Is the statement of the owner of the two gardens, {And if I were to be returned to my Lord, I would surely find a better return than this}, an expression of good opinion of Allah?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is mentioned in the hadithSunan ad-Darimi 20:27 and in the story in Surat al-Kahf, where the disbeliever said [Al-Kahf 18:36]. Was not this disbeliever's opinion of his Lord good in this story?
Answer:
No, this is a matter of self-admiration, a matter of being pleased with himself, and thinking that Allah will not humiliate him or punish him out of his self-admiration. He did not say this out of good opinion of Allah; rather, he said it out of self-praise and being pleased with himself.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: It is mentioned in the hadith
The Qudsi hadith: "I am as My slave thinks of Me, so let him think of Me as he wills."
القدسي أنا عند ظن عبدي بي فليظن بي ما شاء.And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."
وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًاAnswer:
No, this is a matter of self-admiration, a matter of being pleased with himself, and thinking that Allah will not humiliate him or punish him out of his self-admiration. He did not say this out of good opinion of Allah; rather, he said it out of self-praise and being pleased with himself.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3150] هل قول صاحب الجنتين {ولئن رددت إلى ربي لأجدن خيرا منها منقلبا} من حسن الظن بالله؟ — youtube.com
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