Is it true that Imam Ibn al-Jawzi interprets some of the attributes?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, it is said that Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) used to interpret some of the attributes. Is this true?
The Shaykh : Yes, he interprets some of the attributes. I have read a book of his on this, regarding the interpretation of the verses of the attributes. He is like many other scholars who were afflicted by this, meaning the interpretation of the attributes, and did not follow the path of the righteous Salaf. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, we often hear about your fatwa.
The Shaykh : And on this occasion, we would like to say that if a person makes a mistake, it is not just to discard all his good deeds. Justice is to stand for Allah with equity: we take the one who did wrong by his wrongdoing, and the one who did good by his goodness. Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) has beneficial books in preaching, exegesis, and other matters, as well as in hadith. He also has books in which he erred, just as others have erred. It is obligatory for a person to stand for Allah with equity[Al-Ma'idah 5:8] meaning, let not meaning hatred, hatred of a people [Al-Ma'idah 5:8].
The Shaykh : Yes, he interprets some of the attributes. I have read a book of his on this, regarding the interpretation of the verses of the attributes. He is like many other scholars who were afflicted by this, meaning the interpretation of the attributes, and did not follow the path of the righteous Salaf. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, we often hear about your fatwa.
The Shaykh : And on this occasion, we would like to say that if a person makes a mistake, it is not just to discard all his good deeds. Justice is to stand for Allah with equity: we take the one who did wrong by his wrongdoing, and the one who did good by his goodness. Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy on him) has beneficial books in preaching, exegesis, and other matters, as well as in hadith. He also has books in which he erred, just as others have erred. It is obligatory for a person to stand for Allah with equity