Distinguishing between the one who denies the Night Journey and the one who denies the Ascension
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We heard from some scholars that the one who denies the Night Journey is a disbeliever, and the one who denies the Ascension is an open sinner. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
No, it is an invalid distinction. The one who denies the Ascension is like the one who denies the Night Journey; they are all disbelievers. This is because both are mentioned in the Qur'an. The Night Journey is mentioned in Surat al-Isra, and the Ascension is mentioned in Surat al-Najm. The one who distinguishes between them is distinguishing by what the Qur'an itself indicates.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I do not want anyone to intervene in these great sciences and answer with new ideas. What sufficed the Salaf suffices us, my brothers. It is permissible for us to intervene with new ideas and new knowledge and leave what our righteous Salaf were upon? The Salaf did not distinguish between these. Who brought this distinction? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We heard from some scholars that the one who denies the Night Journey is a disbeliever, and the one who denies the Ascension is an open sinner. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
No, it is an invalid distinction. The one who denies the Ascension is like the one who denies the Night Journey; they are all disbelievers. This is because both are mentioned in the Qur'an. The Night Journey is mentioned in Surat al-Isra, and the Ascension is mentioned in Surat al-Najm. The one who distinguishes between them is distinguishing by what the Qur'an itself indicates.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I do not want anyone to intervene in these great sciences and answer with new ideas. What sufficed the Salaf suffices us, my brothers. It is permissible for us to intervene with new ideas and new knowledge and leave what our righteous Salaf were upon? The Salaf did not distinguish between these. Who brought this distinction? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 64/شرح القصيدة النونية/قالوا بأن مصاحف الإسلام ما فيها من القرآن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:07:23)
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