The ruling on attributing to Ibn Hazm the statement that al-Dahr is among the names of Allah
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who says that al-Dahr is among the names of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) an innovator?
The Shaykh:
He does not err; he errs. He says this is a mistake; his understanding is a mistake. A human being is a human being; he errs and he hits the mark, even if he has reached the level of knowledge that Ibn Hazm reached. But a human being is a human being; he errs. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, Professor Ali.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Hazm, as you know, takes the apparent meanings (zawahir). This is one of the defects of taking the apparent meaning. This is one of the defects that occurred due to taking the apparent meaning without referring to the other texts. And this is what I have mentioned to you repeatedly: a person should not rush and snatch a ruling from a single word without looking at the other words, and without looking at completing the texts, hadiths, and verses. The Qur'an explains parts of itself, and the Sunnah explains parts of itself. Snatching a word from the words and using it as evidence without referring to the rest of the text or the other texts is the cause of falling into error. Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) fell into this error for this reason.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one who says that al-Dahr is among the names of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) an innovator?
The Shaykh:
He does not err; he errs. He says this is a mistake; his understanding is a mistake. A human being is a human being; he errs and he hits the mark, even if he has reached the level of knowledge that Ibn Hazm reached. But a human being is a human being; he errs. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, Professor Ali.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Hazm, as you know, takes the apparent meanings (zawahir). This is one of the defects of taking the apparent meaning. This is one of the defects that occurred due to taking the apparent meaning without referring to the other texts. And this is what I have mentioned to you repeatedly: a person should not rush and snatch a ruling from a single word without looking at the other words, and without looking at completing the texts, hadiths, and verses. The Qur'an explains parts of itself, and the Sunnah explains parts of itself. Snatching a word from the words and using it as evidence without referring to the rest of the text or the other texts is the cause of falling into error. Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) fell into this error for this reason.
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القول بأن الدهر من أسماء الله — alfawzan.live
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