Seeking Nearness to Allah Through His Face and Attributes
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Question:
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the poet’s (may Allah have mercy on him) verse: “By the life of Your Face, I ask for the best of what is sought, and by the light of Your Face, O Magnificent, I seek?”
Answer:
Is there any problem with this? Is supplication to Allah seeking nearness to Him through His attributes, through Him and His Face, meaning among His attributes (Glorified and Exalted is He), and through His Face? Seeking nearness to Allah through His attributes is commanded by the Shari'ah, and seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes is commanded. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:180] and that it be a command.
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the poet’s (may Allah have mercy on him) verse: “By the life of Your Face, I ask for the best of what is sought, and by the light of Your Face, O Magnificent, I seek?”
Answer:
Is there any problem with this? Is supplication to Allah seeking nearness to Him through His attributes, through Him and His Face, meaning among His attributes (Glorified and Exalted is He), and through His Face? Seeking nearness to Allah through His attributes is commanded by the Shari'ah, and seeking nearness to Allah through His names and attributes is commanded. Allah the Exalted said:
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في رغبة قائلها إلى من يقف عليها من أهل العلم والإيمان أن يتجرد إلى الله ويحكم عليها بما يوجبه الدليل والبرهان — islamhouse.com (1:00:23)
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