Was the methodology of the righteous Salaf tafwid of the attributes?
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The questioner : Regarding the verses of the attributes that one reads and looks into the methodology of the Companions and the Successors...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, may Allah increase you in openings... What Allah willed...
The questioner : Most of them, when asked about this, say that its interpretation is its recitation, as Ibn 'Uyaynah and others and others did.
The Shaykh : But you were talking about the Companions, did you forget or what?
The questioner : About the Companions and like the Successors and the Imams.
The Shaykh : So I understand from you that Ibn 'Uyaynah was a Companion.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So then?
The questioner : The Companions' methodology is not known except as tafwid without explanation and without questioning.
The Shaykh : We understood that from you, but a leap, a leap of the gazelles, you got to Ibn 'Uyaynah.
The questioner : I mean the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Ah, the Salaf, if you do not specify the Companions, are the Salaf muftawwidin (those who practice tafwid)?
The questioner : Muftawwidin means they say that the understanding of this verse...
The Shaykh : But I am advising you sincerely, do not record that the Salaf are muftawwidin and then you will regret it, and there will be no time for regret. If you want to record it, go ahead, record it.
The questioner : It is reported a set of phrases from them, for example, Imam Malik said, "Asking about it is an innovation," that the Companions did not ask about these matters, so they passed them over according to their apparent meaning.
The Shaykh : But you see, you took the Maliki athar from its tail, you did not bring its head.
The questioner : The beginning is known.
The Shaykh : But is it permissible to answer from its tail and not answer from its head?
The questioner : I mean, when he was asked, he did not say to him, according to our understanding at least, that by Allah, istiwa' is exaltation.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, we are now...
The questioner : He said to him: "Istiwa' is known, the how is unknown, and asking about it is an innovation."
The Shaykh : So the question, "Istiwa' is known," is it tafwid?
The questioner : Now, if he said to him...
The Shaykh : , question, his saying, "Istiwa' is known," does it mean tafwid?
The questioner : Tafwid is known, of course, he did not say to him that istiwa' is exaltation.
The Shaykh : What does he mean by known and unknown?
The questioner : Known, no, known is not unknown, known in wording by the Qur'an and the Sunnah, as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah in its wording.
The Shaykh : Okay, does known mean unknown?
The questioner : Known is not unknown...
The Shaykh : That is what I want from you, okay, does tafwid mean knowledge?
The questioner : Knowledge, of course.
The questioner : No, tafwid means lack of knowledge.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, from here the written is clear from its title.
The questioner : Alif Lam Mim.
The Shaykh : Does tafwid mean understanding and knowledge or lack of knowledge?
The questioner : No, I cannot be certain, this is ignorance.
The Shaykh : I did not say ignorance.
The questioner : I mean, lack of knowledge equals ignorance.
The Shaykh : If it equals knowledge?
The questioner : No, it does not equal knowledge.
The Shaykh : If it is not knowledge and not ignorance?
The questioner : It equals the negation of tafwid.
The Shaykh : If it is not knowledge and not ignorance.
The questioner : No, if it is not knowledge and not ignorance, no.
The questioner : Interpretation by the apparent meaning and that is all...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, I am going to answer you now, tafwid means reading the texts related to the divine attributes without understanding them at all, as if a non-Arab read:[Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4] he does not understand anything of the meaning of this verse, and he entrusts the matter of its meaning to Allah Blessed and Exalted is He, this is the meaning of tafwid, and he accepts that this verse or surah is from the Qur'an, but what is the meaning, I do not know, its matter is to Allah Blessed and Exalted is He, this is tafwid.
