Continuation of the discussion on the referent of the pronoun in the hadith (Allah created Adam in His image).
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The Shaykh : I understood from you previously that they say it is a Jahmi position to attribute the pronoun to Adam because it does not involve a type of likening Allah to creation. Since if we attribute the pronoun to Allah in the hadith, it gives rise to a type of likening Allah to creation, one must believe in it. That is how I understood it.
The questioner : I will give you the fourth section, which is this one.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The fourth section that you just mentioned.
The Shaykh : ... .
Al-Halabi : You have opened the way for him, O our Shaykh...
The questioner : The second section does not say this; rather, it is the fourth section that says this.
The Shaykh: Good, this is what I was still thinking about in the fourth section, and it might be the second one, but the order doesn't matter, do you see? The scholars sometimes say this is a disordered arrangement.[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] in the verse about the creation of Adam [Al-Insan 76:2] , right?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it correct to say there is a type of likening Allah to creation? Or is it, as the Shaykh al-Islam says in many of these places, that this is a shared term? A shared term, and every described entity takes from this shared term the meaning that befits it. So when Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Insan 76:2], it is understood that the human has two eyes, a pupil, eyelids, and so on. But when the Lord of the Worlds said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:11], He has of these two attributes what befits His greatness, majesty, and eternity... and so on. So here it is a shared term, meaning we do not say it necessitates likening Allah to creation. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : So, if we attribute the pronoun in the hadith of Adam to Allah, it is not necessary for us to say that we must believe there is a type of likening Allah to creation. Because if we say that here, it would compel us to say that in every attribute where there is a nominal or verbal sharing between the attributes of Allah the Mighty and Majestic... the texts, in his claim, would not fall into likening Allah to creation. So how can he remain a Salafi and say that the pronoun should be attributed to Allah so that we believe there is a type of likening Allah to creation, and that whoever does not do so is a Jahmi? Have I made clear to you the prohibition that I have been circling in my mind, or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, are you merely speaking this, or do you uphold it? If so, we say praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I do not want to put you in a difficult position and ask you what you uphold, because we are not in that context. Now, do you have something? It has been five minutes or fifty minutes, I do not know?
The questioner : Several things.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! When you told me, O 'Abdullah, you did not give me good news...
Al-Halabi : O Shaykh, these are five Najdi minutes, meaning you know the distance and such, so multiply by five or more, meaning...
The questioner : I will give you the fourth section, which is this one.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The fourth section that you just mentioned.
The Shaykh : ... .
Al-Halabi : You have opened the way for him, O our Shaykh...
The questioner : The second section does not say this; rather, it is the fourth section that says this.
The Shaykh: Good, this is what I was still thinking about in the fourth section, and it might be the second one, but the order doesn't matter, do you see? The scholars sometimes say this is a disordered arrangement.
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرand We made him hearing and seeing.
فجعلناه سميعا بصيراThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is it correct to say there is a type of likening Allah to creation? Or is it, as the Shaykh al-Islam says in many of these places, that this is a shared term? A shared term, and every described entity takes from this shared term the meaning that befits it. So when Allah the Exalted said:
and We made him hearing and seeing.
فجعلناه سميعا بصيراand He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
وهو السميع البصيرThe questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : So, if we attribute the pronoun in the hadith of Adam to Allah, it is not necessary for us to say that we must believe there is a type of likening Allah to creation. Because if we say that here, it would compel us to say that in every attribute where there is a nominal or verbal sharing between the attributes of Allah the Mighty and Majestic... the texts, in his claim, would not fall into likening Allah to creation. So how can he remain a Salafi and say that the pronoun should be attributed to Allah so that we believe there is a type of likening Allah to creation, and that whoever does not do so is a Jahmi? Have I made clear to you the prohibition that I have been circling in my mind, or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So, are you merely speaking this, or do you uphold it? If so, we say praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I do not want to put you in a difficult position and ask you what you uphold, because we are not in that context. Now, do you have something? It has been five minutes or fifty minutes, I do not know?
The questioner : Several things.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! When you told me, O 'Abdullah, you did not give me good news...
Al-Halabi : O Shaykh, these are five Najdi minutes, meaning you know the distance and such, so multiply by five or more, meaning...
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