Ruling on one who is not able to see the wisdom behind one of the rulings of Allah and thinks himself to be more knowledgeable and wiser than Allah
Question

                I know Allah says in quran that on day of judgement none will object to the justice of Allah, but if in this life I am unable to understand one of allahs rules and cant help but think it's not fair, is that shirk because i think god is unfair and I know better
Praise be to Allah.
	Believing in Allah, may He be exalted, is not limited to 
	believing that He exists. Rather it is believing that and also, just as 
	importantly, believing that He possesses attributes of perfection and 
	majesty, and that what He possesses of greatness and sublimity is far beyond 
	human comprehension. This is what is referred to in the Holy Quran as “the 
	highest description (al-mathal al-a‘laa)”. Allah, may He be exalted, 
	says (interpretation of the meaning):

	“And He it is Who originates the 
	creation, then will repeat it (after it has been perished), and this is 
	easier for Him. His is the highest description (i.e. none has the right to 
	be worshipped but He, and there is nothing comparable unto Him) in the 
	heavens and in the earth. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise”

	[ar-Room 30:27].

	Al-‘Allaamah Shams ad-Deen Ibn al-Qayyim made a brilliant 
	comment on the meaning of “the highest description (al-mathal al-a‘laa)”, 
	as he (may Allah have mercy on him) said in as-Sawaa‘iq al-Mursalah 
	fi’r-Radd ‘ala al-Jahamiyyah wa’l-Mu‘attillah (2/430):

	If you want to have more understanding about this “highest 
	description”, then estimate in your mind the strength of all creatures, and 
	imagine it being all gathered and concentrated in one individual, then 
	imagine that they all have the strength of that one individual. If you 
	compare the power of that one to the power of Allah, may He be blessed and 
	exalted, you will find that there is no comparison at all, just as you will 
	find no comparison between the strength of the mosquito and the strength of 
	the lion.

	If you imagine the knowledge of all of humanity gathered into 
	one man, then you think of them all having the knowledge of that one man, 
	then their knowledge, put together, in comparison to the knowledge of Allah, 
	may He be exalted, will be like a bird pecking in the sea.

	If you estimate the wisdom of all of humanity in the same 
	manner, there can be no comparison between it and the wisdom of Allah.

	If you estimate all the beauty in existence, and imagine it 
	gathered in one person, then imagine if all people were as beautiful as that 
	one, then in comparison to the beauty of Allah, may He be exalted and 
	glorified, it is less than the light of a weak lamp in comparison to the 
	light of the sun. Allah, may He be glorified, highlighted this idea when He 
	said (interpretation of the meaning):

	“And if all the trees on the 
	earth were pens and the sea (were ink wherewith to write), with seven seas 
	behind it to add to its (supply), yet the Words of Allah would not be 
	exhausted. Verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise”

	[Luqmaan 31:27].

	So think of the oceans throughout the world as being ink, 
	beyond which there are seven more oceans surrounding it, all of them being 
	ink with which to write the words of Allah. Those seas would run dry and the 
	pens, if you imagine all the trees of the earth from the time when it was 
	created until the end of the world as being made into pens, would wear out, 
	but the words of Allah would never be exhausted. End quote.

	Once you understand this, 
	then you will realise that the rulings of Allah, may He be exalted, all stem 
	from knowledge, justice, wisdom and kindness. Allah, may He be exalted, says 
	(interpretation of the meaning):

	“And the Word of your Lord has 
	been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can change His Words. And He is 
	the All-Hearer, the All-Knower”

	[al-An‘aam 6:115].

	And Allah, may He be exalted, says, speaking of His slave and 
	Prophet, Hood (interpretation of the meaning):

	“I put my trust in Allah, my 
	Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving (living) creature but He has grasp 
	of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth)”

	[Hood 11:56].

	Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in 
	Madaarij as-Saalikeen bayna Manaazil Iyyaaka Na‘budu wa Iyyaaka Nasta‘een 
	(1/44): With regard to the verse in Soorat Hood, it clearly means, and 
	cannot be interpreted in any other way, that Allah, may He be glorified, is 
	on a straight path, and He, may He be glorified, is more deserving of being 
	on a straight path, for all His words are truth, fairness, guidance, justice 
	and wisdom, “And 
	the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice” [al-An‘aam 
	6:115]. And all His deeds are 
	beneficial, wise, merciful, just and good. Evil cannot be part of the deeds 
	or words of the One Who is on the straight path; rather evil can only be 
	part of the words and deeds of one who drifts away from that path. End 
	quote.

	Allah, may He be glorified, tells us that His rulings are 
	based on truth and justice, and the rulings of others are based on 
	ignorance.

	Think of what the word of ignorance contains of wrongdoing, 
	darkness, injustice and misguidance. Allah, may He be exalted, says 
	(interpretation of the meaning):

	“Do they then seek the judgement 
	of (the days of) Ignorance? And who is better in judgement than Allah for a 
	people who have firm Faith”

	[al-Maa’idah 5:50].

	Al-‘Allaamah Ibn al-Qayyim said in al-Sawaa‘iq al-Mursalah 
	(3/1046):

	Allah, may He be glorified, stated that every ruling that is 
	contrary to His ruling that He revealed to His Messenger is a ruling that is 
	based on whims and desires, not a ruling that is based on wisdom, and it is 
	the ruling of ignorance, not a ruling of knowledge and guidance. Allah, may 
	He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And so 
	judge (you O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) among them 
	by what Allah has revealed and follow not their vain desires, but beware of 
	them lest they turn you (O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon 
	him)) far away from some of that which Allah has sent down to you. And if 
	they turn away, then know that Allah’s Will is to punish them for some sins 
	of theirs. And truly, most of men are Faasiqoon (rebellious and disobedient 
	to Allah).
Do they 
	then seek the judgement of (the days of) Ignorance? And who is better in 
	judgement than Allah for a people who have firm Faith”

	[al-Maa’idah 5:49-50].

	Thus Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, tells us that 
	there is nothing else beyond what He has revealed except the following of 
	whims and desires which divert people from His path, and there is nothing 
	beyond His rulings except the rulings of ignorance.

	All of these views and ideas that are contrary to what the 
	Messenger brought are based on whims and desires and the rulings of 
	ignorance, even if those who propagate them describe them as 
	rationally-proven facts and certain proof, which is akin to the polytheists 
	describing their idols and statues as gods, and the hypocrites describing 
	their endeavour to spread mischief on earth and turn people away from faith 
	as an effort to spread righteousness and do what is right. End quote.

	After all of that, do you think – O insignificant slave of 
	Allah, weak creature that you are – that you know more than Allah, may He be 
	exalted, knows, and that with your weak mind you could understand that which 
	the Knower of the unseen, may He be glorified and exalted, cannot 
	understand?!

	May Allah be glorified and exalted, how great is His might 
	and how forbearing is He!

	You have indeed brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing, 
	whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the 
	mountains fall in ruins, by regarding your weak and insignificant self as 
	equal to the Lord of the Worlds!

	Where are you headed with all these misguided notions? What 
	path of misguidance is the accursed Shaytaan leading you on?

	Listen to what the wise men and philosophers say:

	Knowledge belongs to the Most Gracious, may He be glorified 
	and exalted, and everyone else is sinking in ignorance.

	What does the human being who is created from dust have to do 
	with knowledge? Rather he is striving hard to learn that he knows nothing.
	

	Even the great philosopher Abu’l-Waleed Ibn Rushd (d. 595 AH) 
	said: The truest thing that the philosophers say is that reason has a limit 
	at which it stops and cannot go beyond it. He stated this in his book 
	Tahaafut at-Tahaafut (2/534).

