The Attributes of Exaltation, Rising Above the Throne, and Speech for Allah the Exalted
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The questioner:
This is Muhammad Ahmad from Algeria. He asks your eminence and says: What is the attribute of exaltation for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? And also the attribute of rising above the Throne, and the attribute of speech?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He asks, saying: What is the attribute of exaltation for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? Yes, and the attribute of rising above the Throne, and the attribute of speech with Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
The Shaykh:
As Allah mentioned, describing Himself as being above His creations, and that He is established upon His Throne, and that He, Blessed and Exalted is He, is All-Powerful over all things and All-Knowing of all things, we affirm for Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) what He has affirmed for Himself of attributes, and we purify Allah from what is not befitting Him of deficiencies and defects. In the limit of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] He affirmed for Himself hearing and seeing, and denied for Himself likeness and similarity to the creations, and purified Himself from deficiencies and defects.
And if you read the Verse of the Throne, you will find that it contains attributes for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He affirmed for Himself, and you will find that it purifies Allah from attributes of deficiency and attributes of defect, and that His names and attributes do not resemble, or are not resembled by, the attributes of the creations and their names, even if they share the wording, they differ in meaning. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes
This is Muhammad Ahmad from Algeria. He asks your eminence and says: What is the attribute of exaltation for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? And also the attribute of rising above the Throne, and the attribute of speech?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He asks, saying: What is the attribute of exaltation for Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? Yes, and the attribute of rising above the Throne, and the attribute of speech with Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
The Shaykh:
As Allah mentioned, describing Himself as being above His creations, and that He is established upon His Throne, and that He, Blessed and Exalted is He, is All-Powerful over all things and All-Knowing of all things, we affirm for Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) what He has affirmed for Himself of attributes, and we purify Allah from what is not befitting Him of deficiencies and defects. In the limit of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُAnd if you read the Verse of the Throne, you will find that it contains attributes for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that He affirmed for Himself, and you will find that it purifies Allah from attributes of deficiency and attributes of defect, and that His names and attributes do not resemble, or are not resembled by, the attributes of the creations and their names, even if they share the wording, they differ in meaning. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (158) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1438-03-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:06)
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