Ibn Hibban

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): “Allah Almighty says: The son of Adam calls Me a liar, though he has no right to call Me a liar. The son of Adam abuses Me, though he has no right to abuse Me. As for his calling Me a liar, it is his saying: Allah will not recreate me as He created me the first time. Is recreating him not easier for Me than creating him the first time? As for his abusing Me, it is his saying: Allah has a child, while I am Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient. I did not beget, nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.” (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “Was creating the first time not easier for Allah than recreating?” contains a clear explanation that those attributes which would constitute a deficiency in a person who possesses them, it is not permissible to attribute anything similar to Allah Almighty, because analogy would require that the words should have been ‘more difficult for Me’ instead of ‘easier for Me.’ But the word ‘difficult’ was abandoned because it is among the words of deficiency, and instead, the word ‘easier’ was used, in which there is no aspect of deficiency.