The Refutation of the Asha'irah and the Maturidiyyah in Their Claim: That the Speech of Allah is Internal Speech.

It is not as the Asha'irah and the Maturidiyyah claim, that the Speech of Allah, and the Noble Qur'an is part of it, is internal speech. They mean that it is not verbal speech; they mean that it is not audible speech. This hadith invalidates their claim and affirms the saying of Allah to Musa: , The meaning is that our Lord (Mighty and Majestic), when He spoke to Musa, as He said in the Noble Qur'an: , Musa was hearing the Speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for interpreting the Divine Speech as internal speech, that is a denial of the attributes of the Noble Qur'an and of the hadiths of the Messenger (peace be upon him), including this hadith for which one of the Companions traveled a long distance to narrate it from the Companion who heard it from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, a Muslim should not doubt the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace be upon him), let alone that it is not permissible for him to doubt the people of hadith, even if he is from the common people, by saying: "Did you see the Messenger? Did you see the Messenger?" We did not see the Messenger, but we were conveyed the Speech of the Messenger (peace be upon him) through the trustworthy scholars. And in the Noble Qur'an, the Exalted said: Why? "I warn you, you who hear my recitation of the Qur'an directly, and I warn whoever it is conveyed to as well." The warning is established for both the one who heard the Qur'an from him (peace be upon him) directly and the one who heard it from the one who heard it from the Messenger (peace be upon him), and so on. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He did not say "I met him and heard from him," no, meaning he heard of his (peace be upon him) call, the call to truth, the call to Islam, then he disbelieved and denied this call, so he is in the Fire, abiding therein forever. Here, look.