What is your opinion of the one who says: It is necessary that affirming the attributes of Allah, such as the Hand and the Face, implies that He is a body?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is Your Eminence’s opinion of the one who says it is necessary that affirming the attributes of Allah, such as the Hand, the Face, and the Leg, implies that He is a body? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We do not say this. This is the speech of the Jahmiyyah. They say it is necessary that affirming the attributes implies that Allah is a body. We say that the body has not been negated nor affirmed in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. So we refrain from mentioning the body because its negation or affirmation has not come. Therefore, we do not negate it nor affirm it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh. The questioner asks: What is Your Eminence’s opinion of the one who says it is necessary that affirming the attributes of Allah, such as the Hand, the Face, and the Leg, implies that He is a body? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We do not say this. This is the speech of the Jahmiyyah. They say it is necessary that affirming the attributes implies that Allah is a body. We say that the body has not been negated nor affirmed in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. So we refrain from mentioning the body because its negation or affirmation has not come. Therefore, we do not negate it nor affirm it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [47 /84] ما رأيكم فيمن يقول: يلزم من إثبات صفات الله كاليد والوجه أنه جسم؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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