Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 201

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بَابُ فَضْلِ حَلْقِ الذِّكْرِ وَالنَّدْبِ إِلَى مُلَازَمَتِهَا وَالنَّهْيِ عَنْ مُفَارَقَتِهَا لِغَيْرِ عُذْرٍ.

Chapter on the virtue of circles of remembrance, the encouragement to attend them, and the prohibition against leaving them without a valid excuse.

وَاللَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ، وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى يُوصَفُ بِهَذِهِ الصِّفَةِ، لَكِنْ لَيْسَ مِثْلَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ؛ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ.

Allah does not shy away from the truth. Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, is described by this attribute, yet He is unlike any created being, for He says in the Quran: 'There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.'

فَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ صِفَةٌ مِنْ صِفَاتِ اللَّهِ مُشَابِهَةٌ لِصِفَاتِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ فِي اللَّفْظِ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا لَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ فِي الْمَعْنَى؛ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ، فَإِذَا مَرَّ بِكَ مَثَلًا أَنَّ اللَّهَ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، فَلَا تَظُنَّ أَنَّ اسْتِوَاءَهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ كَاسْتِوَائِكَ أَنْتَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْبَعِيرِ الَّذِي قَالَ فِيهِ: إِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ، فَلَا تَظُنَّ أَنَّ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مِثْلُ يَدَيْكَ؛ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ، فَجَمِيعُ صِفَاتِهِ هُوَ مُنْفَرِدٌ بِهَا جَلَّ وَعَلَا، وَكَمَا أَنَّنَا نُوَحِّدُهُ فِي ذَاتِهِ، وَنُوَحِّدُهُ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ، كَذَلِكَ نُوَحِّدُهُ فِي صِفَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ، وَاللَّهُ الْمُوَفِّقُ.

Whenever you encounter an attribute of Allah that shares a name with the attributes of created beings, know that their meanings are not the same; for there is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. If you read, for instance, that Allah ascended the Throne, do not imagine His ascension is like you mounting the back of a camel, as He says: 'When you have mounted upon it.' If Allah says, 'Rather, His two hands are outstretched,' do not think the hands of Allah, Majestic and Exalted be He, are like yours, for there is nothing like unto Him. He is unique in all His attributes. Just as we affirm His oneness in His Essence and in worship, we likewise affirm His oneness in His attributes, Glorified and Exalted be He: 'There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.' Allah is the Grantor of success.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 37 nouns)

• اِسْتَحْيَا — to be shy
• وَصَفَ — to describe
• قَالَ — to say
• بَابٌ — chapter
• فَضْلٌ — virtue
• حَلْقَةٌ — circle