What is the validity of this rule regarding the names and attributes of Allah: whatever comes to your mind, Allah is the opposite of that?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that there is a rule regarding the attributes of Allah, the Exalted, which is: whatever comes to your mind, Allah is the opposite of that. Is this a valid rule?
Answer:
This statement has no basis. The rule is that we affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself or what His Messenger has affirmed for Him, and we purify Allah from what He has purified Himself from or what His Messenger has purified Him from. This is the rule. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that there is a rule regarding the attributes of Allah, the Exalted, which is: whatever comes to your mind, Allah is the opposite of that. Is this a valid rule?
Answer:
This statement has no basis. The rule is that we affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself or what His Messenger has affirmed for Him, and we purify Allah from what He has purified Himself from or what His Messenger has purified Him from. This is the rule. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [79 -308] ما صحة هذه القاعدة في أسماء الله وصفاته: كل ما خطر ببالك فالله بخلاف ذلك؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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