The Salaf reject the claim of affirming or denying a body.

The questioner : In a question similar to this, he says: You mentioned in your commentary and explanation of "al-Tahawiyyah," and in the lecture, that "the one who denies the attributes worships non-existence, and the one who ascribes a body to Allah worships an idol." It is well known that Ibn Taymiyyah and others, in more than one place, say: "The one who denies the attributes worships non-existence, and the one who likens Allah to creation worships an idol." And that the Salaf reject the claim of affirming it absolutely or denying a body, and they attribute the claim of a body to the Salaf; even though they do not say it. What is your opinion?

The Shaykh : What do they attribute?

The questioner : A body. They attribute the claim of a body to the Salaf, even though they do not say it.

The Shaykh : No one among the scholars of the Muslims, neither Ibn Taymiyyah nor anyone else, says that the Salaf used to say that Allah has a body. I hopeThe questioner : that he would reconsider what he mentioned, otherwise this is a recorded lie. And I hope that if he finds an expression that leads him to think that Ibn Taymiyyah reports from the Salaf that they say Allah has a body, that he consults us about this; so that we may all be clear about what we say or report.