	Allah, in His sublime wisdom, may test His slave by making 
	him blind to the wisdom behind a command or ruling, so as to test the faith 
	of His slave and see whether he will submit to the ruling of his Lord or 
	will object to His ruling and take an arrogant stance towards Allah, may He 
	be exalted. The person with mature thinking who is truly a believer is the 
	one who submits to the ruling of his Lord, even if the wisdom behind it is 
	hidden from him, then after that he prays to his Lord and beseeches Him, 
	asking Him to guide him and teach him that which is hidden from him.

	Because Allah, may He be glorified, knows that people are 
	unable to fully comprehend His wisdom, His might and His control of the 
	affairs of His creation, He, may He be glorified, left them with no hope of 
	competing with Him in His dominion, or of questioning Him about anything 
	that He does. For it is their Lord Who will question His slaves and judge 
	them. As for His slaves, they are no more than slaves.

	Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the 
	meaning):

	“And your Lord creates 
	whatsoever He wills and chooses, no choice have they (in any matter). 
	Glorified is Allah, and exalted above all that they associate (as partners 
	with Him). 
And your 
	Lord knows what their breasts conceal, and what they reveal. 
And He is 
	Allah; Laa ilaaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). 
	all praises and thanks be to Him (both) in the first (i.e. in this world) 
	and in the last (i.e.in the Hereafter). And for Him is the Decision, and to 
	Him shall you (all) be returned”

	[al-Qasas 28:68-70]

	“To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth. And 
	those who are near Him (i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him, 
	nor are they weary (of His worship). 

	They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, 
	(and) they never slacken (to do so) 

	Or have they taken (for worship) aalihah (gods) from the 
	earth who raise the dead? 

	Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) aalihah 
	(gods) besides Allah, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified is 
	Allah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that they attribute to 
	Him! 

	He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will 
	be questioned. 

	Or have they taken for worship (other) aalihah (gods) besides 
	Him? Say: ‘Bring your proof:’ This (the Qur’an) is the Reminder for those 
	with me and the Reminder for those before me. But most of them know not the 
	Truth, so they are averse”

	[al-Anbiya’ 21:19-24].

	Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) 
	said:

	Allah is not to be questioned about what He does because of 
	His perfect wisdom, mercy and justice, not just because of His subjugation 
	of creation and His might.

	End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa (8/511)

	Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, did not appoint any 
	partner in His creation; rather He is the only Creator. There was no one who 
	witnessed that (creation) or watched it or learned about it, let alone 
	helped or assisted in it or was a partner therein:

	“I (Allah) made them (Iblees and 
	his offspring) not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the 
	heavens and the earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allah) 
	to take the misleaders as helpers”

	[al-Kahf 18:51].

	So how about a matter the nature of which is hidden from you, 
	and you were not present when it was created and first began, and you knew 
	nothing of its origin and development, yet you dispute with your Lord 
	concerning His knowledge of it, when He is the One Who has knowledge of His 
	creation, may He be glorified:
“Should 
	not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His 
	slaves) All-Aware (of everything)”
[al-Mulk 
	67:14].

	You are ignorant of your own status and have gone beyond your 
	limits and wronged yourself; you have not done yourself any favours, and you 
	have exposed yourself to grievous harm and are causing your own doom.

	The main cause of your error and misguidance is the fact that 
	you do not differentiate between what is rationally impossible and what is 
	rationally incomprehensible.

	That in which wisdom is hidden or it is rationally impossible 
	to comprehend that wisdom come under the heading of that which is rationally 
	incomprehensible, which makes people wonder about the wisdom behind things. 
	In religion you may see some matters that are beyond rational comprehension 
	(and make people of reason wonder about them), as a test from Allah to His 
	slaves.

	But there is nothing in religion that is rationally 
	impossible, and is false and incorrect according to reason. This is 
	something that Allah never included in His religion and is something that He 
	never included in His creation and command, may He be glorified. The failure 
	to differentiate between the two is the cause of many people being 
	misguided.

	Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) 
	said:

	Undoubtedly the Messengers (blessings and peace of Allah be 
	upon them) may tell people of matters that their reason cannot comprehend, 
	but they do not tell them of anything that people know on the basis of 
	reason to be impossible. So the Messengers tell people of that which is 
	rationally incomprehensible (that is, beyond the grasp of reason), but it is 
	not impossible. So whoever would like to comprehend by his reason what the 
	messengers said is akin to those concerning whom Allah, may He be exalted, 
	said:

	“And when there comes to them a 
	sign (from Allah) they say: ‘We shall not believe until we receive the like 
	of that which the Messengers of Allah had received. Allah knows best with 
	whom to place His Message”

	[al-An‘aam 6:124]

	“Nay, everyone of them desires 
	that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allah with a writing 
	that Islam is the right religion, and Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah 
	be upon him) has come with the truth from Allah the Lord of the heavens and 
	earth)”

	[al-Muddaththir 74:52].

	End quote from Dar’ Ta‘aarud al-‘Aql wa’n-Naql (7/327)

	He also said:

	It is not possible for the Messengers to say something that 
	is not possible on the basis of common sense and rational thinking. Rather 
	it is not possible for them to say something that cannot be accepted on a 
	rational basis.

	So they may say things that are incomprehensible according to 
	reason, but they are not impossible.

	And there may be something that they say that is beyond the 
	ability of some people to comprehend and imagine, because people vary in 
	their powers of reasoning. In the glory, dominion, signs and creation of the 
	Lord, may He be exalted, there are issues that people – many of them – 
	cannot understand or imagine.

	It is sufficient for you to know that Moosa (peace be upon 
	him), despite his great status, when His Lord appeared to the mountain, He 
	made it collapse to dust and Moosa fell unconscious, then when he came to, 
	he said:

	“Glory be to You, I turn to You 
	in repentance and I am the first of the believers”

	[al-A‘raaf 7:143].

	But many people think, on the basis of their reasoning, that 
	there are things that are not possible, when they are not impossible, and 
	they may think that there are things that are possible or necessary, when 
	that is not the case.

	End quote from Bayaan Talbees al-Jahamiyyah (8/534).

	The first step that a person takes on the path of Islam and 
	surrender to the Lord of the Worlds is to surrender to Him wholeheartedly, 
	and surrender to His Lordship, and not to dispute with his Lord with regard 
	to His dominion, power and deeds. 

	And he surrenders to His divinity, so he submits to His 
	rulings and accepts His commands and prohibitions. There is no way that a 
	person’s commitment to Islam can be acceptable unless he surrenders 
	completely, in every single matter, major r minor, to the Lord of the Worlds 
	and accepts His laws and His religion, whether it is in accordance with his 
	whims and desires, or not.

	Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the 
	meaning):

	“But no, by your Lord, they can 
	have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah 
	be upon him)) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no 
	resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission”

	[an-Nisa’ 4:65].

	Allah does not give you the choice, when it comes to any 
	issues of religion, to believe in some of it if it makes sense to you or 
	suits you, and to invent for yourself a law or system or religion, if you do 
	not like anything of the religion of Islam. Allah is the most free of need 
	of having any partner.

	Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the 
	meaning):

	“They (hypocrites) say: ‘We have 
	believed in Allah and in the Messenger (Muhammad (blessings and peace of 
	Allah be upon him)), and we obey,’ then a party of them turn away 
	thereafter, such are not believers. 
And when 
	they are called to Allah (i.e. His Words, the Qur’an) and His Messenger 
	(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), to judge between them, lo! a 
	party of them refuse (to come) and turn away. 
But if the 
	truth is on their sides, they come to him willingly with submission. 
	
Is there a 
	disease in their hearts? Or do they doubt or fear lest Allah and His 
	Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) should wrong them in 
	judgement. Nay, it is they themselves who are the Zaalimoon (polytheists, 
	hypocrites and wrong-doers). 
The only 
	saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah (His Words, 
	the Qur’an) and His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), to 
	judge between them, is that they say: "We hear and we obey." And such are 
	the successful (who will live forever in Paradise). 
And 
	whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be 
	upon him), fears Allah, and keeps his duty (to Him), such are the 
	successful. 
They swear 
	by Allah their strongest oaths, that if only you would order them, they 
	would leave (their homes for fighting in Allah's Cause). Say: ‘Swear you 
	not; (this) obedience (of yours) is known (to be false). Verily, Allah knows 
	well what you do’”

	[an-Noor 24:47-52]

	“It is not for a believer, man 
	or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they 
	should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His 
	Messenger, he has indeed strayed in to a plain error”

	[al-Ahzaab 33:36].

