Qawāʿid al-Asmāʾ al-ḤusnāIbn al-Qayyim

—there is no god but You, al-Mannān (the Bestower of favors), Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Generosity⦗1⦘.

This, then, is a plea directed to Him and an entreaty made through His praise⦗2⦘ and through His being the One besides whom there is no deity, the Bestower of favors. It is therefore a supplication by means of His Names and Attributes—how deserving it is of being answered and how weighty its standing with the One who is asked! This is a tremendous gateway among the gateways of monotheism; we have only hinted at it, but Allah grants insight to whomever He wills.

Let us now return to the main topic: describing Him, exalted be He, with the Name that carries within it numerous attributes. For al-ʿAẓīm (the All-Great) is the one who possesses many qualities of perfection, and so too is al-Ṣamad. Ibn ʿAbbās said, “He is the chieftain whose nobility has reached its apex”⦗3⦘. Abū Wāʾil said, “He is the chieftain who⦗4⦘

(1) Reported by Ahmad 3/120; Abu Dawud, no. 1495; Ibn Majah, no. 3858; al-Nasa’i 3/52; and al-Hakim 1/504. Al-Albani declared the chain authentic. See al-Albani, al-Tawassul: Anwaʿuhu wa-Ahkamuhu, p. 30. (2) The printed edition and MSS B and Kh read: “wa-bihamdihi” (and with His praise). (3) Transmitted by Ibn Jarir in his Tafsir, 15/346. (4) The printed edition and MSS Kh and B have “Ibn Wa’il,” which is mistaken. Abu Wa’il is Shaqiq ibn Salama al-Asadi, a reliable muhaddith of the Successor generation who died in the caliphate of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz at the age of one hundred (Taqrib).
لا إله إلا أنت المنان بديعُ السموات والأرض يا ذا الجلال والإكرام " ١. فهذا سؤالٌ له وتسولٌ إليه بحمده٢، وأنه الذي لا إله إلا هو المنان، فهو توسلٌ إليه بأسمائه وصفاته، وما أحق ذلك بالإجابة وأعظمه موقعًا عند المسؤول، وهذا بابٌ عظيمُ من أبواب التوحيد أشرنا إليه إشارةً، وقد فتح لمن بصره الله. ولنرجع إلى المقصود وهو وصفه تعالى بالاسم المتضمن لصفاتٍ عديدةٍ، فالعظيم من اتصف بصفات كثيرة من صفات الكمال وكذلك الصمد، قال ابن عباس: "هو السيد الذي كمل ني سؤدده"٣. وقال أبو وائل٤: "هو السيد الذي
١ رواه أحمد (٣/ ١٢٠) وأبو داود (رقم: ١٤٩٥) وابن ماجه (رقم: ٣٨٥٨) والنسائي (٣/٥٢) والحاكم (١/٥٠٤) وصحح الألباني إسناده. انظر "التوسل أنواعه وأحكامه" (ص ٣٠) . ٢ في (المطبوعة) و (ب) و (خ) "وبحمده" ٣ رواه ابر جرير في تفسيره (١٥/٣٤٦) . ٤ في (المطبوعة) و (خ) و (ب) "ابن وائل"، وهو خطأ، وأبو وائل هو: شقيق بن سلمة الأسدي ثقة مخضرم مات في خلافة عمر بن عبد العزيز وله مائة سنة "التقريب".

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