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Is not God's choosing of some people to be messengers considered discrimination among them?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The believer must submit to God's decrees and not object to them, for objecting to His decrees contradicts the meaning of servitude to God. Muslims have been deceived by the slogan of "equality," which cannot be applied absolutely. God did not bring absolute leveling but rather justice, which is placing something in its rightful place. The decrees of God Almighty are between justice and grace, and injustice is not attributed to Him. The believer does not establish a principle and then judge God Almighty by it, for God is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned. As for the questioner's statement, "I believe that God does not differentiate between people based on race," this is true concerning reward and punishment, as the criterion for preference is piety. God Almighty said: (Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you). Nevertheless, God has favored some races of human beings over others, such as the Arabs, and legislated special rulings for them, such as the Imamate for Quraish and the prohibition of charity for Banu Hashim. As for the questioner's statement, "Is not the selection of a human to be a messenger a differentiation between people?" The answer is that God knows best where to place His message, and He chooses those who are worthy of bearing it. This choice is based on perfect knowledge and wisdom, and it is not injustice. The messengers themselves, God favored some of them over others. God Almighty said: (Those messengers—We preferred some of them over others).

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