And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body, O you who ascribe lies (The meaning of the condemned ascription of a body to Allah and the innocence of the people of the Sunnah regarding the word "body" as a term, though they inquire about the meaning)
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The Shaykh :"And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body, O you who ascribe lies"
How can they say that we are those who ascribe a body to Allah, and then say: "And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body"?
We say: They claim we are those who ascribe a body to Allah based on what? Their definition, where they said that everyone who affirms an attribute for Allah is one who ascribes a body to Allah. We affirm for Allah every attribute by which He described Himself, and by their standard, we are those who ascribe a body to Allah. As for us, we have not said that Allah is a body; no one from the people of the Sunnah has ever said that Allah is a body, nor have they said that Allah is not a body. Rather, they suspend judgment on this term. If someone were to ask them: "Do you say that Allah is a body?" they would say: "I do not say that." "Do you say that Allah is not a body?" they would say: "I do not say that." Because Allah did not say of Himself that He is a body, nor did He say of Himself that He is not a body. But I say: Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is distinct from His creation and described by His attributes. This is what I say.
"And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body, O you who ascribe lies"
How can they say that we are those who ascribe a body to Allah, and then say: "And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body"?
We say: They claim we are those who ascribe a body to Allah based on what? Their definition, where they said that everyone who affirms an attribute for Allah is one who ascribes a body to Allah. We affirm for Allah every attribute by which He described Himself, and by their standard, we are those who ascribe a body to Allah. As for us, we have not said that Allah is a body; no one from the people of the Sunnah has ever said that Allah is a body, nor have they said that Allah is not a body. Rather, they suspend judgment on this term. If someone were to ask them: "Do you say that Allah is a body?" they would say: "I do not say that." "Do you say that Allah is not a body?" they would say: "I do not say that." Because Allah did not say of Himself that He is a body, nor did He say of Himself that He is not a body. But I say: Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is distinct from His creation and described by His attributes. This is what I say.
"And by Allah, no one among us has said that Allah is a body, O you who ascribe lies"