From the creed of the people of the Sunnah: leaving the question about the modality of the attributes of Allah
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The last thing we said was that the people of the Sunnah and the community, may Allah include us and you among them, say: if the Jahmi or the Mu'tazili or any denier of the divine attributes asks about the modality of one of the attributes of Allah, saying, "How does He descend? How is His Face? How is His Hand?" then tell him, "How is He in His Essence?" He will say, "I do not encompass this with knowledge." We say, if you do not encompass His Essence with knowledge, you will not encompass His attributes with knowledge, because the statement regarding the attributes is a branch of the statement regarding the Essence. And this, praise be to Allah, is a clear matter. And if you affirm for Allah what He affirmed for Himself of attributes, while being mindful of His saying, the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:11], you will know that Allah the Exalted has every attribute by which Allah described Himself, but without, without what? Without likening Allah to creation. Yes. Now, to the questions. Let us set the time; it is now nine and a half. I am a little late.
The student: Nine and a half.
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The student: Nine and a half.
The Shaykh : I say I am a little late. Nine and a half. Yes.
The student: Take your time.
The Shaykh : My comfort is in your comfort, but the talk is that most of the attendees say I am late.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : There is no lateness. We have placed our reliance upon You, and to You we turn, and to You is the final return. It is now nine minus a third. Yes, yes. Rely upon Allah.
The last thing we said was that the people of the Sunnah and the community, may Allah include us and you among them, say: if the Jahmi or the Mu'tazili or any denier of the divine attributes asks about the modality of one of the attributes of Allah, saying, "How does He descend? How is His Face? How is His Hand?" then tell him, "How is He in His Essence?" He will say, "I do not encompass this with knowledge." We say, if you do not encompass His Essence with knowledge, you will not encompass His attributes with knowledge, because the statement regarding the attributes is a branch of the statement regarding the Essence. And this, praise be to Allah, is a clear matter. And if you affirm for Allah what He affirmed for Himself of attributes, while being mindful of His saying, the Exalted:
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرThe student: Nine and a half.
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The student: Nine and a half.
The Shaykh : I say I am a little late. Nine and a half. Yes.
The student: Take your time.
The Shaykh : My comfort is in your comfort, but the talk is that most of the attendees say I am late.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : There is no lateness. We have placed our reliance upon You, and to You we turn, and to You is the final return. It is now nine minus a third. Yes, yes. Rely upon Allah.