Affirming the Attributes and Denying Likeness and Resemblance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is it necessary that there be a type of tashbih (likening Allah to creation) in affirming the attributes of Allah the Exalted? Because Allah the Exalted said:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] Here, the mention is of mumathalah (likeness) and not of mushabahah (resemblance).
Answer:
How was the likeness mentioned? "There is nothing like Him" denies the likeness. Denying the likeness and denying the resemblance are the same, because their meanings are one. So if he denies the likeness, he has denied the resemblance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is it necessary that there be a type of tashbih (likening Allah to creation) in affirming the attributes of Allah the Exalted? Because Allah the Exalted said:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُAnswer:
How was the likeness mentioned? "There is nothing like Him" denies the likeness. Denying the likeness and denying the resemblance are the same, because their meanings are one. So if he denies the likeness, he has denied the resemblance. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 11/شرح كتاب نواقض الإسلام/الإعراض عن دين الله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:42)
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