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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: ". . . And as for the indication of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) regarding the establishment of the attributes of perfection for Allah, it is because sound souls are created and disposed to love Allah"

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The Shaykh : He says: "And as for the indication of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) regarding the establishment of the attributes of perfection for Allah, the indication of the fitrah is because sound souls are created and disposed to love Allah, to magnify Him, and to worship Him". Every sound heart and sound fitrah (the innate natural disposition) is disposed to love Allah, to magnify Him, and to worship Him. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting تسبح له السماوات السبع والأرض ومن فيهن وإن من شيء إلا يسبح بحمده ولكن لا تفقهون تسبيحهم
[Al-Isra 17:44]
So does everything worship Allah? Yes.
to Allah prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people ولله يسجد من في السماوات ومن في الأرض والشمس والقمر والنجوم والجبال والشجر والدواب وكثير من الناس
[Al-Hajj 22:18]
So, the souls with sound fitrah (the innate natural disposition) are disposed to love Allah, to magnify Him, and to worship Him. For this reason, it is established in the Qudsi hadith that Allah says:
I have created My servants as one having a natural inclination to the worship of Allah but it is Satan who turns them away إني خلقت عبادي حنفاء فاجتالتهم الشياطين
Sahih Muslim 2865a
So is the corruption of the soul and the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) acquired or original? It is acquired. So the sound fitrah (the innate natural disposition) is disposed to love its Creator, to magnify Him, and to worship Him.
Every child is born with a true faith of Islam كل مولود يولد على الفطرة
Sahih al-Bukhari 1385
But "would they love, magnify, and worship anyone except one whom they know possesses the attributes of perfection befitting His lordship and divinity?"? The answer is no. The answer is no. It is not possible to love, magnify, or worship anyone except one whom you know possesses the attributes of perfection in order to worship Him with them. And for this reason, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said to his father:
O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all? يا أبت لم تعبد ما لا يسمع ولا يبصر ولا يغني عنك شيئا
[Maryam 19:42]
And he said to his people:
He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you? أفتعبدون من دونهم ما لا ينفعكم شيئا ولا يضركم
[Al-Anbya 21:66]
So it is not possible for souls to worship anyone except one whom they know possesses the attributes by which He deserves to be worshipped. And this is an apparent matter. When you say, "O Lord, forgive me," you believe in His lordship, you believe that He forgives, you believe that He knows, you believe that He hears your supplication, and you believe that He is able to answer your request, is that not so? If it were not for this, you would not supplicate to Allah. So the souls are disposed to this. Look at the souls; when the souls are free from impurities, even the souls of disbelief, when they are lost from what they used to fabricate, whom do they call upon in times of distress? They call upon Allah, sincere to Him in religion. Because all impurities are torn apart in this state, and the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) returns to its origin, which is calling upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic) alone, with no partner for Him. And it is known that they do not call upon Allah in times of hardship except while knowing that He is able to remove it and eliminate it; otherwise, that would be futile on their part. So it becomes clear by this that the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) indicates that Allah the Exalted possesses what? The attributes of perfection befitting Him. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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