Attributing a congenital defect to Allah in speech
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The questioner:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to attribute a congenital defect to Allah the Exalted, and say, "So-and-so was born with a congenital defect"?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. He was born with a defect, or he was born incomplete; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to attribute a congenital defect to Allah the Exalted, and say, "So-and-so was born with a congenital defect"?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. He was born with a defect, or he was born incomplete; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يقول إذا فرغ من وضوئه — islamhouse.com (56:24)
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