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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Combining the statement “He is not compared to His creation” with the statement “Every perfection established for the created being does not imply a deficiency, so the Creator is more deserving of it”

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Question:
What is the difference between the statement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, “He is not compared to His creation,” and the statement that every perfection that comes to a human being, the Creator is more deserving of it than he is?

Answer:
Yes, indeed. He is not compared to His creation in a comparison of equating, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said. It is said: He is not compared to His creation in a comparison of likening or a comparison of equating. Rather, the comparison is the comparison of priority, the comparison of priority. It is said: Every perfection established for the created being that does not imply a deficiency, the Creator is more deserving of it. This is the comparison of priority.
As for the prohibited comparison, it is the comparison of comprehensiveness. The Shaykh calls it the comparison of comprehensiveness and the comparison of the cause. The comparison of the cause, which is what is known among the jurists of the principles of jurisprudence, is attaching a branch to a root for a cause that unites them. This is what they call the comparison of the cause. The comparison of comprehensiveness is the comparison of equating, where Allah is equated with His creation. It is a comparison of equating or a comparison of comprehensiveness. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 102 - الجمع بين قول “لا يقاس بخلقه” وقول “أن كل كمال ثبت للمخلوق لا يستلزم نقصاً فالخالق أولى به” — youtube.com

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