The Difference Between Seeking Refuge and Seeking Aid Through the Attributes of Allah

Question:
Regarding the hadith of this chapter, or the chapter on seeking refuge by an attribute of Allah, what is the ruling on asking by one of His attributes, and seeking aid by it, as some people say, "O Face of Allah," or "O Power of Allah"? And if seeking aid by an attribute is not permissible, how is seeking refuge by it permissible here?

Answer:
This is not seeking aid; this is seeking refuge by the words of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). It is not seeking aid. Seeking aid is asking for rescue and the fulfillment of a need, and only Allah is capable of that, meaning the creation of things and the bringing of things into existence; only Allah is capable of that. As for seeking refuge by the words of Allah, the Qur'an is a healing, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, and we find and among its healing is that it drives away Satan, because being afflicted by Satan is a type of illness, and this is a healing. So this is not from seeking aid, but rather it is from the category of healing by the words of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and because the remembrance drives away Satan, and the Qur'an is the greatest of the remembrance. Yes.