The Meaning of the Poet’s Statement: “Praise be to Allah, the Gatherer of All Attributes”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I attended a wedding ceremony, and one of the poets recited a poem. In the first line, he said, “Praise be to Allah, the Gatherer of All Attributes.” A person with me said that this is an error because the poet was general and did not restrict it to the good or praiseworthy attributes. I replied that your statement is a form of likening Allah to creation (tashbih); because it is established among everyone that Allah is free from the ugly attributes, and He possesses the perfection of the attributes of praise.
Answer:
This is a dispute among the common people, a dispute among the common people. This poetry is colloquial. If he meant that Allah is the One who gathered all the attributes, meaning the good attributes, then if he meant that the created being is the one who gathered all the attributes, that is a lie and an exaggeration. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I attended a wedding ceremony, and one of the poets recited a poem. In the first line, he said, “Praise be to Allah, the Gatherer of All Attributes.” A person with me said that this is an error because the poet was general and did not restrict it to the good or praiseworthy attributes. I replied that your statement is a form of likening Allah to creation (tashbih); because it is established among everyone that Allah is free from the ugly attributes, and He possesses the perfection of the attributes of praise.
Answer:
This is a dispute among the common people, a dispute among the common people. This poetry is colloquial. If he meant that Allah is the One who gathered all the attributes, meaning the good attributes, then if he meant that the created being is the one who gathered all the attributes, that is a lie and an exaggeration. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب كراهية النوم قبلها والسمر بعدها إلا في مصلحة — islamhouse.com (1:06:14)
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