The Response to Those Who Deny the Eternal Knowledge of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), the response to those who say that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not know about the stone before its creation, citing the hadith that Allah knows the young man...
Answer:
This is a statement of disbelief, and may Allah protect us from it. One who denies the eternal, ancient knowledge of Allah is a disbeliever. This is the doctrine of the extremists of the Qadariyyah, who deny the ancient knowledge of Allah. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, knows what was and what will be by His eternal knowledge, by which He is described from eternity to eternity. So whoever says that Allah is ignorant of some things until they happen is a disbeliever, and may Allah protect us from it.
Therefore, Imam Ahmad said: "Argue with them, meaning the Qadariyyah, argue with them with knowledge. If they acknowledge it, they are defeated; if they deny it, they are disbelievers." One who denies the knowledge of Allah is a disbeliever, whether he denies the knowledge of Allah entirely or denies some of the knowledge of Allah regarding some things.
Honorable Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), the response to those who say that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not know about the stone before its creation, citing the hadith that Allah knows the young man...
Answer:
This is a statement of disbelief, and may Allah protect us from it. One who denies the eternal, ancient knowledge of Allah is a disbeliever. This is the doctrine of the extremists of the Qadariyyah, who deny the ancient knowledge of Allah. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, knows what was and what will be by His eternal knowledge, by which He is described from eternity to eternity. So whoever says that Allah is ignorant of some things until they happen is a disbeliever, and may Allah protect us from it.
Therefore, Imam Ahmad said: "Argue with them, meaning the Qadariyyah, argue with them with knowledge. If they acknowledge it, they are defeated; if they deny it, they are disbelievers." One who denies the knowledge of Allah is a disbeliever, whether he denies the knowledge of Allah entirely or denies some of the knowledge of Allah regarding some things.
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : فمما جاء من آيات الصفات — islamhouse.com (1:05:31)
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