Is it religiously and linguistically permissible to say "Allah is greater than Muhammad" or "Allah is more merciful than so-and-so"? And is this considered a comparison of the Creator to the creation, thereby contradicting the religion? If "Allah is greater" is said, does "greater" here imply preference, and if so, why isn't the one being preferred over mentioned?
It is permissible to say, "Allah is more merciful to you than so-and-so," as evidenced by the Hadith of the woman who took her child, where the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Allah is more merciful to His servants than this woman is to her child."
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