Zakaullah Saleem – S03 E04 Aqeedah AllahS Names And Attributes Pt 2

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The speakers discuss the negative attributes of Islam, including negative language use and negative attributes of the Prophet. They emphasize the importance of affirming the attributes of Islam, including the use of "has" and "has not" in context, and the importance of affirming the attributes of Islam. The speakers also discuss the shackles of Islam and how they can be used to "assure" others.

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			In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
		
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			Merciful.
		
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			All praise is due to Allah, Lord of
		
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			the worlds.
		
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			And to the righteous.
		
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			And peace and blessings be upon His noble
		
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			Messenger.
		
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			And upon his family and companions, all of
		
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			them.
		
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			Next.
		
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			Last week we began the topic of the
		
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			names of Allah SWT and the attributes of
		
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			Allah SWT.
		
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			And we mentioned some of the principles related
		
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			to the names of Allah SWT.
		
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			And we mentioned that the names of Allah
		
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			SWT are Tawqeefi.
		
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			And the names of Allah SWT are not
		
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			limited to any number.
		
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			And all of Allah SWT names are beautiful.
		
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			And then we also mentioned the permissibility or
		
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			impermissibility of naming someone with Allah's names.
		
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			To what extent it is permissible and what
		
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			is not permissible.
		
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			And also what you mentioned is that the
		
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			deviation in the names of Allah SWT is
		
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			not permissible.
		
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			The deviation in the names of Allah SWT
		
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			is impermissible.
		
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			It is prohibited.
		
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			Today we are going to talk about the
		
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			second part which is the attributes of Allah
		
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			SWT.
		
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			The attributes of Allah SWT and the principles
		
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			related to the attributes of Allah SWT.
		
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			When it comes to the attributes of Allah
		
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			SWT, first and foremost if you remember we
		
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			mentioned the names of Allah SWT.
		
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			That every name of Allah SWT contains an
		
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			attribute.
		
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			Every name of Allah SWT refers to an
		
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			attribute of Allah SWT such as the name
		
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			of As-Samee' or hearing.
		
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			So it refers to the power of Allah
		
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			SWT of hearing.
		
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			Al-Aleem, all-knowing.
		
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			So the attribute of Allah in this name
		
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			is the knowledge.
		
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			We attribute knowledge to Allah SWT.
		
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			Al-Qadeer, when we say Al-Qadeer we
		
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			attribute Qudra and the power to Allah SWT.
		
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			Al-Baseer, all-seeing.
		
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			When we say Al-Baseer, we attribute the
		
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			power of seeing to Allah SWT.
		
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			And we also mentioned that anything that is
		
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			attributed to Allah SWT, it is also known
		
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			as the attribute of Allah.
		
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			Such as the hands of Allah SWT, the
		
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			eyes of Allah SWT.
		
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			As Allah SWT has used these words for
		
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			himself in the Quran.
		
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			And the Prophet SAW has also attributed these
		
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			things to Allah SWT.
		
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			So the same principles apply to the attributes
		
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			of Allah SWT also.
		
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			But there are some additional principles with regards
		
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			to the attributes of Allah SWT.
		
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			And those additional attributes or those additional principles
		
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			include that the attributes of Allah SWT, as
		
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			we said all the names of Allah SWT
		
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			are beautiful.
		
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			The same way the attributes of Allah SWT
		
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			are also beautiful.
		
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			When we say beautiful, it means that the
		
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			attributes of Allah SWT are perfect in every
		
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			single manner.
		
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			The attributes of Allah are perfect in every
		
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			single manner.
		
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			So there is no deficiency or negativity in
		
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			the attributes of Allah SWT.
		
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			Because Allah SWT himself is perfect.
		
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			And anything and everything that is attributed to
		
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			Him is also perfect.
		
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			This is what Allah says, To Allah belong
		
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			the most beautiful names.
		
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			And as we said, every name is the
		
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			attribute of Allah SWT also.
		
