Describing Allah with Stinginess
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: What is the ruling on one who describes Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, with the attribute of stinginess, saying that Allah gave to some of His servants and was stingy with others?
The Shaykh:
I seek refuge in Allah. This is stinginess. This describes Allah as stingy. This is like the Jews who say, "Allah is stingy and we are wealthy," or "Allah is poor and we are wealthy," and they say, "Allah is stingy." This has a resemblance to the Jews; this is the statement of the Jews. Yes.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if he says...
The Shaykh:
It is reported that Allah is stingy. It is reported that Allah restrains and expands, gives and withholds. You may say that. You do not say that He makes rich and is stingy. This is not permissible.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: What is the ruling on one who describes Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, with the attribute of stinginess, saying that Allah gave to some of His servants and was stingy with others?
The Shaykh:
I seek refuge in Allah. This is stinginess. This describes Allah as stingy. This is like the Jews who say, "Allah is stingy and we are wealthy," or "Allah is poor and we are wealthy," and they say, "Allah is stingy." This has a resemblance to the Jews; this is the statement of the Jews. Yes.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if he says...
The Shaykh:
It is reported that Allah is stingy. It is reported that Allah restrains and expands, gives and withholds. You may say that. You do not say that He makes rich and is stingy. This is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 102 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الديات / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (41:26)
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