Describing a created being as "the Wise" and "the Merciful" with the definite article
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on our saying to a person that he is so-and-so, son of so-and-so, the Wise, the Merciful, and so on, using these attributes with the definite article?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to describe a created being as wise, merciful, and as Allah mentioned regarding Ishaq,[As-Saffat 37:101], and regarding Ishaq He said, "We have given him good news of a boy, knowledgeable." It is permissible to describe a created being with knowledge, wisdom, hearing, and sight, but all of these are fitting for a created being.
The questioner:
She says: Honorable.
The Shaykh:
That it is accompanied by the alif, not the ma in faith. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on our saying to a person that he is so-and-so, son of so-and-so, the Wise, the Merciful, and so on, using these attributes with the definite article?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to describe a created being as wise, merciful, and as Allah mentioned regarding Ishaq,
So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَلِيمٍThe questioner:
She says: Honorable.
The Shaykh:
That it is accompanied by the alif, not the ma in faith. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [43] — alfawzan.live (1:18:27)
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