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			That is why it is not permissible to
		
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			attribute to Allah SWT anything that is negative.
		
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			Anything that is negative.
		
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			But sometimes we find in the Quran that
		
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			Allah SWT himself has used certain words for
		
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			himself.
		
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			If we were to use those words out
		
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			of context, generally they are seen as negative
		
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			phrases.
		
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			For example, Allah says in the Quran with
		
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			regards to the Munafiqeen, Allah says, Verily
		
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			the Munafiqeen, the hypocrites, they try to deceive
		
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			Allah.
		
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			But in reality Allah is deceiving them.
		
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			Deception is something that is not good.
		
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			It is always negative.
		
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			But Allah SWT has used the word Khadi
		
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			'uhum for himself.
		
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			Likewise, Allah says about the enemies of Islam,
		
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			Allah says, They plot against Allah SWT's religion
		
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			and against the slaves of Allah, the believers.
		
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			And Allah plots as well.
		
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			Plotting is always seen as negative.
		
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			But Allah SWT has used those words for
		
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			himself.
		
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			So this is also an attribute of Allah.
		
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			Anything that we attribute to Allah falls within
		
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			the category of Sifat.
		
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			This is the Sifat of Allah.
		
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			Allah SWT himself said, And He is their
		
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			deceiver.
		
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			And they plot and Allah plots.
		
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			And Allah is the best of plotters.
		
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			Allah is the best of the plotters, those
		
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			who plot.
		
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			Allah is the best amongst them all.
		
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			But the principle here is that we use
		
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			these kind of attributes for Allah SWT in
		
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			that specific context.
		
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			And it is not permissible to take these
		
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			words and these phrases out of context.
		
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			And you say that Allah himself called himself
		
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			Khadi'uhum.
		
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			Khadi' You cannot say that one of the
		
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			names of Allah is Khadi' Khadi' literally means
		
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			deceiver.
		
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			You can't say that Allah is Khadi'un.
		
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			Rather, it has to be used in that
		
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			specific context.
		
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			In that specific context.
		
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			This is the attribute of Allah.
		
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			That is why none of the scholars have
		
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			said that one of the names of Allah
		
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			is Khadi' It can't be because it is
		
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			seen negative.
		
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			But Allah SWT replied them back in that
		
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			manner.
		
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			Because they tried to deceive Allah.
		
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			Allah replied them that they tried to deceive
		
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			Allah.
		
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			But in reality they are deceiving themselves.
		
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			And Allah has made them that they deceive
		
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			themselves.
		
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			And they don't even realize it.
		
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			As Allah said in another ayah in Surah
		
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			Al-Baqarah They try to deceive Allah and
		
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			the believers.
		
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			But in reality they are deceiving themselves without
		
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			even realizing.
		
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			So Allah is the one who has made
		
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			them feel that they are deceiving the believers.
		
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			But in reality they are deceiving themselves.
		
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			So this is what Allah SWT means in
		
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			that ayah.
		
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			So the principle is that anything that is
		
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			apparently considered negative cannot be attributed to Allah.
		
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			Unless Allah SWT has used it for himself
		
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			in a specific context then we can use
		
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			it.
		
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			Otherwise we cannot attribute such thing to Allah
		
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			SWT.
		
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			Also there are other attributes of Allah SWT.
		
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			That as we said last week again with
		
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			regards to the names of Allah.
		
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			There are some names of Allah SWT that
		
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			can be used for the creation of Allah.
		
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			Particularly the words that Allah SWT has used
		
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			for himself and for his slaves.
		
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			These type of words can be used for
		
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			other than Allah SWT.
		
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			Because we find evidence for them in the
		
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			Quran or in the hadith of Rasulullah SAW.
		
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			But there are other names of Allah that
		
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			are impermissible to be used for the creation
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			Such as Ar-Rahman, Al-Mutakabbir, Al-Qahhar
		
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			or Ar-Rab.
		
