Combining the chapter on the oneness of Allah in the book of Tawhid with the affirmation by the polytheists of the attributes
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh says: In the book of Tawhid, Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) titled a chapter, saying: "The chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted: 'And they disbelieve in al-Rahman (the Most Merciful).'" It seems he is indicating that the polytheists deny Allah regarding His attributes, whereas we heard in your explanation of the verses that they did not deny the attributes. How do we reconcile these two?
Answer:
They did not deny all the names; they denied only al-Rahman, the name al-Rahman only. They did not deny all the names. The Jahmiyyah deny all the names and all the attributes. The Mu'tazilah denied all the attributes. As for the polytheists, they denied only one of the names. And this applies to all the polytheists as well; we are speaking about the polytheists in general. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh says: In the book of Tawhid, Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) titled a chapter, saying: "The chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted: 'And they disbelieve in al-Rahman (the Most Merciful).'" It seems he is indicating that the polytheists deny Allah regarding His attributes, whereas we heard in your explanation of the verses that they did not deny the attributes. How do we reconcile these two?
Answer:
They did not deny all the names; they denied only al-Rahman, the name al-Rahman only. They did not deny all the names. The Jahmiyyah deny all the names and all the attributes. The Mu'tazilah denied all the attributes. As for the polytheists, they denied only one of the names. And this applies to all the polytheists as well; we are speaking about the polytheists in general. Yes.
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شرح نونية ابن القيم [55] — alfawzan.live (1:10:32)
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