What is the meaning of the hadith that Allah does not get tired until you get tired?
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The questioner : A woman asks: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of what came in the hadith Sunan Ibn Majah 4241Hasan (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : Yes. It is known that the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) contain no deficiency in any way, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And to Allah belongs the highest description." "Description" means attribute. So, "description" in the Arabic language is used for attribute, as He said:[Muhammad 47:15] "Description" means attribute. So, Allah has the most perfect attribute. If it is assumed that the hadith indicates the establishment of weariness for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then it is a weariness that is not like our weariness. Our weariness involves fatigue, boredom, and weakness of spirit. But the weariness of Allah, if the hadith indicates it, is a weariness befitting His Majesty (Mighty and Majestic), containing no deficiency whatsoever. And establishing the attribute indicated by the Book and the Sunnah without diminution or deficiency is obligatory, obligatory.
And for that reason, the Companions did not ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue that many people raise. Anger: Do you establish anger for Allah?
Yes. Good. Anger in a human is a deficiency, but in the case of Allah, it is perfection, perfection.
Because anger in the case of a human is something the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against. So, when a man asked him to advise him, he said: "Do not get angry." He said: "Advise me." He said: "Do not get angry." "Advise me." He said: "Do not get angry." He repeated it, saying: "Do not get angry." And how many are the regretters at the time of anger. Anger drives a person to divorce his wives and to break their vessels. Indeed, it may drive him, if he is among those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, to kill himself.
As the suicides do. But the anger of Allah is the anger of sovereignty, the anger of a King, the anger of One who has power over the one He is angry with. As for this weariness, we say about it what we say about anger: if the hadith indicates its establishment for Allah, it is a weariness befitting His Majesty, not resembling the weariness of the created beings.
for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) but you get tired.
إن الله لا يمل حتى تملوا؟The Shaykh : Yes. It is known that the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) contain no deficiency in any way, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And to Allah belongs the highest description." "Description" means attribute. So, "description" in the Arabic language is used for attribute, as He said:
Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered
مَّثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ فِيهَا أَنْهَارٌ مِّن مَّاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍAnd for that reason, the Companions did not ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue that many people raise. Anger: Do you establish anger for Allah?
Yes. Good. Anger in a human is a deficiency, but in the case of Allah, it is perfection, perfection.
Because anger in the case of a human is something the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against. So, when a man asked him to advise him, he said: "Do not get angry." He said: "Advise me." He said: "Do not get angry." "Advise me." He said: "Do not get angry." He repeated it, saying: "Do not get angry." And how many are the regretters at the time of anger. Anger drives a person to divorce his wives and to break their vessels. Indeed, it may drive him, if he is among those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, to kill himself.
As the suicides do. But the anger of Allah is the anger of sovereignty, the anger of a King, the anger of One who has power over the one He is angry with. As for this weariness, we say about it what we say about anger: if the hadith indicates its establishment for Allah, it is a weariness befitting His Majesty, not resembling the weariness of the created beings.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، ما معنى الحديث ان الله لا يمل حتى تملو — youtube.com
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