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\u2022 Allah has the power to do whatever He wills.<\/span>
\u2022 God has power over everything in this world (world here means all creation.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2022 God’s power is related to those things which are possible to the sound intellect, even those things which are not currently in existence.<\/span>
\u2022 God\u2019s power is not related to the impossible propositions; that which cannot ever be. The impossible usually refers to contradictions in terms; such as if someone said that Allah is attributed with attributes of completeness and perfection and then said that He has a limit. The terms “comleteness” and “perfection” are incompatible with having a limit, so it cannot ever be that Allah has a limit.<\/span>
\u2022 Impossible propositions refer to things that cannot ever be, so they are not really \u201cthings\u201d, but mere verbal absurdities.<\/span>
\u2022 An important concept here is to understand that Muslims must believe that Allah is clear of any imperfection, need, limit or weakness. This MUST be so, because the one who created this cosmos cannot possibly be limited in any way. In other words, it is impossible that Allah is attributed with imperfection, such as:<\/span>
o to need something; needing is to be incomplete.<\/span>
o to resemble a creation; everything about a creation needs a creator.<\/span>
o to have a partner; having a partner implies needing agreement.<\/span>
o to have a child; having a child is a created attribute indicating need, physical existence, etc.<\/span>
o to have attributes that change or develop; changing or developing implies a need to do so.<\/span>
o to have a body, shape or form, because these are all limited and have boundaries, which is an imperfection.<\/span>
o to have a limb; only creatures have limbs, and implies a need for instruments. In addition limbs need space..<\/span>
o to have a beginning or an end; anything with a beginning needs a creator and anything with an end is weak.<\/span>
o to have a changing will; this implies indecisiveness.<\/span>
o to be ignorant of something.<\/span>
o to die; anything susceptible to death is weak.<\/span>
o to be in a place; anything in a place is bounded by it.<\/span>
\u2022 It is impossible for Allah to resemble His creation, because all creation and everything that happens to it needs a creator.<\/span>
\u2022 If someone says that Allah can have a son, then he is saying that it is possible for Allah to be weak, because being attributed with the possibility of weakness is a weakness. This is obvious kufr (blasphemy \u2013 something that makes one a non-muslim).<\/span>
\u2022 If someone says that Allah is unable to have a son then he commits kufr because he has attributed to Allah inability. Impossible things have nothing to do with ability. To clarify, without intending similitude: it would be absurd to describe a stone by saying \u201cit can\u2019t speak very well\u201d, because speaking is not related to being a stone.<\/span>
\u2022 Muslims believe Allah is attributed only with complete perfection, meaning that it is impossible for Him to be attributed with imperfection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allah has the attribute of will<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 Allah has the attribute of will. What Allah wills, will be, what Allah does not will, will not be.<\/span>
\u2022 Something can only exist, if Allah wills for it to exist.<\/span>
\u2022 God’s will does not have a beginning or an end.<\/span>
\u2022 God’s will does not change.<\/span>
\u2022 Everything is predestined.<\/span>
\u2022 Allah wills for things to exist, but does not need anything<\/span><\/p>\n

To rely on Allah means:<\/span><\/strong>
\u2022 To believe that the Creator of all causes and their effects is Allah.<\/span>
\u2022 To work on the apparent causes of what one wants, but not rely on them in one’s heart.<\/span>
\u2022 To ask Allah for the result one is after.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: hanafi_fiqh.tripod.com<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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