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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is hesitation one of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?

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Question:
This questioner asks, saying: May Allah reward you. Is hesitation one of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?

Answer:
The hadith says, "I did not hesitate over anything I was going to do"
My hesitation in taking the soul of My believing servant: He dislikes death, and I dislike its onset for him.ترددي في قبض روح عبدي المؤمن يكره الموت واكره مساءته
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:1257
. So when it says "I dislike its onset," the explanation of hesitation is that Allah dislikes and loves (Glorified and Exalted is He), and He hates and dislikes. So He dislikes the onset of death for His believing servant. This is the meaning of this hadith. The meaning of hesitation. Otherwise, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) does not hesitate in the sense we know, hesitating between two things. No. Rather, He dislikes (Glorified and Exalted is He) what His believing servant dislikes. This is the meaning of hesitation. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [185 -308] هل التردد صفة من صفات الله عز وجل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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