	At-Tahhaawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Religious 
	commitment cannot be sound unless one surrenders and submits, so whoever 
	tries to seek knowledge of that which was concealed from him and is not 
	content to surrender, his aspiration (to know everything) will prevent him 
	from attaining pure Tawheed, proper knowledge and sound faith. So he will 
	waver between disbelief and faith, belief and denial, acceptance and 
	rejection, controlled by doubts, confused and not believing or denying 
	anything.

	End quote from Fi Matn at-Tahhaawiyyah bi Ta‘leeq 
	al-Albaani (1/43).

	Disapproving of anything that Allah has revealed, and not 
	accepting it wholeheartedly, is what may lead a person to doom, take away 
	his faith and nullify all his deeds.

	Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the 
	meaning):

	“O you who believe! If you help 
	(in the cause of) Allah, He will help you, and make your foothold firm.
	
But those 
	who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah (Islamic Monotheism), for them is 
	destruction, and (Allah) will make their deeds vain. 
That is 
	because they hate that which Allah has sent down (this Qur’an and Islamic 
	laws etc.), so He has made their deeds fruitless”

	[Muhammad 47:7-9].

	You need to truly and sincerely renew your faith and your 
	Islam, and surrender to the Lord of the Worlds, and to take care of your 
	heart and cleanse it from what has befallen it of bad thoughts and doubts, 
	and to repent sincerely and turn anew to the Lord of the Worlds. Then you 
	will know for sure what faith means and how it should be.

	It was narrated from al-‘Abbaas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib that he 
	heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: 
	“He has found the taste of faith who is content with Allah as his Lord, 
	Islam as his religion and Muhammad as his Messenger.” Narrated by Muslim 
	(39).

	There is nothing to save you from the pain of doubt, 
	uncertainty, hesitation and confusion – there is nothing greater than the 
	Book of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Read it with understanding, 
	persist in reading it, reflecting and pondering upon its meanings, seeking 
	guidance, comfort and reassurance from it, as Allah, may He be glorified and 
	exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

	“And those who disbelieve say: 
	‘Why is not a sign sent down to him (Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah 
	be upon him)) from his Lord?’ Say: ‘Verily, Allah sends astray whom He wills 
	and guides unto Himself those who turn to Him in repentance.’ 
	
Those who 
	believed (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts 
	find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah 
	do hearts find rest”

	[ar-Ra‘d 13:27-28].

	Listen to this advice, from a smart literary man and wise 
	philosopher, who has read the words of wise men and has great knowledge of 
	philosophy and kalaam, and now is telling us of the way of salvation:

	The book of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is 
	protection and refuge; in it there is healing, clarity, guidance and light; 
	in it is the answer to every problem and to it will turn everyone who is 
	confused.

	Its verses that speak in general terms are sufficient for 
	people with sound hearts, and its verses that speak in detail offer 
	sufficient healing for people with doubts in their hearts.

	Its apparent meanings will call you in clear words to 
	surrender to that which is hidden from you.

	And its hidden meanings will indicate to you that you should 
	comply with its apparent meanings.

	This is if you understand the difference between the divine 
	and the slave.

	But if you are controlled by doubts and confusion, and you 
	cannot see the difference between the good and the bad, or differentiate 
	between the true reality of this and the false reality of that, then I fear 
	that you will be doomed and you will continue to be confused, then your fate 
	will be utter loss.

	End quote from al-Basaa’ir wa’dh-Dhakhaa’ir by at-Tawheedi 
	(2/112-113)

	And Allah knows best.