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

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