The Ruling on the Statement that the Qur'an is Created
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Question:
Our honorable Shaykh, some writers say that the statement that the Qur'an is created is disbelief that is not major disbelief. Is this correct?
Answer:
No, it is not major shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah protect us from it, because its meaning is that Allah does not speak, meaning that Allah is mute. Allah the Exalted (Exalted and Majestic is He) rebuked those who worship idols, saying: "Do they not...?[Al-A'raf 7:148] Take [Al-A'raf 7:148]." So Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said to his father: "O my father, why do you worship that which hears not, nor sees, nor avails you anything?" That which has no attributes is not a god, like the idols and stones. And that which is not able to benefit or harm is not a god. Yes.
Our honorable Shaykh, some writers say that the statement that the Qur'an is created is disbelief that is not major disbelief. Is this correct?
Answer:
No, it is not major shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah protect us from it, because its meaning is that Allah does not speak, meaning that Allah is mute. Allah the Exalted (Exalted and Majestic is He) rebuked those who worship idols, saying: "Do they not...?
see that it could neither speak to them
يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْAnd the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.
قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا اتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا ظَالِمِينَ
Source
لقاء مفتوح بجدة 23-8-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (37:59)
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