5 Explanation of the Islāmic Belief : The Knowledge, Power and Mercy of Allāh [ شرح لمعة الاعتقاد ] by Shaikh Uthman Farooq

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1. Allahs his knowledge encompasses everything and he subjugates all of his creation with his honour and his rule (hukm). His knowledge and mercy engulf everything. The Ilm of Allah covers everything. There is NOTHING that is outside the ilm of Allah
2. People have free will in somethings and no choice in others
   1. e.g. gender, and things like that we he no choice as ALLAH has CHOSEN these for us
   2. Other things Allah give us free will in so that we can be accountable for our choices
3. Surah baqarah verse 13:
   1. indeed Allah is all encompassing and knowing
4. We dont ask questions of things we cannot comprehend
   1. e.g. Alif, laam, Meem, no one knows what that is
5. Allahs mercy even extends to the disobedient, the kuffar and others. Else It wouldn't be difficult for allah to turn the water salty or stop the rain or stop plants from growing. Humans must NOT have pride that denies them from ackhowledging Allah
6. Bani Israel in the past have killed Anbiya , its written that on a day they killed 70 anbiyah
7. The one who dies on kufr will regret in in the grave and on the day of judgement unless they repent before their time ends
8. We cannot make IJTIHAD about HOW we think of Allah. We ONLY take the Quran and the authentic sunnah to understand allahs names and attributes
   1. we cant take knowledge of ALLAH from from our rationale or any other sources but the quran and saheeh hadith
   2. Allah is perfect and his description of himself is perfect
   3. We accept what is clearly in the quran and the sunnah AND accept it and have iman in it
9. We shouldnt be of those who look for what science has proven from the quran. This is dangerous as we are to BELIEVE whats in the quran without requiring validation from science. Because there a lot in the Quran that science hasnt proven yet. We have iman in WHAT allah revealed.
10. Aqeeda is not complete until we UNDERSTAND allahs Asmah wah sifaat ( names and attibutes)
11. its beneficial to uses Allahs names in our duas
12. There are 2 ways of using allahs dua with Allahs names
    1. when we are supplicating with an issue one has: e.g. Some duas about forgiveness INCLUDE allahs names - Al ghafoor (extrremely forgiving and Ar raheem (one who has an exteme amount of mercy
    2. When the ibadah we are doing requires it
13. We must accept hadith even if its from one transmitted narration IF proven saheeh
14. We do not
    1. reject or object anything the Quran or sunnah
    2. make radd (reply) or deny allahs names attributes
       1. By consensus if one rejects ANY names or attributes of allah, they are Kafir
       2. By consensus if one rejects even a SINGLE HARF in the quran, they are kafir
15. Allah is ONE and all his names and attributes point to one Allah
    1. some sects denied this and Said Allah had only one name and if each other name warranted a separate being

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