The ruling on naming Allah as the Benefactor and the Harmer
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Are al-Nafi' (the Benefactor) and al-Dari (the Harmer), al-Muntaqim (the Avenger), and al-Sabur (the Patient) among the names of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is al-Qabid (the Withholder) and al-Basit (the Expander), al-Awwal (the First) and al-Akhir (the Last). These are opposing names; one does not answer with one and leave the other. He is al-Awwal and al-Akhir; you do not say He is only al-Awwal, or that He is only al-Akhir, but it is necessary to combine both.[Al-Hadid 57:3] And al-Qabid and al-Basit, al-Mu'ti (the Giver) and al-Mani' (the Preventer); we answer with both as opposing pairs.
As for al-Dari and al-Nafi', the meaning is correct, but the words al-Dari and al-Nafi' have not come as names of Allah. However, in the context of informing about Allah that He is the Harmer and the Benefactor, we say He is the Harmer and the Benefactor, in the context of informing, not in the context of saying "O Harmer" and "O Benefactor." No.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: Are al-Nafi' (the Benefactor) and al-Dari (the Harmer), al-Muntaqim (the Avenger), and al-Sabur (the Patient) among the names of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is al-Qabid (the Withholder) and al-Basit (the Expander), al-Awwal (the First) and al-Akhir (the Last). These are opposing names; one does not answer with one and leave the other. He is al-Awwal and al-Akhir; you do not say He is only al-Awwal, or that He is only al-Akhir, but it is necessary to combine both.
He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُAs for al-Dari and al-Nafi', the meaning is correct, but the words al-Dari and al-Nafi' have not come as names of Allah. However, in the context of informing about Allah that He is the Harmer and the Benefactor, we say He is the Harmer and the Benefactor, in the context of informing, not in the context of saying "O Harmer" and "O Benefactor." No.
Source
إطلاق النافع والضار والمنتقم والصبور على الله جل وعلا — alfawzan.live
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