The Meaning of the Statement of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab: "If the People of Innovation Argue with the Qur'an, Argue with Them with the Sunnah; for the Qur'an Has Multiple Aspects," and an Example of This Is the Statement of the Exalted

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Because they were ... with hadiths, they wrap fabricated ones in a wrap ... when the Qur'an, as 'Umar (may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him) said in some of the reports about him: "If the People of Innovation argue with you using the Qur'an, argue with them using the Sunnah; for the Qur'an has multiple aspects." And indeed, this is the position of the Mu'tazilah ... a text from those texts that establishes for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) an attribute; and that is that He is able to enable His servants to see Him. So He, the Exalted, said: This is a text for the People of the Sunnah. They said: No, it is not possible to see Allah ... a human being, this is impossible. So what is the meaning of: ? They said: Looking toward the pleasure of her Lord ... simple, a deleted implied addition, but the hadiths came to explain =
-- And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings --
= confirming the attribute of the Deity (Mighty and Majestic) in this respect, and that He enables His servants to see Him; such as the hadith mentioned in "the two Sahihs" and others: , in some of the hadiths: , a simile that does not accept figurative interpretation at all, , they said: This is an ahad hadith, an ahad hadith does not establish creed, there is no creed because ... it was from the danger of the supplication that ... Allah upon it just now or in it just now that the praise is to Allah for Islam, and for making us Salafis in our understanding of Islam.
The scholars of theology say: Creed is not established except by a text that is definitive in its authenticity and definitive in its meaning, ... one of the parties collapsed the creed, no, it is not possible to establish for these people a creed; because if we come to them with a verse, the verse is definitive in its authenticity, but they make it not definitive in its meaning, and this is its example: This is a Qur'anic text definitive in its authenticity, but not definitive in its meaning, why? ... figurative interpretation, what is figurative interpretation? Looking toward the pleasure of her Lord, ... in the text with its existence the invalidation of the hadith, why? Because the second party was not found with them "definitive in meaning," and if a hadith like the hadith: sufficed as definitive in meaning; they said: This is not definitive in authenticity, so what are they demolishing? Meaning like the hedgehog, on the back side this way and that way, and so it becomes ... Islam in the name of Islam, so praise be to Allah who guided us to be Muslims and upon the methodology of the righteous Salaf.

The questioner: ... this hadith ... .

The Shaykh: Some schools of jurisprudence, the hadith was reported.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: ... it was reported that the Messenger defined it ... as for whether the hadith ... or not?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Here the narration exists, but is it authentic? I do not know, because we, the narrations not reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the research in their chains continues except for what is rare; because this is a sea with no shore, if we suppose ... to verifying the narrations reported from the Salaf from their statements, this would divert us from paying attention to studying the statements reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and this is important, meaning; because this is the bottom ... of the creed, so this is what the efforts of the Muslims, the scholars of the Muslims, must combine in, which is purifying the Sunnah of what is not part of it, but by Allah ... it is authentic that 'Umar said ... or is it not authentic? A great effort, so if it is important, then at that time it must be treated as we treat the hadith in Hajj ... .

The questioner : ... .