What is the ruling on describing Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with motion, since it is a necessary concomitant of life?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on describing Allah with motion, since it is a necessary concomitant of life? And is it affirmed for Allah the Exalted that an attribute has a necessary concomitant of another attribute?
Answer:
We do not affirm for Allah except what He has affirmed for Himself. The term "motion" has not come in the Book or the Sunnah, so we do not affirm it. We do not affirm it, nor do we deny it, because nothing has come regarding it. We only affirm what is established in the Book and the Sunnah, and we deny what is established as denied in the Book and the Sunnah. As for what has not come, we neither deny it nor affirm it; we suspend judgment on it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on describing Allah with motion, since it is a necessary concomitant of life? And is it affirmed for Allah the Exalted that an attribute has a necessary concomitant of another attribute?
Answer:
We do not affirm for Allah except what He has affirmed for Himself. The term "motion" has not come in the Book or the Sunnah, so we do not affirm it. We do not affirm it, nor do we deny it, because nothing has come regarding it. We only affirm what is established in the Book and the Sunnah, and we deny what is established as denied in the Book and the Sunnah. As for what has not come, we neither deny it nor affirm it; we suspend judgment on it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [264 -1024] ما حكم وصف الله سبحانه وتعالى بالحركة؛ لأنها من لازم الحياة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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