THE WILL OF ALLAH AND OUR DESTINY

In this article, several pieces of evidence from the holy Quran and Hadith are provided to show that the will of Allah is located in the heart of His vicegerent on the earth who has been assigned by Him as Imam, and that the Imam always volitionally accords his will with the will of Allah. Due to his reliance to Allah and his protection provided by Him, the Imam does not allow himself to will independently. Whether the information that Allah has not yet willed (i.e., the knowledge of the unseen) is observable for the Imam or not, is another issue that is addressed in the article.