The ruling on the general application of the principle that every perfection in the created being is attributed to Allah
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of this principle: every attribute that is considered a perfection in a human being, Allah is attributed with it a fortiori? Is it applied in its absolute sense? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[An-Nahl 16:60] So, every perfection in the created being that does not necessitate a defect, the scholar should clarify. But if this perfection in the created being necessitates a defect,
Answer:
then Allah is free from it in truth. Is sleep in the created being a perfection or not? The one who does not sleep is free from it in the case of the sick person. So this is a perfection in the created being that necessitates a defect, so Allah is free from it (Exalted and Majestic is He).
For example, the fact that a person has children born to him, is this a perfection or not? It is a perfection in the human being. And the one who does not have children, is this a defect in the human being or not?
Allah is free from giving birth. He did not beget and was not begotten. It is not permissible to say that every perfection established for the created being does not necessitate a defect. This is how the scholars stated it: it does not necessitate a defect, so the Creator is free from it or not?
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of this principle: every attribute that is considered a perfection in a human being, Allah is attributed with it a fortiori? Is it applied in its absolute sense? Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
and for Allah is the highest attribute
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰAnswer:
then Allah is free from it in truth. Is sleep in the created being a perfection or not? The one who does not sleep is free from it in the case of the sick person. So this is a perfection in the created being that necessitates a defect, so Allah is free from it (Exalted and Majestic is He).
For example, the fact that a person has children born to him, is this a perfection or not? It is a perfection in the human being. And the one who does not have children, is this a defect in the human being or not?
Allah is free from giving birth. He did not beget and was not begotten. It is not permissible to say that every perfection established for the created being does not necessitate a defect. This is how the scholars stated it: it does not necessitate a defect, so the Creator is free from it or not?
Source
قاعدة كل صفة عند الإنسان تعتبر كمالا فالله يوصف بها من باب الأولى — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.