Phrase: Praise be to Allah, who is not praised for any disliked thing other than Him
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Question:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We hear some of this supplication: "Praise be to Allah, Who is not praised for anything except what is disliked." What is your opinion of that?
Answer:
Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is praised for everything, because even what is disliked has a good outcome for the Muslim. Even if the Muslim dislikes the thing, its outcome is good, as the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:216]. You answered us that a person becomes [better] through illness, so the outcome is good; he repents to Allah and seeks forgiveness, and returns to Allah, or Allah expiates his sins through this illness and protects him from something worse than it. In any case, the outcomes of disliked things for the believer are valuable, and therefore He is praised for them, Glorified and Exalted is He. If the intention behind this supplication is that disliked things become good for the believers, then this is indeed correct, without a doubt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 2573, "Even if a thorn pricks him, Allah expiates his sins thereby." And he said: . So the outcomes of disliked things for the believers are good, and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is praised for them.
Also, the hardships that befall criminals are mercy from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), to deter them and prevent them from aggression, to restrain them from humiliation, and for the sake of spreading security and suppressing criminals and corrupters. It is mercy from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for which He is praised, even if it is disliked by the created beings. But in the right of Allah, it is not disliked because it is just and sufficient. As for the correctness of this phrase, there is no harm in it. This is a known phrase: "I praise You, O Allah." Yes.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: We hear some of this supplication: "Praise be to Allah, Who is not praised for anything except what is disliked." What is your opinion of that?
Answer:
Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is praised for everything, because even what is disliked has a good outcome for the Muslim. Even if the Muslim dislikes the thing, its outcome is good, as the Exalted said:
But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you
وَعَسَىٰ أَن تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْNever a believer is stricken with discomfort, hardship
ما يصيب المؤمن من وصب ولا نصبAstonishing is the affair of the believer, for his entire life is astonishing. If good befalls him, he is grateful for it, and that is good for him.
عجبا للمؤمن إلا عمره كله عجب، إن أصابته سراء شكر عليها فكان ذلك خيرا له،And if bad befalls him, he is patient with it, and that is good for him. And that is only for the believers.
وإن أصابته ضراء فصبر عليها كان ذلك خيرا له، وليس ذلك إلا للمؤمنين.Also, the hardships that befall criminals are mercy from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), to deter them and prevent them from aggression, to restrain them from humiliation, and for the sake of spreading security and suppressing criminals and corrupters. It is mercy from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for which He is praised, even if it is disliked by the created beings. But in the right of Allah, it is not disliked because it is just and sufficient. As for the correctness of this phrase, there is no harm in it. This is a known phrase: "I praise You, O Allah." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 01 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/مقدمة الشارح/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:55)
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