Is there an attribute of Allah that is both essential and descriptive?
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The questioner : Yes. Is there an attribute that is both descriptive and essential?
The Shaykh : And what does "descriptive essential" mean?
The questioner : We say: the essential attributes by which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is described.
The Shaykh : We do not divide them into the three categories of the meaningful attributes. The attributes essential to Allah, we said, are the meaningful attributes established for Allah from eternity to eternity. The descriptive attributes are those whose names, if Allah wills, are... [garbled]... Did you understand? But in terms of their establishment, they are like the first attributes, meaning they are permanent; Allah has always been and will always be described by them.
The Shaykh : And what does "descriptive essential" mean?
The questioner : We say: the essential attributes by which Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, is described.
The Shaykh : We do not divide them into the three categories of the meaningful attributes. The attributes essential to Allah, we said, are the meaningful attributes established for Allah from eternity to eternity. The descriptive attributes are those whose names, if Allah wills, are... [garbled]... Did you understand? But in terms of their establishment, they are like the first attributes, meaning they are permanent; Allah has always been and will always be described by them.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [700] هل توجد صفة لله ذاتية خبرية؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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