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			These words are specifically for Allah SWT.
		
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			The same principle applies to the attributes of
		
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			Allah SWT.
		
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			The attributes of Allah, the attributes that indicate
		
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			the perfection or might.
		
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			They are for Allah SWT only.
		
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			For example, Allah SWT does not forget.
		
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			As Allah says in the Quran My Lord
		
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			never forgets.
		
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			But can we attribute, can we call, can
		
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			we say, can we attribute this attribute to
		
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			anyone other than Allah SWT?
		
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			We ask the brother, please go to the
		
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			lobby area.
		
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			You are disturbing the whole lesson.
		
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			That brother.
		
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			Can you help him go there inshallah?
		
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			Okay.
		
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			So, Allah SWT, one of the attributes of
		
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			Allah is Adamun Nisyan.
		
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			That Allah does not forget.
		
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			But does anyone amongst the creation of Allah
		
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			SWT has the ability?
		
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			No one.
		
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			No one at all.
		
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			Without an exception.
		
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			Including the best of the creation of Allah.
		
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			Our Prophet SAW.
		
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			The Prophet SAW used to forget sometimes.
		
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			You find in a Hadith that the Prophet
		
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			SAW at one occasion, he led Salatul Zuhur
		
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			or Salatul Asr only two rakat.
		
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			Instead of four, he led only two.
		
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			And then he left the Masjid.
		
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			When he left the Masjid, the companion, they
		
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			stayed in the Masjid.
		
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			And no one had the courage or even
		
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			the ability to approach the Prophet SAW and
		
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			ask him.
		
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			There was only one companion who stood up.
		
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			And he called the Prophet SAW from his
		
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			back and said, He raised his hands like
		
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			this.
		
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			And he was tall and his hands were
		
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			tall and his arms were tall as well.
		
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			So the Prophet SAW at that point called
		
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			him, A person of two hands.
		
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			Obviously everyone has two hands.
		
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			But he called him, And the Prophet SAW,
		
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			when he said to the Prophet SAW, Did
		
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			you forget?
		
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			Oh, the Salat has been shortened by Allah
		
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			SWT.
		
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			The Prophet SAW said, None of these.
		
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			He said, no, if this is the case,
		
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			then I'm sure you have forgotten, O Messenger
		
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			of Allah.
		
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			The Prophet SAW said, what happened?
		
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			He said, O Messenger of Allah, you led
		
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			only two rakaat.
		
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			The Prophet SAW came back into the Masjid.
		
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			And he asked the companions.
		
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			He asked those companions who were waiting in
		
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			the Masjid, Has Zulyadain said the truth?
		
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			What he's saying is correct.
		
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			They said, yes, O Messenger of Allah.
		
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			Yeah, you led only two rakaat.
		
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			Then the Prophet SAW led another two rakaat.
		
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			And then he made two sajdah to sahaf.
		
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			And then after that, he addressed the companion.
		
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			He said, He said, I'm a human being
		
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			like you.
		
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			I forget the way you forget.
		
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			Whenever I forget, you should remind me.
		
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			So if Muhammad Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			is not free from from Nisyan and from
		
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			forgetfulness, then who else can be free?
		
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			It is only Allah.
		
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			Okay, but Allah Subhan, these attributes of Allah
		
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			are perfect.
		
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			And no one can be called that such
		
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			person or so and so never forgets.
		
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			Likewise, when it comes to the attributes of
		
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			Allah, Same as what we said last week.
		
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			Amongst the names of Allah are certain names
		
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			that are praiseworthy for Allah.
		
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			But for creation of Allah, they are blameworthy.
		
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			Such as the word you mentioned last week.
		
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			Does anyone remember?
		
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			One of the beautiful names of Allah is
		
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			Al-Mutakabbir.
		
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			Can you call someone Al-Mutakabbir?
		
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			No, Al-Mutakabbir for the creation means arrogant.
		
