A discussion about the Shaykh "Abd al-Hamid Kashk" (may Allah have mercy on him) and his creed.
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The questioner: ... "Kashk".
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: ... we have a tape with us ... of the Shaykh "Abd al-Hamid Kashk", he said: Come, let us listen to this Shaykh Kashk ... a Salafi. We said: If Allah wills, bring it so we can see and listen.
The Shaykh: Where did he get his Salafism from?!
The questioner: So he started speaking and said:[Taha 20:5] ; He rose in a manner as He informed ... in the meaning He intended; He rose in a manner free from indwelling and movement, and he then quoted words that perhaps align with the Salafi call, and at the end he said: , and He remains as He was before the creation of time and space.
The Shaykh: And He is now as He was.
The questioner: Yes.
I said to him: My brother, this is the creed of the Asha'irah ... he denied the rising above the Throne; the man got angry and raged and said: You want to make people idle with things you are imagining and so on, and so forth; so I said: Perhaps he read some commentary ... by Ibn Taymiyyah, and found that he had denied the very speech that Shaykh Kashk said, and attributed it to Abu Hamid, I do not know Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ... .
The Shaykh: Who else.
The questioner: He said: He rose in a manner free from indwelling and movement, so I took the book for the man and said: My brother, read; this is what Ibn Taymiyyah says ... Ibn Taymiyyah is meticulous and strict ... .
... ... ...
Another questioner: He speaks of delegation (tafwid).
Another questioner: His tapes spread, that is true, but the one who listens to the tapes ... mixes things up in a very strange way ... in a tape, those who wash the dead, he said: It is not permissible and it is forbidden for ... and the menstruating woman to be present at the dead person or to be present in the place of the dead person.
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... "al-Mughni", and there he speaks of dislike (makruh), and how different is dislike from prohibition!
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: And is there evidence for this dislike?
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... ... he says: It is forbidden. The tape is here.
Another questioner: And listening to the tapes is forbidden!!
The Shaykh: He has something more deniable than that, in some of his sermons he addresses the Messenger (peace be upon him) and says to him: O He whose both hands are right!
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: An attribute of the Lord of the Worlds he gave to his Prophet!!
Another questioner: "O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for us well-being!", this - also - in one of the tapes he says word for word: "O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for us well-being!", Kashk also; meaning addressing one who does not hear and seeking nearness (tawassul)!!
The Shaykh: In any case, there is no surprise, the man is from al-Azhar, but - Subhan Allah - the one who gave him ... has an influence on people.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Then it seems he is brave ... the rest of the scholars.
Another questioner: And this is what gave him popularity.
The Shaykh: I think he was released?
Another questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: ... we have a tape with us ... of the Shaykh "Abd al-Hamid Kashk", he said: Come, let us listen to this Shaykh Kashk ... a Salafi. We said: If Allah wills, bring it so we can see and listen.
The Shaykh: Where did he get his Salafism from?!
The questioner: So he started speaking and said:
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.
الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَىAllah was, and there was nothing with Him.
كان الله ولا شيء معهThe Shaykh: And He is now as He was.
The questioner: Yes.
I said to him: My brother, this is the creed of the Asha'irah ... he denied the rising above the Throne; the man got angry and raged and said: You want to make people idle with things you are imagining and so on, and so forth; so I said: Perhaps he read some commentary ... by Ibn Taymiyyah, and found that he had denied the very speech that Shaykh Kashk said, and attributed it to Abu Hamid, I do not know Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ... .
The Shaykh: Who else.
The questioner: He said: He rose in a manner free from indwelling and movement, so I took the book for the man and said: My brother, read; this is what Ibn Taymiyyah says ... Ibn Taymiyyah is meticulous and strict ... .
... ... ...
Another questioner: He speaks of delegation (tafwid).
Another questioner: His tapes spread, that is true, but the one who listens to the tapes ... mixes things up in a very strange way ... in a tape, those who wash the dead, he said: It is not permissible and it is forbidden for ... and the menstruating woman to be present at the dead person or to be present in the place of the dead person.
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... "al-Mughni", and there he speaks of dislike (makruh), and how different is dislike from prohibition!
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: And is there evidence for this dislike?
The Shaykh : ... .
Another questioner: ... ... he says: It is forbidden. The tape is here.
Another questioner: And listening to the tapes is forbidden!!
The Shaykh: He has something more deniable than that, in some of his sermons he addresses the Messenger (peace be upon him) and says to him: O He whose both hands are right!
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: An attribute of the Lord of the Worlds he gave to his Prophet!!
Another questioner: "O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for us well-being!", this - also - in one of the tapes he says word for word: "O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for us well-being!", Kashk also; meaning addressing one who does not hear and seeking nearness (tawassul)!!
The Shaykh: In any case, there is no surprise, the man is from al-Azhar, but - Subhan Allah - the one who gave him ... has an influence on people.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Then it seems he is brave ... the rest of the scholars.
Another questioner: And this is what gave him popularity.
The Shaykh: I think he was released?
Another questioner: Yes.
Source
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