Is holding back among the attributes of Allah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner asks: Is holding back among the attributes of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
My brothers, everything that is mentioned, you take from it a name for Allah. Every action has something in it; in abstention, He holds back what He holds back and what He does not hold back[Fatir 35:2]. So do not say, "Al-Musakk" (The Holder) is among the names of Allah; rather, say, "What Allah held back," for there is no one who sends it, as in the Qur'an. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner asks: Is holding back among the attributes of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
My brothers, everything that is mentioned, you take from it a name for Allah. Every action has something in it; in abstention, He holds back what He holds back and what He does not hold back
none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds - none can release it
فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2751- 4717] هل من صفات الله الإمساك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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