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			For this is something that is negative.
		
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			But for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Al
		
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			-Mutakabbir is the perfection.
		
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			Is the name of perfection.
		
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			Likewise, the Sifat of Allah Dhul-Jalal Al
		
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			-Ikram.
		
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			There are Sifat of Allah that are seen
		
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			as the Sifat and the attributes of perfection
		
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			for Allah.
		
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			But for human being, they are not the
		
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			signs of perfection.
		
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			Rather, they are seen deficiencies.
		
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			As part of deficiency or the shortcoming of
		
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			deficiency.
		
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			For example, having no child.
		
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			A couple got married and they have no
		
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			children.
		
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			For number of years.
		
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			May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless every
		
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			couple with righteous children.
		
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			Those who do not have child and they
		
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			have been married for 10, 15, 20 and
		
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			some even for 50, 60 years.
		
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			Is a sign of perfection?
		
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			No.
		
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			This is a sign of imperfection for human
		
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			being.
		
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			But this is a sign of perfection for
		
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			Allah.
		
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			For Allah, it is an attribute of perfection.
		
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			Every single attribute of Allah is the attribute
		
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			of perfection.
		
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			Allah has no sibling.
		
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			Allah has no brother, no sister, no wife,
		
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			no father, no mother.
		
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			All of this is a sign of his
		
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			perfection.
		
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			And these attributes cannot be found to anyone.
		
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			Cannot be ascribed to anyone other than Allah
		
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			Dhul-Jalal Al-Ikram.
		
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			Likewise, if a person suffers from the illness
		
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			of sleeplessness.
		
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			Sleeplessness is a disease.
		
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			It is an illness.
		
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			But for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, it
		
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			is a sign of perfection.
		
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			As Allah says in Ayatul Kursi So, the
		
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			point is that everything that is attributed to
		
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			Allah, it is perfect.
		
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			Every attribute of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			is perfect.
		
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			And even those attributes that are ascribed to
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for human being.
		
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			They are signs of imperfection.
		
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			But for Allah, they are signs of perfection.
		
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			Okay.
		
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			Another attribute or another principle with regards to
		
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			the attributes of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Is that the attribute of Allah Dhul-Jalal
		
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			Al-Ikram are his own attributes.
		
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			And this is something unique about Allah Dhul
		
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			-Jalal Al-Ikram.
		
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			Everything that is attributed to Allah, it is
		
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			his own.
		
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			That is known as Zatiyyah.
		
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			Anything that is attributed to us, it is
		
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			not our own.
		
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			They are Wahabiyyah.
		
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			They are no Wahabiyyah.
		
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			Wahab means given, granted.
		
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			Granted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Anything that we have in this dunya, it
		
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			is granted by Allah Dhul-Jalal Al-Ikram.
		
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			Our ability of seeing, hearing, talking, whatever.
		
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			Whatever we have in this dunya, it is
		
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			granted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			But the attributes of Allah, when we say
		
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			Allah is Samee' Allah is Baseer, Allah is
		
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			Alim.
		
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			Anything that we attribute of Allah, we attribute
		
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			to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			It is his own attribute and no one
		
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			has given Allah Dhul-Jalal Al-Ikram anything.
		
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			Likewise, every attribute of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala has no limit.
		
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			Or in other words, we have no ability,
		
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			no authority to describe them in perfect manner.
		
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			And they have no limit.
		
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			For example, when we say Allah is Samee'
		
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			Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
		
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			Does it have any limit?
		
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			No.
		
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			When we say Insaan or human being is
		
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			Samee' He is Hearing, the hearing of a
		
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			human being is limited.
		
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			I cannot hear what is being talked about
		
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			or someone is talking in the car park.
		
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			I can't hear.
		
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			I cannot see anything beyond a barrier.
		
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			But is there any barrier for Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala?
		
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			Is there any limit?
		
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			No.
		
