What is the meaning of tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes)?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that one of the types of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). What is the meaning of this category?
Answer:
As I have studied it: it is to affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, or what His Messenger has affirmed for Him, of names and attributes, affirming them without likening Allah to creation, and to exonerate Him from resembling the created beings, exonerating Him without denying the divine attributes. This is its meaning.[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that one of the types of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). What is the meaning of this category?
Answer:
As I have studied it: it is to affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, or what His Messenger has affirmed for Him, of names and attributes, affirming them without likening Allah to creation, and to exonerate Him from resembling the created beings, exonerating Him without denying the divine attributes. This is its meaning.
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [107 -521] ما معنى توحيد الأسماء والصفات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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