't give me a fatwa that I am a disbeliever.

02:37Allah Almighty encourages people to ask questions in the Quran.

02:43That is why you will read in the Quran,

02:45323 times,

02:48323 times it has been said,

02:51Qul, Qalu,

02:53they said,

02:55and 323 times Allah said,

02:58Qul, ask them.

03:00There is a question and answer book in the Quran.

03:02323 times it has been asked,

03:04what is this question?

03:06Allah says, Qul, ask them.

03:08They asked, who is Allah?

03:10Qul, Allah is.

03:12Qul, asking a question is not a bad thing.

03:16But this question is very common,

03:18that we believe in destiny, this is our faith.

03:20So if Allah Almighty has written in his destiny,

03:22that I will commit murder,

03:24I will kill someone,

03:26and I kill,

03:28then who is responsible? Allah.

03:30If it is written in my destiny that I will drink alcohol,

03:35and I drink alcohol, then who is responsible? Allah.

03:38The answer to this is,

03:40that we should understand the meaning of destiny.

03:43And this question,

03:44when I started Dawati Maidan,

03:46about 35 years ago,

03:49this question has troubled me a lot.

03:51Who asked me?

03:53Allah has helped me.

03:55Allah has helped me.

03:56People ask only after they get the answer.

03:58So for the first few years,

04:00I did a lot of research,

04:01but I did not get the answer in any book.

04:03I got the answer,

04:04then I asked the scholars,

04:05if it is correct?

04:06They said, Mashallah, it is a good answer.

04:07I will present it to you now.

04:09I will give an example,

04:11that if a teacher is teaching 100 children in the classroom,

04:14after teaching for a year,

04:16before the exam, the teacher says,

04:18this child will come first class first in the exam.

04:22This child will come second class.

04:24This child will fail.

04:26I am sorry, I am giving you an example.

04:28This is an example for you.

04:30And after the exam,

04:32it turns out to be correct.

04:33This child comes first class first,

04:35this child comes second class,

04:36this child fails.

04:37My question is,

04:39the child who fails,

04:41can he say that the teacher predicted,

04:44because the teacher predicted that I will fail,

04:47that is why I failed.

04:49Can he say this?

04:51Yes or no?

04:53No.

04:54The teacher used to see,

04:56that this child is studious,

04:58does his homework properly,

05:00is intelligent,

05:01this child is average,

05:02this child used to play hockey,

05:04used to come to class,

05:05used to watch movies.

05:07So the teacher,

05:09saw and predicted.

05:11And the teacher is often right,

05:12but a human being,

05:13can make a mistake.

05:14In the same way,

05:15Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la

05:17is not a human being.

05:19Allah has the knowledge of the unseen.

05:21Allah already knows,

05:23what decision you are going to take.

05:26For example,

05:28a person comes to the crossroads,

05:30he can choose one of the four roads,

05:33number one,

05:34road,

05:35number two,

05:36road,

05:37number three,

05:38number four.

05:39He chooses number two road.

05:40Whose choice?

05:41Human's.

05:42Yes or no?

05:44But Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la

05:45has the knowledge of the unseen.

05:47On the 5th of October,

05:50at 1.15 pm,

05:53he will come to the crossroads,

05:55he had four choices,

05:57road number one,

05:58road number two,

05:59road number three,

06:00road number four.

06:02Allah knows,

06:03that he will choose road number two.

06:05So Allah writes in his destiny,

06:07that this person,

06:09on the 5th of October,

06:11at 1.15 pm,

06:13will choose road number two.

06:16So who chose road number two?

06:18Allah or human?

06:21Allah chose or human chose?

06:24Human chose.

06:25So who is responsible?

06:26Allah or human?

06:28Human.

06:30He goes ahead,

06:31three more roads come,

06:33road A,

06:34road B,

06:35road C.

06:36He chooses road A.

06:37Allah knows,

06:38that he will choose road A.

06:39He writes it down.

06:40Who is responsible?

06:41Human.

06:42Allah knows,

06:43that after passing graduation,

06:45that person can earn with honesty

06:47or can earn by cheating.

06:49He earns by cheating.

06:51Allah writes,

06:52that after graduation,

06:54this person had option number,

06:57earn with honesty,

06:59earn by cheating.

07:00He will earn by cheating.

07:02He writes in advance.

07:04Who is choosing?

07:05Human.

07:06But Allah has the knowledge of the unseen.

07:09So Allah is writing,

07:12because he knows,

07:14that this person will do wrong.

07:16Not that Allah writes,

07:19and that person does wrong.

07:21Because that person is going to do wrong.

07:24Allah knows,

07:25Allah writes in advance.

07:27So who is responsible?

07:29Human.

07:31So Allah has the knowledge of the unseen.

07:34And Allah never makes a mistake.

07:38Allah has given you the right,

07:40that you can earn by cheating,

07:42or earn by honesty.

07:44You earn by honesty.

07:45Allah writes,

07:46that this person will earn by honesty.

07:49So who is responsible?

07:51Human.

07:52There is a hadith,

07:54that prayer can change destiny.

07:56It is true.

07:58For example,

07:59you go for an examination.

08:01Your paper is very bad.

08:03You know,

08:04that you are going to fail.

08:06You come home and pray.

08:08O Allah,

08:09pass me.

08:10Allah knows,

08:11that you are going to fail.

08:13You will fail.

08:15Allah also knows,

08:16that you will come home and pray.

08:18Isn't it?

08:19Allah also knows,

08:20that Allah will accept your prayer.

08:22Allah accepts your prayer.

08:24So it is written in the hadith,

08:26that this girl was going to fail.

08:29She comes home and prays.

08:31Allah accepts her prayer.

08:32He passes her.

08:34So we don't know,

08:36what will happen.

08:38So it is good to pray.

08:40That is why,

08:41Allah says,

08:43make yourself so great,

08:45that before every destiny,

08:47Allah will ask you,

08:48what is your will.

08:53So destiny means,

08:55Allah has given you authority.

08:58Not 100%.

09:0095%.

09:0290%.

09:03I want to destroy the world.

09:05Allah will not do that.

09:06But Allah has left your choice on you.

09:10He has given you guidance in Quran and hadith.

09:13Whether you follow it or not,

09:15it is on you.

09:16It is your free will.

09:18But if you make a mistake,

09:20you are responsible.

09:21If you do something good,

09:22you are responsible.

09:23That is why,

09:24Allah knows about destiny.

09:28So whatever wrong you do,

09:30Allah does not make you do it.

09:33So if you understand this,

09:35Insha Allah,

09:36you will follow the teachings of Quran.

09:40And Insha Allah,

09:41you will go to heaven.

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