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			Allah is Hearing, Allah is Seeing, Allah is
		
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			Knowledge, Allah is Mercy, Allah is Power.
		
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			Everything has no limit.
		
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			So the attributes of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala have no limit.
		
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			And we cannot restrict them to any particular
		
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			place or time.
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala's attributes are his
		
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			own.
		
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			And they are not restricted to any place
		
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			or to any time.
		
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			Another principle with regards to the attributes of
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is that the
		
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			attributes of Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram that are
		
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			for him Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala only, those
		
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			attributes cannot be ascribed to anyone other than
		
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			Allah.
		
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			Particularly the attributes that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala has highlighted in the Quran that these
		
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			are the attributes of Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			For example, the attribute of Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala, one of the attributes of Allah
		
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			is that Allah is Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafoor.
		
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			He is the one who forgives the sins.
		
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			Allah says in the Quran, Who has the
		
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			ability, who has the authority or power to
		
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			forgive the sins of others except Allah Dhul
		
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			Jalal Ikram.
		
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			So the principle here is that these attributes
		
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			are solely and purely for Allah Dhul Jalal
		
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			Ikram and such attributes cannot be ascribed to
		
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			anyone other than Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Likewise, having complete and perfect knowledge of everything,
		
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			this is something that is attributed to Allah
		
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			Dhul Jalal Ikram only.
		
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			As Allah says, Saying no one has the
		
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			knowledge of the unseen in the heavens or
		
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			on this earth except Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Meaning if we were to ascribe these attributes
		
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			to other than Allah, then it will be
		
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			seen or considered as a form of shirk.
		
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			If you say that so and so has
		
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			the power to forgive your sins, as the
		
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			Christians believe, then it is a form of
		
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			shirk.
		
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			If you say so and so has the
		
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			power or has the ability to have the
		
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			knowledge of the unseen or so and so,
		
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			the prophets, the angels or the saint or
		
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			righteous or pious people, they have, they also
		
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			have the knowledge of the unseen, then it
		
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			is a shirk with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala.
		
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			So these kind of attributes, although a human
		
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			being, they have knowledge.
		
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			Although the human being, they have the ability
		
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			to forgive one another.
		
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			But when we forgive one another, it does
		
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			not mean that we have the ability of
		
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			forgiving other sins.
		
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			Rather, when we forgive each other, we forgive
		
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			from our part only.
		
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			Okay, someone has wronged you, for example, someone
		
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			has wronged you.
		
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			You may forgive them.
		
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			But does it mean that Allah has also
		
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			forgiven them?
		
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			Or you have forgiven, if you have forgiven,
		
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			does it guarantee that Allah has also forgiven
		
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			their sins?
		
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			No, there is no guarantee.
		
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			You have forgiven from your part.
		
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			But the forgiveness of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala is beyond any limit.
		
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			من يغفر الذنوب إلا الله So these kind
		
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			of attributes can be ascribed to Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala only and they cannot be
		
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			ascribed to other than Allah Dhul Jalali Wal
		
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			Ikram.
		
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			Likewise, another example of this kind of attribute
		
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			is the guidance.
		
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			Guidance, we usually say the guidance is in
		
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			the hands of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			Allah guides whomsoever He wills.
		
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			من يهده الله فلا مضللا ومن يضلل فلا
		
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			هديلا Whoever Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala guides,
		
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			no one can misguide.
		
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			And whoever is misguided by Allah, no one
		
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			can guide him.
		
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			But we find in the Quran that Allah
		
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			used the word guidance for His Nabi as
		
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			well.
		
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			Allah says O Prophet, you guide people towards
		
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			the straight path.
		
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			But here, although the word guidance is used
		
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			for others and we also guide each other
		
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			on certain things but our guidance is limited
		
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			to our ability.
		
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			But the guidance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala is not restricted to any limit.
		
