How is good opinion of Allah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Abu Thamer from Riyadh says: How is the opinion of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to be, and how do I know that I have held a good opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? Is it in the deed or in the speech?
Answer:
Both. If you hope for good from Allah and hold a good opinion of Him, then Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "I am as My servant thinks of Me," or "I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me what he wills." Good opinion of Allah is part of faith, and bad opinion of Allah is disbelief. For this reason, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said regarding the disbelievers when they entered the Fire:[Fussilat 41:23] They held an opinion of Allah other than the truth. So bad opinion of Allah is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it, and good opinion of Allah is faith. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. Abu Thamer from Riyadh says: How is the opinion of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to be, and how do I know that I have held a good opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? Is it in the deed or in the speech?
Answer:
Both. If you hope for good from Allah and hold a good opinion of Him, then Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "I am as My servant thinks of Me," or "I am as My servant thinks of Me, so let him think of Me what he wills." Good opinion of Allah is part of faith, and bad opinion of Allah is disbelief. For this reason, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said regarding the disbelievers when they entered the Fire:
And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."
وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5154] كيف يكون حسن الظن بالله؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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