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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the answer to one who affirms the attribute of hurulah (hurrying) for Allah, citing the Holy Hadith: “And whoever comes to Me walking, I will come to him hurrying”?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the students of knowledge mentioned in his lesson, when explaining one of the hadiths, the affirmation of hurulah for Allah the Exalted, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Holy Hadith:
and he who walks towards Me I rush towards himومن أتاني يمشي أتيته هرولة
Sahih Muslim 2687a
So, is this attribute affirmed?

Answer:
No, no, hurulah in its known meaning is not affirmed for Allah. Rather, what is affirmed is what came in the hadith: that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, accepts His believing servant when he turns to Him, and that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, bestows upon him forgiveness and mercy. For this reason, it came in the hadith:
and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect himولئن سألني لأعطينه ولئن استعاذني لأعيذنه.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6502
This is the meaning of hurulah: that Allah hastens. That Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, hastens in accepting him and rewarding him. He hastens in rewarding him, accepting him, and giving him his reward. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [403 -1024] ما الجواب على من يثبت صفة الهرولة لله مستدلا بالحديث القدسي: ومن أتاني يمشي أتيته هرولة؟ — youtube.com

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