Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 86

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَقَدْ جَاءَ فِي لَفْظٍ آخَرَ : «السَّلَامُ عَلَى جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَالَ» (١) كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ هَكَذَا فِي السَّلَامِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ : «لَا تَقُولُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ سَلَامٌ»

It has come in another wording: 'Peace be upon Gabriel and Michael' (1); they used to say this in the greeting, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'Do not say peace be upon Allah, for Allah Himself is Peace.'

وَهَذَا نَهْيُ تَحْرِيمٍ وَالسَّلَامُ لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى سَلَامٍ ، هُوَ نَفْسُهُ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - سَلَامٌ سَالِمٌ مِنْ كُلِّ نَقْصٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ فَلَا نَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ، لِأَنَّهُ : ١ - يُوهِمُ جَوَازَ النَّقْصِ فِي حَقِّ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

This is a prohibition of unlawfulness, and Peace does not need peace; He Himself—Mighty and Majestic is He—is Peace, free from every deficiency and every blemish, so we do not say 'peace be upon Allah' because it: 1- implies the possibility of deficiency regarding the right of Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He.

يَقْتَضِي أَنَّنَا نَدْعُو اللَّهَ لِلَّهِ ، وَاللَّهُ يُدْعَى وَلَا يُدْعَى لَهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى أَحَدٍ، بَلْ هُوَ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُمْدَحَ وَيُثْنَى عَلَيْهِ لَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ

2- It implies that we are praying to Allah for Allah, and Allah is prayed to, but He is not prayed for; because He is not in need of anyone, rather He—Mighty and Majestic is He—loves to be praised and lauded, and there is no one who loves praise more than Allah.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 18 nouns)

• جَاءَ — to come
• كَانَ — to be
• قَالَ — to say
• لَفْظٌ — wording
• آخَرُ — other
• سَلَامٌ — peace