The Shaykh’s explanation of the corruption of the science of Kalam and the necessity of knowing the correct knowledge.

The Shaykh : Look, our young brothers in particular, we now claim that we want to establish the Islamic society, and that we will stand as a front against atheism, against communism, and similar parties; so why have we not stood against them? Is it with the knowledge of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) upon the methodology of the righteous Salaf, or with the science of Kalam?
In reality, you do not realize—and perhaps this is a mercy for some of you—that if you had studied the science of Kalam, the falsifiers would have established the argument against you. Because the atheist communist and the like would say to you: "There is no God in this universe," and you would not be able to establish the argument against him while you say: "There is Allah." He would say to you: "Show me your Lord, just as the one who guided you said to the first person who rode up there to the moon, 'I did not see Allah there!'" The communist would say to you: "Show me the Lord of the worlds." You would say to him: "He is not above, not below, not to the right, not to the left, not in front, not behind, not inside the world, and not outside of it." Can you establish an argument against the atheist with this speech?
The answer is: No. But if you recite the verses of Allah and , and He is greater than everything, and so on; we do not want you to convince him, it is sufficient for us to establish the argument against him, and to Allah belongs the compelling argument against people. If you say to him this speech that is found in the books of the Maturidiyyah and the Asha'irah, except for a few of them as we said, you will not be able to call to your Islam. But I say: it is a mercy for you, or for some of you, that you have not read the science of Kalam. This is the truth, and one does not know that he might hear this speech and be surprised; are there among the Muslims those who believe in this creed? Yes, read the books of al-Ghazali, read "Revival of the Religious Sciences," read some of the new treatises printed and published today under the name of creeds; you will find in them the denial that is equivalent to: I believe in Allah and I do not believe in Allah, I believe in Allah on the basis that He is neither great nor small, He is not described as great or small, yes, this is printed today in a new modern edition, and that He is not above, not below, not to the right, not to the left, and so on, the whole list that does not come down by scale or by measure.
And for that reason, may Allah have mercy on one of the princes of Damascus who attended a discussion that took place between Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and the likes of these deniers of the divine attributes. When he heard their speech and heard the speech of Ibn Taymiyyah, which was based on the Book, the Sunnah, and the speech of the righteous Salaf, he was convinced that this is the correct creed. He turned to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and said: "These"—pointing to the scholars—"these are a people who have lost their Lord." This is correct speech.

The questioner : They have lost their Lord.

The Shaykh : They have lost their Lord, these are a people who have lost their Lord; why? Not above, not below, not to the right, not to the left, and so on.
The point—and the speech is long in this field—what has led the scholars of the Muslims, let alone the students of knowledge, let alone the common people of the Muslims? What has led them to this low point, to this clear misguidance? Today, other than... one of us says: "Allah is present in every place, Allah is present in every existence." It is the same thing, but the atheist is of another type. The unity of existence that the extremists of the Sufis speak of is on our tongues every day, "Allah is present in every place, Allah is present in every existence." The unity of existence boasts that it is unifying; there are not two, a Creator and a created thing, there are not. The unity of existence; a Creator and a created thing, there are not, a Creator and a created thing are one thing; it is the unity of existence, it is with the philosophy of the science of Sufism. Also, the majority of the Muslims, praise be to Allah, have not read this knowledge, but they are falling into it without realizing; they say: "Allah is present in every place, Allah is present in every existence."
I am one to whom a man said in Ramadan, thirty years ago, I said to him: He came to me while I was awake after the tarawih prayer, he came to me to say: You are the one who denies the existence of "al-Khidr" and says that he is dead? I said to him: Yes. He said to me: I am al-Khidr! [Everyone laughs!] I heard this speech and said to him: Fear Allah, thinking that he means there is reason, fear Allah, O man. He said: I have oriented myself to Allah and Muhammad and did this, this is a Sufi, this is a reader of "The Meccan Openings" upon the Shaykh and died, and so on.
What has led the Muslims to this disbelief in the name of Islam? Turning away from the methodology of the righteous Salaf. We advise all the Muslims in the whole world to add to the necessity of adhering to the Book and the Sunnah this firm pillar upon the methodology of the righteous Salaf, otherwise every sect in the world says: We are upon the Book and the Sunnah.