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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to describe Allah as "the Necessary Being"?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to apply this term to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), that He is the Necessary Being?

Answer:
I mean, Allah is not described as the Necessary Being in the sense of an attribute, but He is informed of as the Necessary Being, meaning that no other created Him, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 351- هل يُوصَف الله بأنه "واجب الوجود"؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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