The Limits of Good Opinion of Allah and of Others, and the Ruling on Bad Opinion
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: What are the limits of having a good opinion of Allah the Exalted and of having a good opinion of others? And does one commit a sin if he has a bad opinion of them?
Answer:
Having a good opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has no limits. One should have a good opinion of Allah and not a bad opinion of Allah. This is the state of the polytheists who had a bad opinion of Allah. When they entered the Fire, Allah said to them:[Fussilat 41:23]. Meaning, your opinion of your Lord destroyed you. [Fussilat 41:23]. The hypocrites have a bad opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); they think of Allah other than the truth, the opinion of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. We ask Allah for safety.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. He says: What are the limits of having a good opinion of Allah the Exalted and of having a good opinion of others? And does one commit a sin if he has a bad opinion of them?
Answer:
Having a good opinion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has no limits. One should have a good opinion of Allah and not a bad opinion of Allah. This is the state of the polytheists who had a bad opinion of Allah. When they entered the Fire, Allah said to them:
And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin
وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْand you have become among the losers."
فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (167) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1439-08-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (9:25)
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