And for this reason, he said: There is no purpose to His action *** that is the wisdom of the Lord (The denial of the Jahmiyyah of the wisdom of Allah)
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The Shaykh :"And for this reason, he said: There is no purpose to His action *** that is the wisdom of the Lord"
This is also part of the doctrine of Jahm: the denial of wisdom. They say that the actions of Allah are not caused; they have no wisdom. He does things this way without any purpose in them. Why? Because if you ascribe wisdom to His actions, you make Him act for a purpose, and one who acts for a purpose is deficient, because he is not complete except through that purpose. And for this reason, one of their corrupt principles is: "Indeed, Allah is free from attributes, parts, and purposes". This is a rhymed phrase that sounds sweet in its wording but is bitter in its meaning. "Free from attributes" means free from the divine attributes; "free from parts" means free from the hands, the face, and the eye; and "free from purposes" means there is no wisdom in His action. Thus, they have discarded everything that the name Al-Hakim (The Wise) implies. Wise without...
And they denied everything that Allah has made a cause, because causes are among the reasons, and they denied them. They denied all of this, yet the Qur'an is full of affirming the wisdom of Allah. But they say He acts without wisdom, merely by His will. May Allah keep us safe. I think the time is up.
All of you, let us continue with the discussion of what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the harm of figurative interpretation. He said:
"And for this reason, he said: There is no purpose to His action" We have read this.
This is also part of the doctrine of Jahm: the denial of wisdom. They say that the actions of Allah are not caused; they have no wisdom. He does things this way without any purpose in them. Why? Because if you ascribe wisdom to His actions, you make Him act for a purpose, and one who acts for a purpose is deficient, because he is not complete except through that purpose. And for this reason, one of their corrupt principles is: "Indeed, Allah is free from attributes, parts, and purposes". This is a rhymed phrase that sounds sweet in its wording but is bitter in its meaning. "Free from attributes" means free from the divine attributes; "free from parts" means free from the hands, the face, and the eye; and "free from purposes" means there is no wisdom in His action. Thus, they have discarded everything that the name Al-Hakim (The Wise) implies. Wise without...
And they denied everything that Allah has made a cause, because causes are among the reasons, and they denied them. They denied all of this, yet the Qur'an is full of affirming the wisdom of Allah. But they say He acts without wisdom, merely by His will. May Allah keep us safe. I think the time is up.
All of you, let us continue with the discussion of what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the harm of figurative interpretation. He said:
"And for this reason, he said: There is no purpose to His action" We have read this.