The Meaning of the Hadith: “Indeed, Allah does not get tired until you get tired”
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Question:
The questioner said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, in the hadith, do the people of the Sunnah (may Allah have mercy on them) have reports regarding this attribute? Or is your statement one regarding this attribute?
Answer:
This is what is called an attribute. This is a report about Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)Sunan Ibn Majah 4241Hasan (Darussalam), such as His saying, "They forgot Allah" [Al-Baqarah 2:14-15] [Ali 'Imran 3:54]. This is from the category of correspondence and recompense, so it is not said that Allah is tired or that Allah gets tired. Rather, it is said, "Allah does not get tired until His servant gets tired." It is read and correlated with this; the text is answered by answering some of the speech and leaving some of it. Just as it is not said that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) forgot them, rather it is said [At-Tawbah 9:67]
The questioner said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, in the hadith
Indeed, Allah does not get tired until you get tired,
إن الله لا ينل حتى تنل،Answer:
This is what is called an attribute. This is a report about Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
but you get tired
لا يمل حتى تملwe were only mockers." (15) [But] Allah mocks them
إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْAnd the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned
وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُThey have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them
نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 08 من 16 / شرح مسائل الجاهلية / المسألة الخامسة والثلاثون/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:49)
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