What is the ruling on the poet's saying: "My Lord has become jealous over Ahmad's wife, and I am jealous over the Prophet's honor"? And is it permissible to listen to anasheed that include phrases such as: "Your phantom dallies with my imagination"?
The methodology of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah regarding the attributes of Allah is based on the principle that they are tawqifiyyah (derived solely from revelation), their meaning is known, but their modality (kayfiyyah) is unknown. They are affirmed without tahrif (distortion), tamthil (likening to creation), takyeef (specifying a modality), or ta'til (negation). The attribute of "Ghayrah" (protective jealousy/wrath) has been affirmed for Allah the Almighty in the Sunnah. Its meaning is that Allah becomes wrathful when His prohibitions are violated. This is an attribute befitting His majesty and does not resemble the ghayrah of created beings. Using this attribute in the context of Allah's ghayrah for the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his honor is correct. The poet's phrase "ghara fiha" (was wrathful in it) in the sense of "ghara laha" (was wrathful for it) is permissible. As for the phrase "Your phantom caresses my imagination" regarding the Prophet, there is no harm in it, though another expression might be more appropriate.
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