according to what Mufaddal b. 'Umar narrated on his authority, 'There is neither predestination nor free will , but a stance in between them.' [Mufaddal] asked, 'What is the stance in between?' He replied, 'It is like when you observe a man in sin and you advise him against it but he does not desist from it, so you leave him to his sin. Leaving him to sin after he has rejected your advice does not mean that you commanded him to sin.'