The Methodology of the People of the Sunnah and the Community Regarding the Names and Attributes of Allah
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Question:
Finally, I say: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the methodology of the People of the Sunnah and the Community regarding the names and attributes of Allah? What is their methodology?
Answer:
Their methodology is that it is based on textual evidence (taqwiyyah). It is not permissible to affirm any of the names of Allah, nor any of the attributes of Allah, except by an explicit text from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, or by the consensus of the scholars of knowledge, such as the name al-Khaliq (the Creator), but by the text. Allah is not affirmed with names or attributes except by the text or by consensus. Yes.
Finally, I say: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the methodology of the People of the Sunnah and the Community regarding the names and attributes of Allah? What is their methodology?
Answer:
Their methodology is that it is based on textual evidence (taqwiyyah). It is not permissible to affirm any of the names of Allah, nor any of the attributes of Allah, except by an explicit text from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, or by the consensus of the scholars of knowledge, such as the name al-Khaliq (the Creator), but by the text. Allah is not affirmed with names or attributes except by the text or by consensus. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب الرخصة في اللباس الجميل واستحباب التواضع قيه — islamhouse.com (10:43)
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