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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the authenticity of the hadith mentioned in the book al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah, which states: “Indeed, Allah is a Person (Shakhs)”?

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Question:
I read a hadith in the book al-Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah, and its text is: “Indeed, Allah is a Person (Shakhs).” Is this hadith authentic?

Answer:
It is mentioned in other hadiths regarding the description of the Most Merciful (al-Rahman) that He is called a Person (Shakhs), and it was said of Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, that He is a Person. Using the term “Person” for Him is like what Abu Murrah al-Uqayli said: “O Messenger of Allah, how does He see us all while He is one Person?”
He gave you an example from the creations of Allah: this moon in the sky, whether with the traveler or the non-traveler, wherever they are. The point is that Allah, Exalted and Majestic, is One with no partner, and He sees His servants and knows their conditions. He is a Single One, Glorified and Exalted is He. There is no harm in using the terms “Person” (Shakhs) and “Single” (Fard), but a Person (Shakhs) is not like persons, and a Single One (Fard) is not like singles, and al-Samad is not of the same kind as people. But a Person (Shakhs) is not like persons, and a Single One (Fard) is not like singles, and al-Samad is not of the same kind as people, as He, Exalted and Majestic, said:
(1) Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, (2) Allah, the Eternal Refuge. (3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
[Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4]
. He, Mighty and Majestic, said: “There is nothing like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” And He says, Glorified and Exalted is He: “There is no equal to Him in His essence, nor in His names, nor in His attributes, nor in His actions, Mighty and Majestic.” So He is above all creation, Glorified and Exalted is He. In His elevation, He is above the entirety of creation. He has risen above His Throne, and the Throne is the highest of the created things. It is a great Throne, and none knows what is in it except He, Glorified and Exalted is He. It is a great Throne, and Allah, Exalted and Majestic, is above it. He has settled upon it and risen above it and risen above it in a manner of rising that means majesty. He is not compared to anything in His rising or in anything else, not in His attributes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 102 ما صحة الحديث المذكور في كتاب التوحيد لابن خزيمة ونصه إن الله شخص؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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