What is the detail regarding the issue of the response to supplication from Allah the Exalted?
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The reader: Arguing with the attributes and names of Allah regarding His actions, and saying that the implication of His name such-and-such or His attribute such-and-such is that He does such-and-such.
The Shaykh : Yes, but you may think that the benefit lies in it, when that is not the case. For example, a person might say: It is in my interest that Allah the Exalted keeps my child alive until he grows up and helps me in the worship of Allah and in my worldly affairs, but it may not be in the interest; it may be a harm for him and for his entire tribe.
The questioner : Is this approach wrong?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is this approach, I mean, wrong?
The Shaykh : The approach, what is the approach?
The questioner : Arguing with the names and attributes of Allah regarding His actions.
The Shaykh : He argued with His names regarding what they indicate. For example, the Wise: We know that every action He does, Mighty and Majestic, is for a wisdom, and every thing He does not do is for a wisdom.
The student: The time for the question has not come.
The Shaykh : No, it has come.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it has come.
The Shaykh : Yes, but you may think that the benefit lies in it, when that is not the case. For example, a person might say: It is in my interest that Allah the Exalted keeps my child alive until he grows up and helps me in the worship of Allah and in my worldly affairs, but it may not be in the interest; it may be a harm for him and for his entire tribe.
The questioner : Is this approach wrong?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Is this approach, I mean, wrong?
The Shaykh : The approach, what is the approach?
The questioner : Arguing with the names and attributes of Allah regarding His actions.
The Shaykh : He argued with His names regarding what they indicate. For example, the Wise: We know that every action He does, Mighty and Majestic, is for a wisdom, and every thing He does not do is for a wisdom.
The student: The time for the question has not come.
The Shaykh : No, it has come.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it has come.