Is it permissible to describe Allah with the attribute of injustice in response to the wrongdoer?
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The student: O Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), how do we respond to those who said that injustice can be attributed to Allah the Exalted by way of contrast? They said that the wrongdoer’s response to the wrongdoer is perfection, and they cited the verse of the pre-Islamic poet:
Let no one be ignorant of us, for we will be ignorant of them beyond the ignorance of the ignorant ones.
The Shaykh : (Laughter) I say: This is astonishing. Where in the Qur'an and the Sunnah is it mentioned that Allah the Exalted described Himself with injustice in contrast to the wrongdoer? Where?
The student: It is not there.
The Shaykh : ... If it is not there, why is Allah called unjust? He has negated it from Himself.
The student: They said that responding to the wrongdoer is perfection.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. Taking revenge on the wrongdoer is perfection, but responding to the wrongdoer with injustice is not. For this reason, it did not come in the Qur'an and the Sunnah Rather, He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:57] As for mockery, yes; deception, yes; stratagem, yes; this is permissible. Allah the Exalted mentioned these attributes in contrast to those who treated Him with the like. Has the time ended?
Let no one be ignorant of us, for we will be ignorant of them beyond the ignorance of the ignorant ones.
The Shaykh : (Laughter) I say: This is astonishing. Where in the Qur'an and the Sunnah is it mentioned that Allah the Exalted described Himself with injustice in contrast to the wrongdoer? Where?
The student: It is not there.
The Shaykh : ... If it is not there, why is Allah called unjust? He has negated it from Himself.
The student: They said that responding to the wrongdoer is perfection.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not. Taking revenge on the wrongdoer is perfection, but responding to the wrongdoer with injustice is not. For this reason, it did not come in the Qur'an and the Sunnah