Names and Attributes of God
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Is Allah Almighty described with cunning (makr), deception (khidāʿ), and betrayal (khiyānah), as in His saying: "And they plot, and Allah plots" (Quran 8:30) and His saying: "Indeed, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allah, and He is deceiving them" (Quran 4:142)?
Is it permissible to describe Allah as the "Schemer" based on His saying, the Most High: "And they schemed, and Allah schemed; and Allah is the best of schemers"?
Why did Allah not name Himself "the Speaker" (al-Mutakallim), even though He speaks?
Is the statement that when the Mu'awwidhatayn were revealed, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, adopted them and abandoned all other forms of seeking refuge, including the seeking of refuge for Ishmael and Isaac with "I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every harmful thing, and from every evil eye," correct? And what are the forms of seeking refuge that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, abandoned?
Is the phrase: "Everything that comes to your mind, Allah is different from that," sound, and does it prevent contemplation of Allah's Names and Attributes?
Is the attribute of 'heaviness' (al-thiqal) affirmed for Allah Almighty, based on Ibn Abbas's interpretation of the verse: "The heavens are almost torn apart from above them" (42:5), and is the chain of narration for this tradition sound?
Why did Allah praise Himself in the Qur’an and in prayer by our saying: "Allah hears the one who praises Him," even though He is not in need of human praise and commendation?
How can nullification be polytheism, and is it more accurate to categorize it under disbelief or polytheism?
What is the way to increase faith, given that knowing God's names and attributes and acting upon them does not increase my faith, and I have reviewed a fatwa regarding the meaning of "comprehending them" and the reason for the lack of increase in faith?
What is the meaning of the term "Wajib al-Wujud" (Necessarily Existent) attributed to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, in books of creed?
Is it permissible to translate the names and attributes of Allah into other languages, such as English and Kurdish, and is it permissible to swear by these translated names?
What is the meaning of Allah's name, Al-Wasi'?
What is the ruling on someone who stole something, then falsely swore by disbelief that he did not steal it, without intending disbelief by that?
Is it permissible to name Allah "the Speaker" (al-Mutakallim) or "the Striker/Seizer" (al-Batish), based on actions attributed to Him that carry these meanings?
Is what is attributed to Ibn Taymiyyah regarding anthropomorphism correct, based on his statements mentioned in "Bayan Talbis al-Jahmiyyah" and "Darʾ Taʿaruḍ al-ʿAql wa an-Naql," and inferred from the responses of scholars of his era such as Taqi al-Din al-Subki, and his saying about the Prophet sitting on the Throne and the annihilation of Hellfire?
What is the ruling on supplicating with the Beautiful Names of Allah, in poetic verse, in the manner found in the Damiyatiyya poetic composition and the poetic composition of the Beautiful Names of Allah by Sayyidi Ahmad al-Dardir, and is it permissible for a Muslim to supplicate with them individually even though they are not from the Sunnah?
Did a Hadith come down with the wording "al-Sifah (the attribute) for Allah" other than the Hadith of Aisha? And did the Hadith of Aisha come down in Sahih Ibn Hibban with a text other than the wording "al-Sifah"? And did it come down from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, or the Companions, or from all of them, in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, to supplicate with the wording "attributes of Allah" or similar?
What is the characteristic of deficiency, antithetical to perfection, that must be affirmed when negating the attribute of sight, by analogy with the negation of the attribute of life necessitating the affirmation of death, and the negation of the attribute of knowledge necessitating the description of God as ignorant?
Was Ibn Hazm among the Sunnis?
What is Al-Azhar's doctrine regarding the Names and Attributes [of Allah], and is it the doctrine of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah? And what is the correct and reliable book on the doctrine of the Names and Attributes?
Is it permissible to describe Allah as "the Existent (الموجود)," even though it is not explicitly mentioned among His names and attributes, and for every existent there is an originator, and it is impossible for Allah to have an originator?
Is it permissible to add an article to the Most Beautiful Names of Allah when translating them in the nominative case, knowing that some say it is impermissible to add anything except in the accusative case (object), as a linguistic rule?
What proves the oneness of God, and what prevents there from being more than one god, each with his own creation? Are the Quran's arguments for this convincing?
How can the statement that Almighty Allah has a "self" (nafs) in His sayings: "And Allah warns you of Himself" (Quran 3:28) and "And I chose you for Myself" (Quran 20:41) be reconciled with the saying: "Every soul shall taste death" (Quran 3:185)?