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			And also when it comes to the guidance
		
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			that is ascribed to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala, the guidance for which we beg Allah
		
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			in every single rakah of our Salah by
		
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			saying O Allah, guide us towards the straight
		
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			path.
		
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			That guidance is only in Allah's hand.
		
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			Even when we try to guide someone towards
		
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			the religion of Allah, towards the Tawhid of
		
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			Allah, we advise them actually.
		
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			We help them to come to this path.
		
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			But to change the heart and to make
		
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			the person accept the truth and to embrace
		
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			the religion of Islam, that is only in
		
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			the hands of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			That is why Allah said to his Nabi
		
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			in the Quran You cannot guide whomsoever you
		
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			love, O Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Rather Allah
		
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			guides whomsoever He wills.
		
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			So you should not be misinterpreting these attributes
		
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			of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
		
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			The reason I'm highlighting all these attributes of
		
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			Allah is that there are people out there
		
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			who say that look, Allah has used the
		
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			word Hidayah for Himself and Allah said to
		
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			His Nabi that Nabi also guides.
		
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			So we seek guidance, we call upon the
		
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			Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and we ask him
		
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			to guide us.
		
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			Rather you ask Allah.
		
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			So this is the difference between the guidance
		
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			of a human being and the guidance of
		
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			Allah Dhul Jalali Wal Ikram.
		
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			Likewise, when we say to those who call
		
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			upon other than Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
		
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			amongst the Muslims, when we say to them
		
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			no one should be called upon other than
		
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			Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala because Allah Subhanahu
		
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			Wa Ta'ala is the one who can
		
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			help.
		
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			No one else can help you.
		
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			We're not saying every single rakah of our
		
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			Salah Allah, you alone we worship and you
		
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			alone we seek assistance or we call for
		
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			help.
		
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			People say, do we not help each other?
		
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			Then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam say Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala continues helping His slave
		
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			as long as He is helping His brother.
		
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			So we also help.
		
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			So when we can help each other, so
		
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			what's wrong with asking for each other for
		
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			help, asking each other for help?
		
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			And then after that, what's wrong with asking
		
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			those who have passed away for their help?
		
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			The point here is that when it comes
		
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			to the attributes of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta
		
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			'ala, the attributes of Allah are not limited
		
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			to any, there is no limit for the
		
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			attributes of Allah.
		
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			For human being, there is limit.
		
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			What is the limit here?
		
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			That we can help each other as long
		
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			as we are alive, we have the life
		
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			of this dunya.
		
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			As soon as someone passes away, they cannot
		
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			help you.
		
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			And at that time, asking them for help
		
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			would be considered as an act of shirk.
		
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			Likewise, we help each other in those matters
		
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			that are within our capacity, within our power
		
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			and ability.
		
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			If you call upon someone who is living,
		
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			he is alive, but you ask them to
		
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			give you and help you in something that
		
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			is beyond their capacity, beyond their ability, beyond
		
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			their human capacity, then it will be considered
		
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			as shirk.
		
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			For example, you go to someone that you
		
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			consider he is righteous and pious, and you
		
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			ask them, and you beg and you stand
		
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			before them, you beg them, can you please
		
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			give me a child?
		
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			I am married for these many years, I
		
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			don't have a child, can you give me
		
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			a child?
		
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			This is an act of shirk, because no
		
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			one has the ability to grant anyone a
		
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			child.
		
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			It is only Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So that kind of assistance and help is
		
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			attributed to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, only
		
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			and it cannot be attributed to other than
		
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			Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Another principle with regards to the attributes of
		
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			Allah, the attributes of Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram
		
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			are of two types.
		
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			They are called Thubutiyyah and Salbiyyah.
		
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			Thubutiyyah means the attributes of affirmation, you affirm
		
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			something for Allah.
		
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			And Salbiyyah is that the attributes of negation,
		
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			you negate certain things from Allah.
		
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			For example, as Allah says in the Quran
		
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			in Ayatul Kursi, No slumber, no sleep overtakes
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			There's no one equal to Allah Dhul Jalal
		
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			Ikram.
		
