The Meaning of Imam Ahmad's Statement Regarding the Hadiths of the Descent and the Vision: (We believe in them and affirm them without asking how or assigning a meaning.)
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The Meaning of Imam Ahmad's Statement Regarding the Hadiths of the Descent and the Vision: (We believe in them and affirm them without asking how or assigning a meaning)
What is the meaning of Imam Ahmad's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding the hadiths of the descent, the hadiths of the vision, and others: We believe in them, and we affirm them without asking how or assigning a meaning, and we do not reject any of them?
As for his statement: Without asking how,Meaning: We do not ask how,We do not say: that He descends with such and such a description; because the how is unknown.
And as for His saying: And without assigning a meaning,So Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: His intended meaning by that is: the meaning of the people of figurative interpretation who interpret them,Meaning: that we do not assign to them a meaning that contradicts their apparent meaning, and this is the truth,Meaning: what Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the intent of Imam Ahmad is correct without doubt; because Imam Ahmad, like the other people of the Sunnah, believe in the meanings indicated by these words.
What is the meaning of Imam Ahmad's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement regarding the hadiths of the descent, the hadiths of the vision, and others: We believe in them, and we affirm them without asking how or assigning a meaning, and we do not reject any of them?
As for his statement: Without asking how,Meaning: We do not ask how,We do not say: that He descends with such and such a description; because the how is unknown.
And as for His saying: And without assigning a meaning,So Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: His intended meaning by that is: the meaning of the people of figurative interpretation who interpret them,Meaning: that we do not assign to them a meaning that contradicts their apparent meaning, and this is the truth,Meaning: what Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the intent of Imam Ahmad is correct without doubt; because Imam Ahmad, like the other people of the Sunnah, believe in the meanings indicated by these words.