Is it permissible to supplicate to Allah by means of His attributes mentioned in the hadiths, such as laughter and hurrying (harwala)?
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Supplicating through the beautiful names and attributes of Allah is legitimate and established in the , such as supplicating through the attribute of laughter, which has been affirmed for Allah Almighty, believing in it without kayf (modality) or tamthil (likening). As for supplicating through "hurwala" (trotting/hastening) mentioned in the Qudsi, there is no harm in it, as hurwala here means Allah's swift reward to His servant, and it is not a literal physical movement. Similarly, the servant's drawing near through obedience is met with Allah's drawing near through reward.
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