Seeking Nearness to Allah Through His Descriptive and Essential Attributes
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The questioner:
Is supplication using the attribute of the Master limited to the descriptive attributes only, or does it include all of them generally? Supplication using the attributes of Allah?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge in the divine attributes, is seeking nearness to Allah through them permissible?
The questioner:
Only the descriptive attributes, or the general ones?
The Shaykh:
All of the attributes of Allah, yes, all of the attributes of Allah. They are not limited to the attributes of knowledge alone. All of them are among the essential attributes of Allah. The supplication is correct, O Gatherer of people on the Day of which there is no doubt. There is no doubt; He is the Gatherer of souls, He is the Lord, (Exalted and Majestic is He).
Is supplication using the attribute of the Master limited to the descriptive attributes only, or does it include all of them generally? Supplication using the attributes of Allah?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge in the divine attributes, is seeking nearness to Allah through them permissible?
The questioner:
Only the descriptive attributes, or the general ones?
The Shaykh:
All of the attributes of Allah, yes, all of the attributes of Allah. They are not limited to the attributes of knowledge alone. All of them are among the essential attributes of Allah. The supplication is correct, O Gatherer of people on the Day of which there is no doubt. There is no doubt; He is the Gatherer of souls, He is the Lord, (Exalted and Majestic is He).
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب المراقبة : الأحاديث : [ 62 - 64 ] — islamhouse.com (9:06)
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