Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/247)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

to refrain from. He—Glorified is He—is Wise, Generous, Munificent, Glorious, Beneficent, Loving, Most Patient, and Most Appreciative. When He is obeyed, He rewards graciously, and when He is disobeyed, He forgives. No one bears hurtful words he hears with greater patience than He does; no one loves praise more than He does; no one loves to afford every opportunity for an excuse more than He does; and no one loves beneficence more than He does. He is Beneficent and loves those who do good; Most Appreciative and loves those who give thanks; Beautiful and loves beauty; Pure and loves all that is pure; All-Knowing and loves those of His servants who possess knowledge; Generous and loves the generous; Strong—and the strong believer is dearer to Him than the weak believer; Benevolent and loves the righteous; Just and loves people of justice; Modest and Concealing, and loves those characterized by modesty and concealment.

Glorified is He, He loves His Names and Attributes, and He loves those who worship Him through them. He loves those who call upon Him and praise Him by them, and He loves those who know and comprehend them, extol Him through them, and praise and laud Him by them. As authentically reported from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—: “No one loves praise more than Allah; for that reason, He praised Himself. No one has greater protective jealousy than Allah; for that reason, He prohibited shameful deeds, whether open or secret. And no one loves to afford every opportunity for an excuse more than Allah; for that reason, He sent the messengers as bearers of glad tidings and warners.” 12.

From this it is known that whoever has a share in knowing Allah’s Most Beautiful Names and supreme Attributes, as revealed in His Book and the sunnah of His Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—knows with complete certainty that all of these, as they pertain to Allah, necessarily entail praise and commendation. Praise is the necessary consequence of His Most Beautiful Names, His supreme Attributes, and His praiseworthy acts. He—Glorified is He—is described only in terms of praise and is extolled only with the finest praise, just as He is called only by the most beautiful

(1) *Sahīh Muslim*, no. 2760. (2) See Ibn al-Qayyim, *Tarīq al-Hijratayn*, pp. 210–226.

على تركه، وهو سبحانه حكيمٌ كريمٌ جوادٌ ماجدٌ محسنٌ وَدودٌ صَبورٌ شَكورٌ، يُطاعُ فيَشكرُ، ويُعصى فيَغفِر، لا أحد أصبر على أذى سمعه منه، ولا أحد أحبُّ إليه المدح منه، ولا أحد أحبُّ إليه العذر منه، ولا أحد أحبُّ إليه الإحسان منه، فهو محسن يحبُّ المحسنين، شَكور يحبُّ الشاكرين، جميلٌ يحب الجمال، طيِّبٌ يحبُّ كلَّ طيِّب، عليم يحب العلماءَ من عباده، كريمٌ يحبُّ الكرماء، قويٌّ والمؤمن القويُّ أحبُّ إليه من المؤمن الضعيف، برٌّ يحبُّ الأبرار، عدلٌ يحبُّ أهل العدل، حييٌّ سِتِّيرٌ يحبُّ أهل الحياء والستر. وهو سبحانه يحبُّ أسماءَه وصفاته ويحبُّ المتعبِّدين له بها، ويحبُّ من يسأله ويمدحه بها، ويحبُّ من يعرفها ويعقلها ويثني عليه بها، ويحمده ويمدحه بها كما في الصحيح عن النبي ﷺ: " لا أحد أحبُّ إليه المدح من الله من أجل ذلك أثنى على نفسه، ولا أحد أغيرُ من الله من أجل ذلك حرّم الفواحش ما ظهر منها وما بطن، ولا أحد أحبُّ إليه العذر من الله من أجل ذلك أرسل الرسل مبشِّرين ومنذرين" ١٢. وبهذا يُعلم أنَّ من كان له نصيب من معرفة أسماء الله الحسنى وصفاته العليا الواردة في كتابه وسنّة رسوله ﷺ عَلِمَ تَمام العلم أنَّ اللهَ لا يكون له من ذلك إلاَّ ما يوجب الحمد والثناء، فالحمد موجب أسمائه الحسنى وصفاته العليا وأفعاله الحميدة، ولا يُخْبَرُ عنه سبحانه إلاَّ بالحمد، ولا يُثنى عليه إلاَّ بأحسن الثناء، كما لا يسمّى إلاَّ بأحسن

١ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٢٧٦٠) . ٢ انظر: طريق الهجرتين لابن القيِّم (ص:٢١٠ ـ ٢٢٦) .