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			Things like this.
		
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			So you negate certain things from Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala.
		
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			So there are attributes that you affirm for
		
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			Allah, you confirm and affirm for Allah, and
		
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			there are attributes that you negate from Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			With regards to the affirmation, the principle is
		
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			that you affirm for Allah only whatever Allah
		
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			has affirmed for himself or whatever Rasulullah Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam has affirmed for Allah Dhul Jalal
		
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			Ikram.
		
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			And then the principle is whatever Allah has
		
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			affirmed for himself and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
		
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			Wasallam has affirmed for Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram,
		
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			you accept it as it is.
		
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			With the literal linguistic meaning, without twisting the
		
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			meaning or without saying it is metaphor, it
		
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			is not real.
		
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			For example, Allah says in the Quran, On
		
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			the day of judgment, your Lord will come.
		
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			What has been attributed to Allah?
		
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			Coming.
		
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			To affirm that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			comes.
		
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			Allah will come.
		
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			How?
		
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			We cannot say.
		
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			We don't know.
		
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			We have no knowledge.
		
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			We have no ability.
		
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			We have no authority.
		
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			Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says, Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala descends to the lowest heaven every
		
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			single night.
		
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			How?
		
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			We do not know.
		
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			If we cannot describe it, does it mean
		
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			we reject it?
		
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			No.
		
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			We have to affirm it.
		
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			We have to establish it.
		
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			We have to affirm it.
		
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			And we need to believe in it the
		
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			way Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has mentioned
		
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			and the way the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			has mentioned for Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, The
		
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			hearts of people are in between the two
		
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			fingers of Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Two fingers of Allah.
		
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			So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam ascribed fingers
		
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			to Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			Does it mean the fingers of Allah are
		
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			like my finger or your finger?
		
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			No one can say this.
		
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			Can we describe that?
		
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			We cannot.
		
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			If we cannot describe that, it means we
		
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			reject.
		
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			We say no.
		
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			We shouldn't be saying that Allah has finger.
		
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			No.
		
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			We have to affirm.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Because the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has affirmed.
		
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			Likewise, the things that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
		
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			has negated from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
		
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			or Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala himself has
		
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			negated from himself, we have to negate.
		
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			And again, we do not go beyond that.
		
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			For example, Allah says, لا يضل ربي ولا
		
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			ينسى Musa Alaihi Salatu Wasalam when Firaun said
		
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			to Musa, مَن رَبُّكُمَ يَا مُوسَى؟
		
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			Who is your Lord?
		
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			Give me the introduction of your Lord.
		
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			Musa Alaihi Salatu Wasalam said, رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَى
		
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			كُلَّ شَيْنِ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَى And then after
		
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			he said, قَالَ عِلْمُ حَيْنْدَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَابِ
		
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			لا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنْسَى My Lord does
		
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			not go wrong.
		
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			No, he forgets.
		
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			So, Musa Alaihi Salatu Wasalam negated, negated from
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala two things here.
		
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			Going wrong or forgetting.
		
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			And this is what Allah has mentioned in
		
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			the Quran.
		
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			Does it mean that it opens a door
		
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			for us to start negating so many other
		
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			things from Allah in our words?
		
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			For example, just for example, can you say
		
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			that Allah does not have a job?
		
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			Allah does not work?
		
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			No.
		
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			You can't use these kind of statements.
		
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			You can't use.
		
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			You affirm for Allah, only whatever Allah has
		
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			affirmed for himself.
		
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			Only what Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has affirmed
		
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			for Allah.
		
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			That is why we say to those who
		
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			object to our belief, when we say that
		
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			we believe in the attributes of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala, the way Allah has described
		
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			himself in the Quran or the Prophet Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam and whatever Allah has attributed to
		
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			himself, we must believe in it.
		
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			Allah has hands.
		
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			Allah has fingers.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has Qadam and
		
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			foot.
		
