regarding Ibn al-Qayyim's statement and the fact that the gods of the polytheists are their own inventions, and how he affirms a god for the deniers of attributes while negating them in his statement that they worship non-existence
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The questioner : Shaykh, how did the deniers of attributes invent their god with their thoughts?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Because they imagined a god who is not the God of the messengers. The God of the messengers is a One, the Eternal, described with attributes of perfection. Their god is not like that; it is not described with attributes of perfection. So they invented with their thoughts a god that has no reality, or a god that is denied of its attributes, or of its names, or of most of the attributes.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, in another place you mentioned, O Shaykh, that the denier of attributes worships non-existence.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Here he said he worships a god whom he described
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a god in relation to them, but the reality of the matter is that it is non-existence. So they invented a god whose reality is non-existence. Yes.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"A section on the invalidity of the statement of the materialists that reasoning from the speech of Allah and His Messenger does not yield knowledge and certainty
And beware of the doctrines of those who split into sects, *** and they were the sects of Satan
And ask an expert about them, he will inform you of *** their secrets with advice and clarification
They said, guidance is not gained from the Sunnah, *** nor from any report, nor from the Qur'an
For all of that is verbal evidence *** that has not revealed knowledge or certainty
In it there is ambiguity and then generalization is seen, *** and it is subject to increase and decrease"
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Because they imagined a god who is not the God of the messengers. The God of the messengers is a One, the Eternal, described with attributes of perfection. Their god is not like that; it is not described with attributes of perfection. So they invented with their thoughts a god that has no reality, or a god that is denied of its attributes, or of its names, or of most of the attributes.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, in another place you mentioned, O Shaykh, that the denier of attributes worships non-existence.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Here he said he worships a god whom he described
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a god in relation to them, but the reality of the matter is that it is non-existence. So they invented a god whose reality is non-existence. Yes.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"A section on the invalidity of the statement of the materialists that reasoning from the speech of Allah and His Messenger does not yield knowledge and certainty
And beware of the doctrines of those who split into sects, *** and they were the sects of Satan
And ask an expert about them, he will inform you of *** their secrets with advice and clarification
They said, guidance is not gained from the Sunnah, *** nor from any report, nor from the Qur'an
For all of that is verbal evidence *** that has not revealed knowledge or certainty
In it there is ambiguity and then generalization is seen, *** and it is subject to increase and decrease"