Allah's Perfect Names and Attributes
What Will You Learn In This Session
The virtues of knowing Allah's names & attributes
The basic principles
The statement of Imaam Maalik
Principles that relate to Allah's names
All of Allah's names are the pinnacle of perfection
Allah's names are both names and attributes
The proof for rule no.2
Allah's names are taken as they come, there is no place for the intellect when discussing them.
Allah's names do not have a fixed number
Deviation with regard to Allah's names is of different types:
Principles that relate to Allah's attributes
All of Allah's attributes are the pinnacle of perfection
There are more attributes than names
Allah's attributes are of two types
Those attributes which Allah and His Messenger affirmed for Him
Those attributes which we affirm for Allah are of two types:
Two great sins must be avoided with regard to Allah's attributes:
Allah's attributes are taken as they come
Principles that relate to the proofs for Allah's names & attributes
There are only two ways of affirming Allah's names & attributes: The Qur'an & the Sunnah.
Words with ambiguous meanings
It is obligatory to understand Allah's names & attributes by their apparent meaning
The meaning of Allah's names & attributes have two aspects:
Misguidance with regard to Allah's names & attributes
Every person who compares Allah to his creation has denied an aspect of Allah's names; attributes, and vice-versa