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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Affirming the Attribute of Jealousy for Allah the Exalted

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it said that jealousy is among the attributes of Allah, based on the hadith:
Is Allah jealous?إن الله يغار؟


Answer:
Yes, no
no-one more jealous than Allah of a male or female slave of his who commits adulteryأحد أغير من الله أن يزني عبده أو تزني أمته
Muwatta Malik 12:1
. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (1:00:25)

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