To facilitate understanding of 'aqidah for children, is it permissible to teach it to them in the form of a story that has no real basis, in a simple style that is engaging for them?

The questioner : To facilitate understanding of 'aqidah for young children. Is there any objection to writing this 'aqidah in the form of a dialogue between people who do not actually exist, in the form of a simple, enjoyable, and engaging story?

The Shaykh : If it is possible to make the children understand that this story is a product of imagination, then that is permissible; otherwise, it is not.

The questioner : Dramas

The Shaykh : ... deviant.

The questioner : The Essence, O Shaykh. Is the term "Essence" (al-Dhat) applied to Allah?

The Shaykh : The term "Essence" (al-Dhat) has been used by some of the Companions.

The questioner : The term "Essence" (al-Dhat)? Did it not come in the hadith: A good hadith.

The Shaykh : I do not remember the hadith right now.

The questioner : The hadith is in Sahih al-Jami', O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : What is its wording?

The questioner :

The Shaykh : I do not have it memorized, by Allah, right now ... in the Essence of Allah ...

The questioner : So it is permissible?

The Shaykh : It is permissible, of course, after the authenticity of the hadith, and the transmission of that from the Salaf, with a witness in ...

The questioner : "And I do not care when I am killed a Muslim, on whichever side my death is in Allah."

The Shaykh : But in ...

The questioner : "And that is in the Essence of the God, even if it is"

Another questioner : And that is in the Essence of the God

The questioner : The words of "Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak": Allah is above His Throne with His Essence, distinct from His creation, and He is with them with His knowledge.

The Shaykh : Yes ... now it is over ... the lesson, the lesson, come on.