What is the ruling on the statement that “the creation are the dependents of Allah”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is your view of the one who says that the creation are the dependents of Allah?
Answer:
That is, they are poor in the sense of being poor dependents; they are poor in relation to Allah, as the Exalted said:[Fatir 35:15] from the word *'ayl*, which means poverty. So the meaning of *'iyal* is not children; Glorified is Allah above that. Rather, its meaning is that they are poor in relation to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is your view of the one who says that the creation are the dependents of Allah?
Answer:
That is, they are poor in the sense of being poor dependents; they are poor in relation to Allah, as the Exalted said:
O mankind, you are those in need of Allah
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما مشروعية قول إن الخلق عيال الله ؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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