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Assalaamu 'alaykum!
Ibn 'Uthaymeen mentions:
[Usool At-Tafseer, by Ibn 'Uthaymeen, Pp.160-161]
"This word, al-Hamd, is used to describe someone with perfection of self, attributes, and actions out of love and honor. Therefore, Allaah is perfect in His Self, His attributes, and His actions.
This praising must be with a condition - it must be made with love and honor. The people of knowledge say that simply describing someone with perfection yet not out of real love and honor for the praised one, then it is not called Hamd. Rather, it is only called Madh (a lesser degree of praise or admiration).
Therefore, this (second) type of praising occurs often from people while they do not really love the one they are praising. They only want to gain something from them. Some of the poets stand before the leaders and come with poetry of amazing praiseworthy descriptions of them yet void of any real love for them. Their love is for the wealth they are given, or they do this out of fear of them.
On the contrary, our praise for our Lord is a form of praise out of love and honor. Consequently, al-Hamd is to praise the One described with total perfection out of love and honor for Him."
This praising must be with a condition - it must be made with love and honor. The people of knowledge say that simply describing someone with perfection yet not out of real love and honor for the praised one, then it is not called Hamd. Rather, it is only called Madh (a lesser degree of praise or admiration).
Therefore, this (second) type of praising occurs often from people while they do not really love the one they are praising. They only want to gain something from them. Some of the poets stand before the leaders and come with poetry of amazing praiseworthy descriptions of them yet void of any real love for them. Their love is for the wealth they are given, or they do this out of fear of them.
On the contrary, our praise for our Lord is a form of praise out of love and honor. Consequently, al-Hamd is to praise the One described with total perfection out of love and honor for Him."
[Usool At-Tafseer, by Ibn 'Uthaymeen, Pp.160-161]