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			Allah has eye.
		
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			But does it mean that we are giving
		
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			body to Allah?
		
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			Those who object to us, they do not
		
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			understand our principle.
		
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			Our principle is that we affirm for Allah
		
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			only what Allah has affirmed for himself.
		
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			We do not go beyond that.
		
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			And we have no authority to do this
		
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			and we have no ability to describe it.
		
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			The same way, whatever Allah has negated for
		
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			himself or Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has negated
		
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			for Allah, we have to accept that and
		
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			we do not go beyond that.
		
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			Most of the attributes of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala are the attributes of affirmation anyway.
		
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			But there are certain attributes that are known
		
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			as attributes of negation.
		
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			For example, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, The
		
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			Dajjal, when he would come out, he will
		
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			have only one eye and he will claim
		
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			that he is your Lord.
		
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			Then the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, Beware.
		
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			Beware.
		
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			Your Lord is not one-eyed.
		
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			So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam negated that
		
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			from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So this is the principle.
		
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			Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said to his companions,
		
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			Take upon yourself of performing righteous deeds as
		
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			much as you can easily cope with.
		
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			Do not overburden yourself.
		
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			Why?
		
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			Allah is not going to get bored or
		
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			tired by giving reward, by rewarding you, by
		
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			granting reward to you.
		
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			Rather, you are the ones who will get
		
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			tired.
		
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			Do not overburden yourself.
		
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			So in this hadith, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
		
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			Wasallam said, Allah does not get tired.
		
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			This is an attribute of negation.
		
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			Something that has been negated from Allah.
		
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			So we negate from Allah, in our words,
		
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			only whatever Allah has negated from himself or
		
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			Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has negated from Allah
		
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			Dhul Jalal Iwil Ikram.
		
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			And lastly, the attribute of Allah subhanahu wa
		
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			ta'ala, the attributes of Allah Dhul Jalal
		
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			Ikram, as same as what we said last
		
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			week, it is not permissible to deviate in
		
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			the names of Allah, the same way it
		
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			is not permissible to deviate in the attributes
		
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			of Allah Dhul Jalal Ikram.
		
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			And when it comes to attributes of Allah,
		
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			for example, as we just mentioned some of
		
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			the ayaat and the hadiths of Rasulullah Sallallahu
		
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			Alaihi Wasallam, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		
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			Yadullah, Allah's hand.
		
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			Something that has been attributed to Allah.
		
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			Allah himself attributed hand to himself.
		
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			You have to accept and it is not
		
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			permissible to deviate from its linguistic and literal
		
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			meaning.
		
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			Allah says, Leave those who deviate, those who
		
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			do ilhad in the names of Allah.
		
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			And the ilhad, the deviation in the names
		
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			of Allah or in the attributes of Allah
		
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			is when you try to distort the meaning
		
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			or change or twist the meanings of the
		
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			names of Allah or the attributes of Allah
		
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			Dhul Jalal Iwil Ikram.
		
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			And if we were to stick to these
		
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			principles, then, bi-idhnillah, our aqeedah will be
		
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			safe and secure and upright.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give us
		
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			tawfiq and ability.
		
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			And as I mentioned previously, one of the
		
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			best books that you can study in this
		
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			particular topic is the book that is written
		
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			by Shaykh Allama Muhammad bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen,
		
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			Ar-Rahimahullah.
		
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			It is in Arabic and it is translated
		
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			into English as well.
		
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			In Arabic, the name is I think, Al
		
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			-Sama'ullah Al-Muthla.
		
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			The exemplary names and the attributes of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala.
		
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			So it is very comprehensive and detailed book.
		
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			Anyone who is interested to go into the
		
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			further details of this topic, it is advised
		
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			that you study that book.
		
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			May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase us
		
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			all in our knowledge.
		
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			Do you have any questions?
		
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			No?
		
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			Alhamdulillah.
		
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			Okay.