And the completion of that is his denial of His attributes *** and the essence without description is void (Discussion on the methodology of the Mu'tazilah, which is the denial of attributes, and the refutation of them)
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The Shaykh : He said: "And the completion of that is his denial of His attributes *** and the essence, and the essence without description is void"
He says: This is speaking about the Mu'tazilah. The Mu'tazilah affirm the essence and deny the attributes. So, by Allah, can there be an essence without attributes? Is there? There is not. He says: There is not, and the rest does not exist. Every essence must have an attribute, at the very least, that we say the attribute of existence. The attribute of existence, at the very least, must be present as long as the essence is affirmed, so it has an attribute, even if it is only the attribute of existence. Although it must be an essence with length, width, weight, size, and the like. Every essence must have an attribute. Yes. He says:
"And the completion of that is his denial of His attributes *** and the essence without description is void"
That is to say, the claim of the existence of an essence without description is false.
He says: This is speaking about the Mu'tazilah. The Mu'tazilah affirm the essence and deny the attributes. So, by Allah, can there be an essence without attributes? Is there? There is not. He says: There is not, and the rest does not exist. Every essence must have an attribute, at the very least, that we say the attribute of existence. The attribute of existence, at the very least, must be present as long as the essence is affirmed, so it has an attribute, even if it is only the attribute of existence. Although it must be an essence with length, width, weight, size, and the like. Every essence must have an attribute. Yes. He says:
"And the completion of that is his denial of His attributes *** and the essence without description is void"
That is to say, the claim of the existence of an essence without description is false.
