The Methodology of the People of the Sunnah and the Community Regarding the Names and Attributes of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Abu 'Abdullah, what is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding the names and attributes of Allah?
Answer:
Their methodology is that they affirm the names and attributes of Allah with affirmation without likening Allah to creation or comparing Allah to creation, and they purify Him from the attributes of creation and from deficiencies and defects with purification without denial of the divine attributes. In accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Abu 'Abdullah, what is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding the names and attributes of Allah?
Answer:
Their methodology is that they affirm the names and attributes of Allah with affirmation without likening Allah to creation or comparing Allah to creation, and they purify Him from the attributes of creation and from deficiencies and defects with purification without denial of the divine attributes. In accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5317] طريقة أهل السنة والجماعة في أسماء الله وصفاته - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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