Why Would Anyone, In Their Right Mind, Commit Kufr?
I am not sure if that resolves the concern. So let me explain it again: Itmam-e-Hujjat means that truth that Allah is your Lord has been made certain to everyone, rejecting this truth and the Rasool means you will face an eternal punishment. There is no chance of escape, it is 100% confirmed through Itmam-e-Hujjat that this is the future of those who will reject Allah as their Rab when it is made clear they entered this world accepting Allah as their Rab. Now anyone who is arrogant enough to commit kufr makes no sense. The entire basis of arrogance is destroyed when this reality is made clear. That means the only person who is willing to pick a fight with Allah after Itmam-e-Hujjat is asking to be put into Hell , which doesn’t seem mentally sound. And we know Allah would not punish a mentally ill person. It is possible a kaffir is arrogant to commit kufr because he is in some misunderstanding that he can beat Allah, if that is so then wouldn’t Itmam-e-Hujjat have removed this misconception? Or is a kafir simply stupid enough to think that this is all child’s play? Should Allah take such a person seriously enough to give punishment, let alone eternal punishment?
Brother Saad may be you are assuming few things here 1. Human beings act rationally if they see the evidence. That is not true. Human beings can still act in complete opposition to rationality 2. Itmam-e-hujjat is personal. It’s not. Itmam e hujjat means that Allah has put evidence around every person, given them mental tools to comprehend the truth of prophethood and Quran. It’s upto the person to go ahead, free his mind from bias and be ready to accept his mistake and change his ways. Allah won’t and haven’t made itmam e hujjat for every human being like the eg of Iblees, or the prophets. These 2 have the 100% itmam e hujjat u r talking about Rest of us do not have it and will never have it. Another eg would be of kuffar, Allah did itmam e hujjat by sending Quran and Muhammad SAW to them in their language and time period but they insisted for things that they considered to be absolute proof like seeing an angel, talking to Allah etc. So Allah did His itmam e hujjat but kuffar wanted their version so they didn’t accept Islam although there was plenty of evidence. Therefore Allah did itmam e hujjat very sufficiently but they refused to accept out their own free will. Evidence was there but they insisted on their version of itmam e hujjat Lastly your qs is an abstract one and beyond the realm of time and space. Meaning 100% itmam e hujjat can not happen in this world so therefore we can not answer this question. It’s like asking what dry water tast like (we cannot taste water vapors so we can’t answer this qs)
We r responsible to have Ilm al yaqeen or knowledge that tell us the truth. Absolute knowledge isn’t required neither it’s possible. Someone insist on seeing Allah, angels, hellfire before believing will get nowhere. Absolute knowledge will be on the day of judgement and not before. One has to accept truth about Allah in this world just like anything else. Use the available evidence, interpret arguments using intellect and come to a conclusion. This is how we make all our decisions and that’s how Allah want us to find and believe in Him Lastly your narrative about the history regarding people rebelled after Muhammad SAW death is not true. It’s a separate topic so I didn’t answer. May be u can post it as a separate thread and we’ll discuss then.
1. Good examples and explanation. If I were to understand, would you consider “kufr” as “willful ignorance” ? 2. Iblis case still stands. Whether it is kufr or not isn’t the point but rather why would Iblis pick a fight he absolutely knows he can’t win? Does this not show that he would be, “insane” in a way and should be put in a mental facility rather than cursed? 3. And I would combine point 2 with the elaboration on the King and traitor example. I am not referring to traitors that planned and failed, I am referring to a traitor that have came face to face with a powerful king, with no plan, no weapons, nothing and just declare treason to his face as the king well guarded by his men, knowing well that death will follow. Sounds suicidal, no? Mentally not sound, not deserving of punishment, no? Especially since such traitor will lose everything and gain nothing from this action. Also suicide bomber isn’t a good example since he knows he will survive into the afterlife, that’s why he does it despite death since he is certain that he won’t stay dead forever but that’s not case of picking a fight with Allah when you are aware you will not succeed. You may argue people have always been picking fight they would never succeed but usually they do genuinely think they have a chance in such cases. 4. Regarding the history of people rebelling after Prophet PBUH, I may open another question on that but can you give a one line response on that if you wish?
Again , excellent explanation. I will wait patiently for the rest of your answer. Please take your time.
Thank you. I believe I have understood your point and my question has been answered.