Allah is (the Creator “al-Khaliq”), i.e., the One Who brought all the creations from inexistence into existence. He is (the Sustainer “ar-Raziq”), i.e., the One Who provides the sustenance to His slaves. He is (Knowledgeable “al-^Alim”), i.e., the One attributed with the Eternal and Everlasting attribute of Knowledge that does not change, increase, decrease, or get renewed. He is Knowledgeable…
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Allah is (without a beginning “al-‘Awwal”), i.e., the One Who does not have a beginning to His Existence. His existence was not preceded by inexistence. The (Eternal “al-Qadim”) has the same meaning when referring to Allah because the Eternity of Allah is His own attribute and is not related to time. Allah is (Alive “al-Hayy”), i.e., the One attributed with…
Allah is the One (Who is One “al-Wahid”), i.e., the One who does not have a partner with Him in Godhood. He is (Indivisible “al-‘Ahad”), i.e., the One Who does not accept division and partitioning because He is not a body. He is neither a kathif (tangible) body which is physically grasped by the hand like humans, trees, and stones,…
In the prayer, the Muslim must say the Testification of Faith in Arabic by saying: <<Ash-hadu alla ilaha illallah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadar-Rasulullah.>>) Since the Testification of Faith (the two shahadahs) is the foundational root of Islam, it is obligatory upon every Muslim know their meaning. (The meaning of ash-hadu alla ilaha illallah), I testify that no one is God…
The Tawhid of Allah in the Doings[1] It was narrated from Imam Al-Junayd, the Imam of the true Sufiyys, that when he was asked about Tawhid he said, “Certainty.” Then he was asked for clarification, so he said, “Certainly, there is no one who gives being to anything among the things, whether entities or deeds, and no creator for them…
It came in the Sahih Hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad and Abu Dawud in his Sunan and Ibn Hibban from the route of Ibn Ad-Daylamiyy that he said, “I came to Ubayy Ibn Ka^b and I said, ‘O Aba-l-Mundhir, something in myself has taken place in reference to the Qadar; so talk to me, perhaps Allah will…
Whoever attributes to Allah the creation of good, and not the creation of evil, has attributed inability to Allah; had it been like that, this world would have two managers, a manager of good and a manager of evil, and this is blasphemy and shirk. This foolish opinion, from another point of view, makes Allah the Exalted overcome in His…
A faction that is attributed to Amin Shaykhu, those whom their leader today is ^Abdul-Hadi Al-Baniyy, the one who is in Damascus claimed that the Will of Allah follows the will of the slave. So the meaning of the ayah يضل من يشاء ويهدي من يشاء according to them is that if the slave willed the guidance then Allah Willed…
The pronoun in the Saying of Allah: ﴿يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَنْ يَشَآءُ﴾ [which means] “He misguides whomever He Willed and He guides whomever He Willed,” goes back to Allah; it does not go back to the slave as was claimed by the deniers of the Qadar. This is proven by the Saying of Allah the Exalted, informing about what…
Hafidh Abu Nu^aym narrated from the nephew of Az-Zuhriyy, who narrated from his uncle, that ^Umar Ibnul-Khattab used to love the poem of Labid Ibn Rabi^ah which has these verses: إِنَّ تَقْوى ربّنَا خَيرُ نَفَلْ وبإذنِ الله رَيْثي وعَجَلْ أحمَدُ الله فَلا نِدَّ لهُ بيَدَيْهِ الخيرُ ما شَاءَ فَعلْ مَن هَداهُ سُبُلَ الـخَيرِ اهتَدى ناعِمَ البَالِ ومَنْ شَاءَ أضَل…