In order to criticize conception of predestination in Islam, orientalists used to refer to plague in classical times and to cholera epidemic in modern times, claiming that that Muslims did not take the necessary measures against these diseases; and this was so because of Muslims’ religion itself. Being affected by these claims Islamic scholars agreed on that Muslims had misunderstood predestination, i.e. qada’ and qadar. These scholars frequently used the narration that Omar (r.a) did not conquer Sham and turned back because of plague as the right attitude towards predestination. In this study we handle how Islamic historical practice have understood the relation between diseases and qadar; besides we analyze Omar’s attitude and also the term precaution/tadbîr in this context
ISSN: 1309-2030 KADER Kelam Araştırmaları Dergisi