Describing the wind as pleasant and attributing the blessing to it
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people mention certain conditions they have experienced by way of description, such as saying, "The wind was pleasant," just as He, Glorified and Exalted, mentioned in His Book in Surat Yunus, as in His saying:[Yunus 10:22]
Answer:
Describing the wind as pleasant is fine, and describing it as strong, a strong wind, or a stormy wind is fine. I have no objection to mentioning the attribute. But what is not permissible is attributing the blessing to it, such as saying, "Our salvation was due to the pleasantness of the wind." Attributing the blessing to it is what is not permissible. As for describing it as pleasant, or stormy, or a strong wind, or a howling wind, or a wind with a secret, describing things by their attributes is fine. But the issue is attributing blessings to these things, which is what is being asked about now. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people mention certain conditions they have experienced by way of description, such as saying, "The wind was pleasant," just as He, Glorified and Exalted, mentioned in His Book in Surat Yunus, as in His saying:
they sail with them by a good wind
وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍAnswer:
Describing the wind as pleasant is fine, and describing it as strong, a strong wind, or a stormy wind is fine. I have no objection to mentioning the attribute. But what is not permissible is attributing the blessing to it, such as saying, "Our salvation was due to the pleasantness of the wind." Attributing the blessing to it is what is not permissible. As for describing it as pleasant, or stormy, or a strong wind, or a howling wind, or a wind with a secret, describing things by their attributes is fine. But the issue is attributing blessings to these things, which is what is being asked about now. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ } — islamhouse.com (43:44)
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