Saying: "With you is al-Rahman" and "I have al-Rahman"
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on some people saying, when you say to them "Please, come with me," they say "With you is al-Rahman," or when you ask some of them "Who is with you?" they say "I have al-Rahman," meaning that no one is with them? What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
This falls under the category of the special presence. That is, when he says "With you is al-Rahman," he means by His support and victory. Allah is with the believers, with the doers of good, and with the righteous, by His knowledge, His encompassing, His support, and His victory. He is with you wherever you are, and He is with you wherever you are[An-Nahl 16:128]. It does not mean that He is mixed with them.
And that He is in their houses. No, it means that He is with them by His knowledge, His encompassing, His victory, and His stirring them up, if they are Muslims, supporting them and helping them[Taha 20:46]. It does not mean that He is mixed with the creation, as the one who believes in divine indwelling (hulul) imagines. Rather, He is above His creation, above His heavens, and He is with His creation wherever they are. Glorified and Exalted is He, nothing is hidden from Him wherever they are. He knows even the whispers in their chests and what is in their souls before they speak and before they act. He knows their intentions and He knows the fleeting thoughts in their souls. Nothing is hidden from Him, so He is with them by His knowledge, with them by His hearing and sight, and with them by His assistance, guidance, and correction. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on some people saying, when you say to them "Please, come with me," they say "With you is al-Rahman," or when you ask some of them "Who is with you?" they say "I have al-Rahman," meaning that no one is with them? What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
This falls under the category of the special presence. That is, when he says "With you is al-Rahman," he means by His support and victory. Allah is with the believers, with the doers of good, and with the righteous, by His knowledge, His encompassing, His support, and His victory. He is with you wherever you are, and He is with you wherever you are
Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوا وَّالَّذِينَ هُم مُّحْسِنُونَAnd that He is in their houses. No, it means that He is with them by His knowledge, His encompassing, His victory, and His stirring them up, if they are Muslims, supporting them and helping them
Indeed, I am with you both; I hear and I see.
إِنَّنِي مَعَكُمَا أَسْمَعُ وَأَرَىٰ
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ } — islamhouse.com (1:04:48)
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