What is the ruling on saying: "And all matters are subject to divine decree (al-qadaa)"?
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Qada' is Allah's creation of things according to His knowledge and will. There is no harm in saying: "And all matters are subject to qada'" because it is a metaphorical expression or a substitution of the annexed noun for the annexer, which is permissible in the Arabic language. Scholars have attributed matters to Allah's , as Ibn Kathir said regarding the story of Noah's son: "Destiny led him to abandon the company of the people of faith, so he drowned with his party of disbelievers and tyrants."
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