This lyric does not mock fate

15-2-2017 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum. I am learning a song which I will sing without music. The song contains certain lyrics regarding which I worry whether they are Islamically allowed or not. Do they in any way diminish belief in Taqdeer? Or can these be sung? Please reassure me. The lines go, "Oh, what a riddle life is! Sometimes it makes us laugh, sometimes it makes us cry."

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

We do not see any harm in saying these lines; perhaps the lyricist means that sometimes things happen in life that make a person happy or sad, and this is a reality.

So expressing this idea is not considered looking down upon belief in Qadar (fate), and there is no harm in chanting it.

Allah knows best.