Comparing Pharaoh and the Innovators in Their Belief in Some Attributes
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it said that Pharaoh is better than the innovators because he believed in some attributes, such as the attribute of knowledge, while they deny them?
The Shaykh:
No one has said this. Pharaoh is the ugliest of the disbelievers because he claimed lordship.[An-Nazi'at 79:24] Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
We say.
The questioner:
He says: Is it said that Pharaoh is better than the innovators because he believed in some attributes, such as the attribute of knowledge, while they deny them?
The Shaykh:
These are Muslims. Pharaoh is a disbeliever, and these are Muslims, but they have ta'wil (figurative interpretation) of some attributes. They may be following others in this, and they are Muslims. Yes, the Muslim is better than the disbeliever who claimed lordship. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it said that Pharaoh is better than the innovators because he believed in some attributes, such as the attribute of knowledge, while they deny them?
The Shaykh:
No one has said this. Pharaoh is the ugliest of the disbelievers because he claimed lordship.
And said, "I am your most exalted lord."
فَقَالَ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
We say.
The questioner:
He says: Is it said that Pharaoh is better than the innovators because he believed in some attributes, such as the attribute of knowledge, while they deny them?
The Shaykh:
These are Muslims. Pharaoh is a disbeliever, and these are Muslims, but they have ta'wil (figurative interpretation) of some attributes. They may be following others in this, and they are Muslims. Yes, the Muslim is better than the disbeliever who claimed lordship. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، بداية من قوله : وقوله : { ولله العزة ولرسوله وللمؤمنين } — islamhouse.com (44:49)
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