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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Describing Allah as the Necessary Existent

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to say that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the Necessary Existent?

Answer:
He is informed of by a report that He is described as the Necessary Existent, but He is informed of by that. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أسباب عبادة الأصنام : الغلو في المخلوق وإعطاؤه فوق منزلته — islamhouse.com (55:40)

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