The Ruling on Seeking Nearness to Allah Through the Light of His Face
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Question:
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the statement of al-Nazir (may Allah have mercy on him): “With the life of Your Face, O Great One, is my tongue occupied, and with the light of Your Face.”
Answer:
What is in it? What is in it from the Book? This is a supplication to Allah, seeking nearness to Him through His attributes, through the light of His Face, which is one of His attributes, Glorified and Exalted is He, and through His Face. This is seeking nearness to Allah through His attributes, and this is commanded by the Shari'ah: seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes. This is commanded. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:180] And he sought nearness to Him through His Face and the light of His Face. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated with all of this, and this is of the well-known forms of seeking nearness.
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the statement of al-Nazir (may Allah have mercy on him): “With the life of Your Face, O Great One, is my tongue occupied, and with the light of Your Face.”
Answer:
What is in it? What is in it from the Book? This is a supplication to Allah, seeking nearness to Him through His attributes, through the light of His Face, which is one of His attributes, Glorified and Exalted is He, and through His Face. This is seeking nearness to Allah through His attributes, and this is commanded by the Shari'ah: seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes. This is commanded. Allah the Exalted said:
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
Source
التوسل إلى الله بأسمائه وصفاته — alfawzan.live
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