The broadest gate of reporting about Allah is the gate of names and attributes
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some scholars have stated that the gate of reporting about Allah the Exalted is broader than the gate of His names and attributes, and that what is designated in the gate of names and attributes is based on divine text (taqwi), whereas what is designated in the gate of reporting does not have to be based on divine text.
Answer:
Yes, this is a principle mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim in *Bada'i' al-Fawa'id* and by others. The station of reporting about Allah is broader than the station of names and attributes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some scholars have stated that the gate of reporting about Allah the Exalted is broader than the gate of His names and attributes, and that what is designated in the gate of names and attributes is based on divine text (taqwi), whereas what is designated in the gate of reporting does not have to be based on divine text.
Answer:
Yes, this is a principle mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim in *Bada'i' al-Fawa'id* and by others. The station of reporting about Allah is broader than the station of names and attributes.
Source
مقام الإخبار عن الله أوسع من مقام الأسماء والصفات — alfawzan.live
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