The reason for naming the creed al-Wasitiyyah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: This name, which is the name al-Wasitiyyah, was it Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah who named it so, or did his students derive it from him?
Answer:
It was named al-Wasitiyyah because he wrote it in response to a man from the people of Wasit in Iraq. The people of Wasit in Iraq; he wrote it in response to what he asked him about the position regarding the names of Allah and His attributes, because people had spoken and delved into it. So this student of this knowledge asked Shaykh al-Islam: What is the position on this? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: This name, which is the name al-Wasitiyyah, was it Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah who named it so, or did his students derive it from him?
Answer:
It was named al-Wasitiyyah because he wrote it in response to a man from the people of Wasit in Iraq. The people of Wasit in Iraq; he wrote it in response to what he asked him about the position regarding the names of Allah and His attributes, because people had spoken and delved into it. So this student of this knowledge asked Shaykh al-Islam: What is the position on this? Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 19-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (47:40)
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