200 FAQ On Muslims Belief by Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami

A--- Yes, they have ability and will over their acts. Their acts are actually attributed to them. They are charged therewith, rewarded and punished with accordance thereto, and Allah charged only with what they can afford. He affirmed this in His Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah.

But, they show ability only for what He enabled them, they show will only for what He willed, they can do only what He makes them doers thereto. Just as they could not create themselves, they can not create their acts. Thus, their ability, will, and acts follow His Ability, Will and Acts, as He is their Creator and the Creator of their ability, will, and acts. Moreover, their ability, will, and acts are not the same as Allah's Ability, Will, and Act, just as they are not Him Himself. Allah the Almighty is far above this! But, their created acts suit them and are actually attributed to them.

Allah is the real Doer, and the slave is the real influenced (creature), Allah is the real Guide, and the slave is the real guided (creature), thus, He attributed each of the two acts to each doer. He says: {He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly guided}. (Al-Kahf, 17) By attributing guidance to Allah and receiving guidance to the slave. As the guidance-giver is unlike the guidance receiver, the guidance is unlike receiving guidance. By the same token, Allah the Almighty misleads whomsoever He wills, and that slave is seen as a real astray. This is the same of Allah's Acting regarding His slaves. So, he who attributes the act and the influence to the slave, he becomes a disbeliever; and he who attributes both to Allah, he becomes a disbeliever; and he who attributes the act to the Creator and the influence to the creature, he is the true believer.