Is it established in the Book and the Sunnah to attribute the term "letters" to the speech of Allah, and likewise the voice?

The questioner : The first question in creed, O Shaykh, asks: Is it established in the Book and the Sunnah to attribute the term "letters" to the speech of Allah, or is it the ijtihad of some of the scholars of the Salaf? And is it established from some of the early scholars that they described Allah with this first century, or before Imam Ahmad?

The Shaykh : I believe that the authentic saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is sufficient in this matter: And on this basis, some books were authored by scholars of hadith. Therefore, I do not find a justification for raising such a question, and in my opinion, the questionerThe questioner : it is not necessary that theThe questioner : questioner is the one who posed the question; he may be transmitting it from someone else. Here, as the scholars say, the transmitter of disbelief is not a disbeliever, so the transmitter of an error is not in error, and the transmitter of a question that should not be asked is not in error either. In this regard, it is sufficient first that this hadith is authentic, and second, that the discussions and writings of the scholars of the Sunnah proceed in accordance with this authentic hadith. Consequently, I consider that directing such a question by anyone is, in fact, a harbinger of deviation, and it may be unintentional regarding the Salafi hadith-based path. This is my answer to this question.

The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. It can also be said in response to this, or in answering it, that the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) considered this issue to be a matter of established consensus among them. However, when people spoke about the issue of the voice, they responded to them and established it. Then, when the people of innovation, such as the Asha'irah and others, addressed the topic of letters, they responded to them regarding the topic of letters. Otherwise, the matter was established among them, because this issue was not raised in the beginning, whether the issue of the voice or the letters.

The Shaykh : First, I said earlier that the scholars of hadith proceeded in accordance with this hadith. But now, in your report, there is something new, which is the voice. The voice is something else, and although it is also established in itself, its attribution to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), this questioning is, in reality, as I told you earlier, feared to be a sign of returning to what the scholars of the Salaf and scholars of hadith call tafwid. That is, they want to avoid delving into such details, even if they are explicitly stated in the Sunnah or authentic hadiths. Why? To bring the viewpoint of the Khalaf closer to that of the Salaf. I fear that behind this question lies such a goal, which we should not get involved in for its sake.