Discussion of the Mu'tazilah and their creed, which is the denial of the exaltation of Allah, and whether they are declared disbelievers for it?

The Shaykh : The Mu'tazilah, who call themselves the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and who boast over the other sects, including the people of hadith, the Asha'irah, the Maturidiyyah, and others, are not among the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or the people of justice. This is because, in the opinion of the Mu'tazilah, the people of the Sunnah believe in compulsion (jabr). That is, the Mu'tazilah believe that the people of the Sunnah believe in compulsion when they hold, and their belief is true without doubt, that nothing occurs in this universe, whether good or evil, except by the will and desire of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). As for the Mu'tazilah, they say, "No, not everything that occurs in this universe is by the will and desire of Allah; rather, man is the doer of what he wills. He is the one who creates, specifically, they claim he creates evil, and Allah has no will in that." This is a long discussion, and we do not want to forget the original important question. These Mu'tazilah agree with those who assert the unity of existence when they deny the definitive texts in the Book and the Sunnah that establish that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has the attribute of exaltation. We say in prostration, "Glory to my Lord, the Most High," and the texts we referred to, if Allah wills, are known to you. They deny these texts; they do not deny them verbally, but rather they deny them in meaning. Because if they explicitly denied them verbally, they would exit Islam, so they deny them through ta'wil (figurative interpretation). Thus, they do not believe that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is above the Throne, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said, because they interpret istiwa' (rising above the Throne) as istila' (dominion), and this is also false, and it has another place for detailing the statement on that. So, if they were asked the question that our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) bequeathed to us, which is: Their answer is that Allah is in every place. So, Allah is in every place. Place is a creation of Allah's creations. This statement of theirs meets the statement of the people of the unity of existence, that is, that there is nothing except this created universe, especially when they emphasize the denial of divine existence by saying, as you will hear, that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not described as being above, below, right, left, front, or back, nor inside the world nor outside it. So, nothing remains but matter, except this visible universe. Thus, the Mu'tazilah also meet the group asserting the unity of existence in that there is nothing there but nature.