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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the Muslim's obligation regarding the names and attributes of Allah

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what must the believer believe regarding the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) so that his belief is sound, as it was with the righteous Salaf? Please clarify this for us with the evidence from the Shari'ah. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. It is obligatory for the believer, with regard to the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that are established in the Book and the Sunnah, to affirm them for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as He affirmed them for Himself and as His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed them for Him, without distortion or figurative interpretation, and without asking how an attribute is or denial of the divine attributes. Rather, he affirms them for Allah as they came, and believes in the noble meanings they indicate. They are great attributes established for Allah (Mighty and Majestic); they are attributes of perfection and majesty, and descriptions of perfection. It is obligatory for the Muslim to believe in them, to have faith in them, and to profess his religion to Allah by them, as they came from Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He does not interpret them away from their true meanings, nor does he compare them or ask how they are, or liken them to the attributes of creation. Rather, he affirms them in a manner befitting the majesty of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
[Ash-Shuraa 42:11]
and His saying (Exalted and Majestic is He): "There is nothing like Him." This is a negation of likening Allah to creation and comparing Allah to creation. So, do not liken Him to the attributes of creation, do not compare Him with them, do not ask about their modality or reality, and do not interpret them, deny them, or negate them from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) under the pretext of purifying Him. Rather, it is obligatory to affirm them as they came, while believing in their meanings and what they indicate, and believing that they do not resemble the attributes of creation. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الواجب على المسلم نحو أسماء الله وصفاته – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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