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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Some teachers object to mentioning the attributes of Allah, such as the seeing, to the students. Is their objection correct?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I work as a teacher in one of the primary schools, yes? He says: I work as a teacher in one of the primary schools, and these verses pass us by
(22) [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant, (23) Looking at their Lord.وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
[Al-Qiyamah 75:22-23]
, so the students ask me about them, and I answer them with what you mentioned in the lesson. But some of my colleagues among the teachers object to me and say: Do not open a door for these young ones to doubts and excessive thinking; because they might fall into likening Allah to creation. So is their objection...

Answer:
This is a cowardly act and a slander, or there is something in him of the doctrine of the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah. The young ones are more deserving of being taught and raised on the knowledge of the truth, and the knowledge of the oneness of Allah is more deserving of that. So do not pay attention to his words. Yes, this is either an ignorant coward, or there is something in him, may Allah protect us, of the doctrine of the Mu'tazilah, the Khawarij, and those who deny, and the Jahmiyyah who deny the names and attributes. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3246- 4717] ينكر علي بعض المدرسين ذكر صفات الله كالرؤية للطلاب فهل إنكاره صحيح؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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