The Shaykh’s remarks on some of the Maturidiyyah who returned to the methodology of the Salaf.
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The Shaykh : Following up on my previous words, it should be noted that one must not assume that all the Asha'irah and all the Maturidiyyah follow this methodology. There are people who realized the truth and returned to the methodology of the people of the Sunnah. Among them is a man from the distinguished Hanafi Maturidi scholars who composed a very beautiful poem on this occasion:
"And the Lord of the Throne is above the Throne, but *** without any description of settling or connection"
The questioner : Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Do you see?
The questioner : Because this is not befitting
The Shaykh : It is not befitting His Majesty, Mighty and Majestic. "And the Lord of the Throne is above the Throne, but *** without any description of settling or connection".
Similarly, for example, Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, the author of a treatise that is the most excellent of all treatises, in which he followed the methodology of the righteous Salaf, holding that Allah has the attribute of elevation without likening Allah to creation and without denial of the divine attributes. The treatise is printed in the collection *Majmu'at al-Rasail al-Minariyyah*, if you have looked into it. So the whole reason for this figurative interpretation, whether of the divine speech, the divine rising above the Throne, or the divine descent, is that they compared the Creator to the created, and compared the unseen to the seen. Here I like the words of Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him), even though he exaggerated in denying analogical reasoning, when he says: "All analogical reasoning is invalid, and if there were any truth in it, this would be the very essence of falsehood"
The questioner : He is strict in his opinion.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the very essence of falsehood. A person says that the Lord of the worlds resembles the created beings, and thus falls into a problem. He then denies the verses of attributes and the hadiths of attributes, and ...
"And the Lord of the Throne is above the Throne, but *** without any description of settling or connection"
The questioner : Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Do you see?
The questioner : Because this is not befitting
The Shaykh : It is not befitting His Majesty, Mighty and Majestic. "And the Lord of the Throne is above the Throne, but *** without any description of settling or connection".
Similarly, for example, Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, the author of a treatise that is the most excellent of all treatises, in which he followed the methodology of the righteous Salaf, holding that Allah has the attribute of elevation without likening Allah to creation and without denial of the divine attributes. The treatise is printed in the collection *Majmu'at al-Rasail al-Minariyyah*, if you have looked into it. So the whole reason for this figurative interpretation, whether of the divine speech, the divine rising above the Throne, or the divine descent, is that they compared the Creator to the created, and compared the unseen to the seen. Here I like the words of Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him), even though he exaggerated in denying analogical reasoning, when he says: "All analogical reasoning is invalid, and if there were any truth in it, this would be the very essence of falsehood"
The questioner : He is strict in his opinion.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the very essence of falsehood. A person says that the Lord of the worlds resembles the created beings, and thus falls into a problem. He then denies the verses of attributes and the hadiths of attributes, and ...