“This is her home! And I am her family!” My father tries to cut in, but I don’t let him. I pull out the one card that may calm him down. “It was Allah’s will! It was meant to be!”
It might be the magic word. Mashallah.
Every Muslim believes in predestination. Islam is generous, it allows free will too. Man has free will, and he may exercise it. Allah knows what happened in the past, what happens in the present, and what will come in the future. Allah knows it all from the day of creation until the day of resurrection. We believe nothing ever happens which is not the will of God. Our destinies are carved out even before we are born. Rich or poor, sick or healthy, ugly or pretty… Every single thing. The poor soothe themselves with Allah being the one burdening them with their destiny, as d
