The ruling on swearing by an attribute of Allah’s actions
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, the father, has come to you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to swear by an attribute of Allah’s actions, such as laughter or anger?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: To swear by…
The Shaykh:
This is an action. What is it? This is an attribute of His essence, like the Face and speech. Speech is an attribute of action in terms of the act of speaking, but it is an attribute of essence in terms of its subsistence in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So it is both an attribute of essence and an attribute of action. Allah is described as speaking, and He speaks, Glorified and Exalted is He, whenever He wills. Yes.
Your Eminence, the father, has come to you. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to swear by an attribute of Allah’s actions, such as laughter or anger?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: To swear by…
The Shaykh:
This is an action. What is it? This is an attribute of His essence, like the Face and speech. Speech is an attribute of action in terms of the act of speaking, but it is an attribute of essence in terms of its subsistence in Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. So it is both an attribute of essence and an attribute of action. Allah is described as speaking, and He speaks, Glorified and Exalted is He, whenever He wills. Yes.
Source
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