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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice on reading books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that contradict the correct creed

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This is from the blessings of Allah, that He prays with him himself. The hadiths regarding the attributes are found in many books of heritage and other books by famous scholars.

Answer:
So, the advice in this matter, so that the students do not stray, is that you study the correct creed. This way, when you read in these tafsirs, you benefit from the knowledge in them and you are warned of the errors in them. It is obligatory to study the correct creed, and it is obligatory to understand it first. As for the person who does not understand the correct creed and has not studied it, he should avoid these books and not read from them. He should read from reliable books, such as the tafsir of Ibn Jarir, the tafsir of Ibn Kathir, the tafsir of Ibn Sa'di, and the reliable tafsirs, the linguistic tafsirs written by the people of the Sunnah and the community, because they are safe and contain nothing of the distortions regarding the attributes.
As for the person to whom Allah has granted the knowledge of the creed and he has understood it completely, there is no harm in his reading the other books of tafsir to benefit from the knowledge in them: the tafsir of al-Razi, the tafsir of al-Zamakhshari, the tafsir of al-Nasafi, benefit from al-Baydawi, al-Jalalayn. Benefit from the knowledge in them and leave the ideas in them. Even al-Qadir by al-Shawwani (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted a lot of the words of the mu'awwilah (those who interpret figuratively) and did not endorse them. So, Fath al-Qadir is covered with the words of the mu'awwilah, and he did not endorse that because he is merely a transmitter. These are among the tafsirs that it is not fitting for a beginner to read in until he learns the creed and understands it well. Yes. Or he has a background, but he does not know it except he, and as for the creation, they do not know it.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/من الإيمان بالله/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:39)

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