Is silence an attribute of Allah the Exalted?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. How can silence be an attribute... and be in the manner befitting Allah?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the attribute of silence, and we affirm it in the manner... .
The Shaykh : How do you mean? What do you mean?
The questioner : The attribute of silence is one of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : No, no, no. Do you mean the silence described of Allah?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no. I thought you were saying that what Allah has affirmed, we affirm; what He has denied, we deny; and what He has neither affirmed nor denied, we remain silent about. I thought that was your intention.
The questioner : ... I asked you a second question.
The Shaykh : A new question. Regarding silence, we say: Allah is the Doer of what He wills. If He wills, He speaks, and if He wills, He is silent. That is its meaning. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... the attribute of silence, and we affirm it in the manner... .
The Shaykh : How do you mean? What do you mean?
The questioner : The attribute of silence is one of the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : No, no, no. Do you mean the silence described of Allah?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, no. I thought you were saying that what Allah has affirmed, we affirm; what He has denied, we deny; and what He has neither affirmed nor denied, we remain silent about. I thought that was your intention.
The questioner : ... I asked you a second question.
The Shaykh : A new question. Regarding silence, we say: Allah is the Doer of what He wills. If He wills, He speaks, and if He wills, He is silent. That is its meaning. Yes.