The methodologies are three: The methodology of the Salaf is understanding the verses of the attributes and the hadiths of the attributes in the Arabic style with the exaltation of Allah Mighty and Majestic from being likened to creation, as is known from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] Exaltation [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] Affirmation, affirmation meaning that the All-Hearing is other than the All-Seeing, and the All-Seeing is other than the All-Hearing, this is the methodology of the Salaf, and in this example - and the Khalaf also - because they interpret the All-Hearing and the All-Seeing on the interpretation of the Salaf exactly, and they do not practice tafwid, this is the first methodology, and it is believing in all verses of the attributes and hadiths of the attributes with their known linguistic meanings, with the exaltation of Allah Mighty and Majestic in them from being likened to creation, linguistic understanding with exaltation.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, may Allah increase you in openings... What Allah willed...
The questioner : Most of them, when asked about this, say that its interpretation is its recitation, as Ibn 'Uyaynah and others and others did.
The Shaykh : But you were talking about the Companions, did you forget or what?
The questioner : About the Companions and like the Successors and the Imams.
The Shaykh : So I understand from you that Ibn 'Uyaynah was a Companion.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So then?
The questioner : The Companions' methodology is not known except as tafwid without explanation and without questioning.
The Shaykh : We understood that from you, but a leap, a leap of the gazelles, you got to Ibn 'Uyaynah.
The questioner : I mean the Salaf.
The Shaykh : Ah, the Salaf, if you do not specify the Companions, are the Salaf muftawwidin (those who practice tafwid)?
The questioner : Muftawwidin means they say that the understanding of this verse...
The Shaykh : But I am advising you sincerely, do not record that the Salaf are muftawwidin and then you will regret it, and there will be no time for regret. If you want to record it, go ahead, record it.
The questioner : It is reported a set of phrases from them, for example, Imam Malik said, "Asking about it is an innovation," that the Companions did not ask about these matters, so they passed them over according to their apparent meaning.
The Shaykh : But you see, you took the Maliki athar from its tail, you did not bring its head.
The questioner : The beginning is known.
The Shaykh : But is it permissible to answer from its tail and not answer from its head?
The questioner : I mean, when he was asked, he did not say to him, according to our understanding at least, that by Allah, istiwa' is exaltation.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, we are now...
The questioner : He said to him: "Istiwa' is known, the how is unknown, and asking about it is an innovation."
The Shaykh : So the question, "Istiwa' is known," is it tafwid?
The questioner : Now, if he said to him...
The Shaykh : , question, his saying, "Istiwa' is known," does it mean tafwid?
The questioner : Tafwid is known, of course, he did not say to him that istiwa' is exaltation.
The Shaykh : What does he mean by known and unknown?
The questioner : Known, no, known is not unknown, known in wording by the Qur'an and the Sunnah, as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah in its wording.
The Shaykh : Okay, does known mean unknown?
The questioner : Known is not unknown...
The Shaykh : That is what I want from you, okay, does tafwid mean knowledge?
The questioner : Knowledge, of course.
The questioner : No, tafwid means lack of knowledge.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, from here the written is clear from its title.
The questioner : Alif Lam Mim.
The Shaykh : Does tafwid mean understanding and knowledge or lack of knowledge?
The questioner : No, I cannot be certain, this is ignorance.
The Shaykh : I did not say ignorance.
The questioner : I mean, lack of knowledge equals ignorance.
The Shaykh : If it equals knowledge?
The questioner : No, it does not equal knowledge.
The Shaykh : If it is not knowledge and not ignorance?
The questioner : It equals the negation of tafwid.
The Shaykh : If it is not knowledge and not ignorance.
The questioner : No, if it is not knowledge and not ignorance, no.
The questioner : Interpretation by the apparent meaning and that is all...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, I am going to answer you now, tafwid means reading the texts related to the divine attributes without understanding them at all, as if a non-Arab read:
(1) Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, (2) Allah, the Eternal Refuge. (3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
قل هو الله أحد الله الصمد لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا أحدThe methodologies are three: The methodology of the Salaf is understanding the verses of the attributes and the hadiths of the attributes in the Arabic style with the exaltation of Allah Mighty and Majestic from being likened to creation, as is known from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him
ليس كمثله شيءand He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
وهو السميع البصير
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