(Ibn al-Qayyim’s Address to the People of Innovation and Denial of Attributes, and Exposing Them) O sect of belittling, rather O nation of ***-claim without knowledge or recognition, and by Allah, you have never
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The Shaykh :"O sect of belittling, rather O nation of ***-claim without knowledge or recognition"
He now turns to those who accused the people of truth of belittling and disparagement, and he says:
"O sect of belittling, rather O nation of ***-claim without knowledge or recognition"
O nation of belittling, according to their path and methodology, [you are] a nation of calling, according to what you have accused us of, namely that we belittle Allah and His Messenger
"And by Allah, you have never in a day preferred ***-ism over the imitation of man"
The statement of whom? The statement of the Messenger, rather the statement of Allah and His Messenger. You did not prefer it to the imitation of man. When your shaykhs said something and the Messenger said something, you preferred the statement of the shaykhs. For this reason he said: "And by Allah, the shaykhs did not say". All right, let us read. It ends. No.
He now turns to those who accused the people of truth of belittling and disparagement, and he says:
"O sect of belittling, rather O nation of ***-claim without knowledge or recognition"
O nation of belittling, according to their path and methodology, [you are] a nation of calling, according to what you have accused us of, namely that we belittle Allah and His Messenger
"And by Allah, you have never in a day preferred ***-ism over the imitation of man"
The statement of whom? The statement of the Messenger, rather the statement of Allah and His Messenger. You did not prefer it to the imitation of man. When your shaykhs said something and the Messenger said something, you preferred the statement of the shaykhs. For this reason he said: "And by Allah, the shaykhs did not say". All right, let us read. It ends. No.