A question regarding the creed of Ibn Sina and the declaration of his disbelief
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The questioner : Now, Shaykh, in the school books we have...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...Ibn Sina and his like among the Arab physicians and scholars, and so on. And if we say that these people are such and such, meaning we say that these people presented, for example, contributions in medicine and so on, what is the evidence that they are disbelievers, given that they are attributed to Islam?
The Shaykh : Their books. Ibn al-Qayyim says these are their books.
The questioner : If...
The Shaykh : They do not have their books; they are not available to them. You will find them existing in the world’s libraries, in London or in France or the like.
The questioner : The book al-Qanun and others; he did not speak...
The Shaykh : I do not remember, but... here, there is no issue with the Arabian Peninsula.
The questioner : Who are the ones that the scholars of Islam declared to be disbelievers?
The Shaykh : Yes, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, all of them declared them to be disbelievers. This is a summary; he did not... They say that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is affirming absolute existence. This is Allah: absolute existence. There is no essence, no attributes, no hearing, no sight, and no creation by His choice. Creation became this way as an effect caused by a cause. And as you know, if the cause is established, the effect is established. For this reason, they denied the creation of humans and said that the human species is ancient, and there is nothing that establishes that Adam was created from dust. Likewise, Allah does not know the falling of leaves from the trees, or... from the branches of the trees. He does not know all of this because He is absolute existence. So if you affirm any of the attributes for Allah, or affirm an essence for Him, you become one who associates partners with Allah. And the truth of the matter, as I told you yesterday, is that their methodology is something a person cannot conceive of; one is unable to conceive of it because it is false, utterly false.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...Ibn Sina and his like among the Arab physicians and scholars, and so on. And if we say that these people are such and such, meaning we say that these people presented, for example, contributions in medicine and so on, what is the evidence that they are disbelievers, given that they are attributed to Islam?
The Shaykh : Their books. Ibn al-Qayyim says these are their books.
The questioner : If...
The Shaykh : They do not have their books; they are not available to them. You will find them existing in the world’s libraries, in London or in France or the like.
The questioner : The book al-Qanun and others; he did not speak...
The Shaykh : I do not remember, but... here, there is no issue with the Arabian Peninsula.
The questioner : Who are the ones that the scholars of Islam declared to be disbelievers?
The Shaykh : Yes, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, all of them declared them to be disbelievers. This is a summary; he did not... They say that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is affirming absolute existence. This is Allah: absolute existence. There is no essence, no attributes, no hearing, no sight, and no creation by His choice. Creation became this way as an effect caused by a cause. And as you know, if the cause is established, the effect is established. For this reason, they denied the creation of humans and said that the human species is ancient, and there is nothing that establishes that Adam was created from dust. Likewise, Allah does not know the falling of leaves from the trees, or... from the branches of the trees. He does not know all of this because He is absolute existence. So if you affirm any of the attributes for Allah, or affirm an essence for Him, you become one who associates partners with Allah. And the truth of the matter, as I told you yesterday, is that their methodology is something a person cannot conceive of; one is unable to conceive of it because it is false, utterly false.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes