What is the ruling on supplicating to an attribute of Allah?
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The questioner : Yes, the reason for the prohibition is supplicating to an attribute of Allah.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the reason for the prohibition in your opinion, O Master?
The Shaykh : Husam says that it is kufr (disbelief) by the consensus of the Muslims. Because if you supplicate to an attribute, you have made it a separate thing from Allah, a partner to Him. So if you say, for example, "O Power of Allah, forgive me," you have made it something other than Allah to be called upon. Therefore, he (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in his book *Al-Istighathah fi al-Radd 'ala al-Bakri* that this is kufr (disbelief) by the consensus of the Muslims. This is a clear reality. If you supplicate to an attribute, you have made it a separate thing from the one described by it, and that it is called upon.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the reason for the prohibition in your opinion, O Master?
The Shaykh : Husam says that it is kufr (disbelief) by the consensus of the Muslims. Because if you supplicate to an attribute, you have made it a separate thing from Allah, a partner to Him. So if you say, for example, "O Power of Allah, forgive me," you have made it something other than Allah to be called upon. Therefore, he (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in his book *Al-Istighathah fi al-Radd 'ala al-Bakri* that this is kufr (disbelief) by the consensus of the Muslims. This is a clear reality. If you supplicate to an attribute, you have made it a separate thing from the one described by it, and that it is called upon.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3279 - 4600 ما حكم دعاء صفة من صفات الله؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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