One of them says that those who interpret the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) were compelled to do so, just as Ibn Taymiyyah interpreted the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
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The questioner : ... One of the teachers at the university said: The scholars of interpreting the attributes of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) were compelled to do so, just as Ibn Taymiyyah interpreted the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Adh-Dhariyat 51:47]; so what is the response to that?
The Shaykh : ... The response to that is from two angles. The first angle is as a refutation of the opponent, a response from his own words. You say—on your own guarantee, as you are the one conveying this—what did he say? I swear to Allah, I do not know. You say that he said that Ibn Taymiyyah was compelled, right? Stop; if he was compelled[Al-An'am 6:119]; did you all become compelled to interpret all the verses? Were you compelled to do so? This is the first dialectical, silencing response. Do you understand this?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the scholarly response, there is no interpretation in this matter, because here is not a plural of hand as mentioned in the books of exegesis, but rather the *ayd* here is strength. Do you understand? And refer to the books of language and the books of exegesis and the books of ... But this doctor—and what Allah willed, there are doctors in the last times!—they do not understand, neither the language nor the Shari'ah. And from where do they have the ability to understand the Shari'ah, when it came in a clear Arabic tongue?!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And[Sad 38:17].
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And[Sad 38:17], and it is an attributive; meaning David, the one of strength.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : Shaykh, regarding ... .
The Shaykh : O Allah, give drink to those who gave us drink.
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَThe Shaykh : ... The response to that is from two angles. The first angle is as a refutation of the opponent, a response from his own words. You say—on your own guarantee, as you are the one conveying this—what did he say? I swear to Allah, I do not know. You say that he said that Ibn Taymiyyah was compelled, right? Stop; if he was compelled
excepting that to which you are compelled
إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for the scholarly response, there is no interpretation in this matter, because
with strength
بِأَيْدٍThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And
David, the possessor of strength
دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And
David, the possessor of strength
دَاوُودَ ذَا الْأَيْدِThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : Shaykh, regarding ... .
The Shaykh : O Allah, give drink to those who gave us drink.
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