The Ruling on Those Who Interpret the Attributes and Their Departure from the Designation of Faith

Question:
I wanted to ask the Shaykh. Those who engaged in the figurative interpretation of the attributes, do they depart from the designation of faith?

Answer:
They differ; they differ. Some of them depart, such as the Jahmiyyah. The Jahmiyyah are disbelievers in the view of many of the people of the Sunnah, among the scholars and imams. Indeed, fifty scholars in ten countries took upon themselves the declaration of their disbelief; I named scholars who declared the Jahmiyyah to be disbelievers. As for the other sects, the ruling differs among them. The defiant callers to their path are declared disbelievers, but the followers and those who interpret the attributes while believing they are on the right path are misguided but not declared disbelievers. There is a distinction among them.