Did the righteous Salaf engage in the issue of the antiquity of things?
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The questioner : This issue is a late one. Is the issue of actions among the late issues, or was it mentioned in the issue of the creation of actions or persons?
The Shaykh : The philosophers view their values with the eye.
The questioner : No, Sami, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : They view, for example, that the heavens are ancient and the celestial spheres are ancient.
The questioner : The truth is hidden from the earliest Salaf, the Salaf who were the Companions.
The Shaykh : I mean, did they investigate it? I do not think they investigated it, but it does not require investigation, because if you know that there was no time in which Allah was inactive, and that the actions of Allah have no end, but do we know all of our actions? We do not know everything.
The Shaykh : The philosophers view their values with the eye.
The questioner : No, Sami, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : They view, for example, that the heavens are ancient and the celestial spheres are ancient.
The questioner : The truth is hidden from the earliest Salaf, the Salaf who were the Companions.
The Shaykh : I mean, did they investigate it? I do not think they investigated it, but it does not require investigation, because if you know that there was no time in which Allah was inactive, and that the actions of Allah have no end, but do we know all of our actions? We do not know everything.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [741] هل خاض السلف الصالح في مسألة قِدَم الأشياء؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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