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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who affirms the necessary attributes of some of Allah's attributes, such as movement and others

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Question:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned, may Allah preserve you, in a previous lesson that inquiring into the manner is what leads one to ascribe to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the necessary attributes of some of His attributes, such as movement. They say that it is a necessary attribute of the attribute of descending. The question, Honorable Shaykh, is that many students of knowledge affirm such necessary attributes as movement, light, and so on. What is the guidance, may Allah preserve you?

Answer:
This is speaking about Allah without knowledge. We say He descends, but we do not say that He does so by movement, or that the Throne is empty of Him, or that it is not empty. We do not inquire into this. We say He descends as He wills, Glorified and Exalted is He. How does He will it? We do not say by movement and transfer, or otherwise. This is speaking about Allah without knowledge. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [707 -1024] حكم من يثبت لوازم بعض الصفات لله كالحركة وغيره - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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