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Is believing in the unseen (ghayb) to include believing in the hadith “Allah was, and there was nothing before Him” without figurative interpretation (ta'wil)?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
There was Allah and nothing else before Himكان الله ولم يكن شيء قبله
Sahih al-Bukhari 7418
, do we say that this is among the matters of the unseen that it is obligatory to believe in as they came, without ta'wil (figurative interpretation) and without delving into their details? What? Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
There was Allah and nothing else before Himكان الله ولم يكن شيء قبله
Sahih al-Bukhari 7418
, do we say that this is among the matters of the unseen that it is obligatory to believe in as they came, without ta'wil (figurative interpretation) and without delving into their details?

Answer:
This is information from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) about what Allah revealed to him, and we say only what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and we do not bring anything from ourselves. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 408- هل من الإيمان بالغيب الإيمان بحديث «كان الله ولم يكن شيء قبله» بلا تأويل؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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