The Ruling on Reading Books of Figurative Interpretation of the Attributes

Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There are some books in which the meaning of istiwaa' (rising above the Throne) is interpreted as mastery, and in which it is also interpreted as the unity of existence. The question is: Do you advise a student of knowledge to read these books and benefit from them? And what are the best books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that you advise reading?

Answer:
As for the books that contain ta'wil (figurative interpretation) of the attributes, we do not advise the beginner or the beginner student of knowledge to read them unless he reads them under the supervision of scholars so that they clarify to him what is wrong and what is right in them. As for him reading them by himself alone, it is not permissible for him to do so. As for the scholar who knows, there is no harm in his reading these books and looking into what is in them in order to take what is true in them and refute what is false in them; this is one who distinguishes and knows. As for the person who does not know and does not distinguish, he should not read the books that contain ta'wil of the attributes. Yes.