He was asked about the hadith: "Shirk is about to move from one quarter to another and from one tribe to another. It was said: What is that shirk? He said: A group will come after you who will set a limit for Allah."

The questioner : ... through your deeds?

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Is the hadith mentioned through your deeds in the hadiths?

The Shaykh : No, it is not mentioned except from the book, the Musnad of al-Rabi' al-'Utbadi, who followed the Khawarij, the Ibadis. These are...

Another questioner : You mean this hadith, O Shaykh, is found in the Musnad of al-Rabi'?

The Shaykh : Its number is six thousand, three hundred, and thirty-two.
The questioner: ... O Shaykh

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Subhan Allah, this wretch transmitted this following hadith after he elevated it to Imam al-Rabi': "Shirk is about to move from one quarter to another and from one tribe to another. It was said: What is that shirk? He said: A group will come after you who will set a limit for Allah regarding His attribute." This is explicit in denying the attribute, and they consider that to be defining the existence of Allah in a place, as they claim, or assigning Him to a location, or something similar to that.

The questioner : O Shaykh, do these hadiths that Ibn al-Rabi' brought remain unaddressed, or does he explicitly state their validity, or does he remain silent?

The Shaykh : Nothing.

The questioner : As for the hadith of the firsts, the hadith serially narrated by the firsts, the hadith of the slave girl, he weakens it and demolishes it completely.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, his matter is strange. This person's matter is very strange. I do not know if he is ignorant, or I do not know if he is feigning ignorance, or if he has combined both calamities. Sometimes it is like this and sometimes it is like that. Allah is the One to be sought for help.