Combining Supplication by Attribute with the Prohibition of Supplicating to Attributes
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding supplication, I seek aid, how do we reconcile this with the prohibition of supplicating to the attributes?
Answer:
Attributes, this is not supplication to the attribute, my brother, this is seeking nearness to Allah through the attribute, this is seeking nearness to Allah through the attribute, like asking Him by His names and attributes, by His names, this is seeking nearness to Allah by the names and attributes, mercy is among His attributes, Glorified and Exalted is He, so it is seeking nearness to Allah by the attributes, not supplication to them, he did not say "O Mercy of Allah," which would be supplication to the attribute.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding supplication, I seek aid, how do we reconcile this with the prohibition of supplicating to the attributes?
Answer:
Attributes, this is not supplication to the attribute, my brother, this is seeking nearness to Allah through the attribute, this is seeking nearness to Allah through the attribute, like asking Him by His names and attributes, by His names, this is seeking nearness to Allah by the names and attributes, mercy is among His attributes, Glorified and Exalted is He, so it is seeking nearness to Allah by the attributes, not supplication to them, he did not say "O Mercy of Allah," which would be supplication to the attribute.
Source
شرح قاعدة جليلة في التوسل والوسيلة، بداية من قوله : والنبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - بيَّن أن شفاعته في الآخرة تنفع أهل التوحيد لا أهل الشرك — islamhouse.com (55:14)
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