The Ash'ariyyah's Affirmation of the Seven Attributes
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, do the Ash'ariyyah affirm the seven attributes in the same way the people of the Sunnah do, or does it differ from one attribute to another?
The Shaykh:
No, they do not affirm them the way the people of the Sunnah affirm them. The people of the Sunnah affirm them with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, whereas these people affirm them with the evidence of reason as they understand it. Their sources of receiving knowledge are not the same as the sources of receiving knowledge for the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner:
Because of reason.
The Shaykh:
Yes, its source is the reason of the people, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, do the Ash'ariyyah affirm the seven attributes in the same way the people of the Sunnah do, or does it differ from one attribute to another?
The Shaykh:
No, they do not affirm them the way the people of the Sunnah affirm them. The people of the Sunnah affirm them with evidence from the Book and the Sunnah, whereas these people affirm them with the evidence of reason as they understand it. Their sources of receiving knowledge are not the same as the sources of receiving knowledge for the people of the Sunnah and the community.
The questioner:
Because of reason.
The Shaykh:
Yes, its source is the reason of the people, yes.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في مبدأ العداوة الواقعة بين المثبتين الموحدين وبين النفاة المعطلين — islamhouse.com (1:03:13)
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