(Discussion of the attribute of Allah as the Withholder and the Giver, explaining its meaning, and mentioning a debate that took place between a Mu'tazili and a Sunni regarding it) He is the Withholder and the Giver, so this is His grace*** and the withholding
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The Shaykh : He said: "He is the Withholder and the Giver" and we say in the supplications after the prayers Sahih al-Bukhari 6615 , so Allah is the Withholder and the Giver
" *** so this is His grace " meaning the giving
" *** and the withholding is the essence of justice for the one who withholds " so He does not withhold from anyone a right that belongs to him, but rather He withholds His grace, and Allah gives His grace to whom He wills. For this reason, when some of the Mu'tazilah argued with a man from the people of the Sunnah, he said: "Do you think that if He withholds guidance from me and decrees ruin for me, has He done me good or ill?" "Do you think that if He withholds guidance from me and decrees ruin for me, has He done me good or ill?" He intended to force the Sunni to say that Allah the Exalted does not decree sin, because he said that if He decreed sin upon you, He has done you ill. So the Sunni said to him: "If He withholds from me what is my right, then He has done me ill, but if He withholds from me what is His grace, then that is the grace of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills" Allah is the Greatest, and the answer
The student: He withholds His grace
The Shaykh : He withholds His grace. Allah Mighty and Majestic is the possessor of authority; He gives to whom He wills and bestows favor upon whom He wills. And with that, He does not withhold except from one who deserves withholding, as He the Exalted said:[As-Saf 61:5] They were not withheld from guidance except when they turned away, and refuge is sought in Allah, and they preferred their misguidance over their guidance, so Allah misled them. Otherwise, if Allah had known good in them, what would He do?
The student: He would make them hear it
The Shaykh : He would make them hear it. Every person in whom Allah knows good, He makes them hear it, as came in the authentic hadith, which also explains the verse:Sahih Muslim 1037a
He says: " *** and the withholding is the essence of justice for the one who withholds "
" He gives by His mercy and withholds from whom He wills *** by wisdom, and Allah is the possessor of authority "
Meaning He does not withhold unjustly, but by wisdom. And his saying: " He gives by His mercy *** " so if He gives to you, it is from His mercy toward you, so you should thank Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes, yes...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The author will dedicate a chapter to it
The questioner : Is it permissible...
The Shaykh : I say the author will dedicate a chapter to it in his saying: "This, and among His names is what is not..."
We await it, if Allah wills. Yes
O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold
اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت" *** so this is His grace " meaning the giving
" *** and the withholding is the essence of justice for the one who withholds " so He does not withhold from anyone a right that belongs to him, but rather He withholds His grace, and Allah gives His grace to whom He wills. For this reason, when some of the Mu'tazilah argued with a man from the people of the Sunnah, he said: "Do you think that if He withholds guidance from me and decrees ruin for me, has He done me good or ill?" "Do you think that if He withholds guidance from me and decrees ruin for me, has He done me good or ill?" He intended to force the Sunni to say that Allah the Exalted does not decree sin, because he said that if He decreed sin upon you, He has done you ill. So the Sunni said to him: "If He withholds from me what is my right, then He has done me ill, but if He withholds from me what is His grace, then that is the grace of Allah, which He gives to whom He wills" Allah is the Greatest, and the answer
The student: He withholds His grace
The Shaykh : He withholds His grace. Allah Mighty and Majestic is the possessor of authority; He gives to whom He wills and bestows favor upon whom He wills. And with that, He does not withhold except from one who deserves withholding, as He the Exalted said:
And when they deviated, Allah caused their hearts to deviate.
فلما زاغوا أزاغ الله قلوبهمThe student: He would make them hear it
The Shaykh : He would make them hear it. Every person in whom Allah knows good, He makes them hear it, as came in the authentic hadith, which also explains the verse:
He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
من يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه في الدينHe says: " *** and the withholding is the essence of justice for the one who withholds "
" He gives by His mercy and withholds from whom He wills *** by wisdom, and Allah is the possessor of authority "
Meaning He does not withhold unjustly, but by wisdom. And his saying: " He gives by His mercy *** " so if He gives to you, it is from His mercy toward you, so you should thank Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes, yes...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The author will dedicate a chapter to it
The questioner : Is it permissible...
The Shaykh : I say the author will dedicate a chapter to it in his saying: "This, and among His names is what is not..."
We await it, if Allah wills. Yes