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 DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawm Arba'a, 1st day of Rajab 1446AH, Wednesday. 1st Jan. 2024).

Should I say “Bi-idhnilLah (by ALLAH’s leave)” or “In shaa ALLAH (if ALLAH wills)”? Which of them is better to use if you intend to do something?. BismilLah. 


One of our respected sheikhs has said that there is no much difference between you saying “In Shaa ALLAH” or “Bi-idhnilLah.” 


What is meant by both phrases is very similar, so making something conditional upon ALLAH’s WILL is similar to making it conditional upon HIS LEAVE or PERMISSION. This is because both the general WILL of ALLAH and HIS universal leave and decree are both characteristics of divine Lordship that belong to the Creator, may HE be glorified and exalted. Whatever ALLAH WILLS, HE has permitted it to happen, and whatever HE has permitted to happen, HE has willed that it be created and brought into existence. Thus, the two meanings are synonymous even though ALLAH instructed we say In Shaa ALLAH when we intend doing anything. 


The Quranic usage of these two phrases is also very close in meaning, without much difference between their meanings, as they are always used in the same context. ALLAH, may HE be exalted, says:

"It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of ALLAH" [Ibrahim 14:11] also in Qur'an 13:38. 


With regard to HIS WILL, ALLAH, may HE be exalted, says:

"Blessed is HE who, if HE WILLED, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.} [al-Furqan 25:10].


In fact, in the Quran there are some verses which mention both phrases together, which is indicative of how close they are in meaning. We see this in the verses in which ALLAH, may HE be glorified and exalted, says:

"And it is not for any human being that ALLAH should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that HE sends a messenger to reveal, by HIS permission, what HE WILLS. Indeed, HE is Most High and Wise" [ash-Shura 42:51]. Also in Qur'an 53:26 you’ll find the two phrases. May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.

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