Advice for a student studying under one who denies the exaltation of Allah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you. This is a question. The questioner says: What is Your Eminence’s view of the one who says that inquiring into the essence of Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is part of the science of philosophy? He also says: If you have not seen Allah, how can you determine His direction? What is your advice for him and for me? I am a student studying under him, and I have advised him, but he said, “I am a believer in my words, and I am not a doubter.”
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says that inquiring into the essence of Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is part of the science of philosophy. He also says: If you have not seen Allah, how can you determine His direction? What is your advice for him and for me, since I am a student studying under him?
The Shaykh:
Do not study his knowledge. My advice is: do not study his knowledge. This is a Jahmi who barks. This is a Jahmi. Do not study his knowledge. Allah is known to be in His place, above, in the heavens, above the Throne. The one who denies this is a disbeliever. The inquiry into His essence, if the intent was inquiring into the attributes, then Allah is between the attributes and there is no harm. But if it is an inquiry into His essence, what is its nature, then he has no right to do so.
The questioner:
Nothing is raised to you except what is good.
The Shaykh:
Whether in the university or outside the university or in the mosque, it is all the same; do not read from him. He should be reported to the responsible authority; if he is in a university, to the university director.
May Allah reward you with good. May Allah reward you. This is a question. The questioner says: What is Your Eminence’s view of the one who says that inquiring into the essence of Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is part of the science of philosophy? He also says: If you have not seen Allah, how can you determine His direction? What is your advice for him and for me? I am a student studying under him, and I have advised him, but he said, “I am a believer in my words, and I am not a doubter.”
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says that inquiring into the essence of Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and that this is part of the science of philosophy. He also says: If you have not seen Allah, how can you determine His direction? What is your advice for him and for me, since I am a student studying under him?
The Shaykh:
Do not study his knowledge. My advice is: do not study his knowledge. This is a Jahmi who barks. This is a Jahmi. Do not study his knowledge. Allah is known to be in His place, above, in the heavens, above the Throne. The one who denies this is a disbeliever. The inquiry into His essence, if the intent was inquiring into the attributes, then Allah is between the attributes and there is no harm. But if it is an inquiry into His essence, what is its nature, then he has no right to do so.
The questioner:
Nothing is raised to you except what is good.
The Shaykh:
Whether in the university or outside the university or in the mosque, it is all the same; do not read from him. He should be reported to the responsible authority; if he is in a university, to the university director.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب شروطه وما نهي عنه منه — islamhouse.com (16:02)
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