(Explanation of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes): they combined the negation of the attributes and their denial with the transgression against those who affirm them) And you have come to us with the negation and the ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), indeed
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: The negation of what the messengers brought regarding the affirmation of the attributes and the exaltation of the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and speech, he said:
"And you have brought us the negation"
So you said: He does not speak, He is not above the Throne, and He has no attribute, so there is a difference between this and that.
"And you have brought us the negation and the denial of the divine attributes *** Nay, but with a testimony of disbelief
against those who affirm His attributes and His exaltation *** "
So they, and may Allah protect us, transgressed against the right of Allah, the right of His speech, the right of His Messenger, and the right of his followers. If only they had denied and remained silent, but rather they said: Whoever affirms is a disbeliever. For this reason, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
" *** Nay, but with a testimony of disbelief
against those who affirm His attributes and His exaltation *** and His call in the tongue of every language "
Is that clear? So from them came a great transgression, and it necessitates from their statement that the messengers are what? Disbelievers, because they are affirmers, and they say: Whoever affirms has ascribed a body to Allah, and whoever has ascribed a body to Allah has disbelieved. Is that clear? This necessary implication they deny out of stubbornness, and they say: We do not declare the messengers disbelievers, may Allah protect us, out of stubbornness.
We say: Fine, if you say that whoever says that Allah has a face is a disbeliever, what does this mean? Is this anything other than declaring the messengers disbelievers?!
"And you have brought us the negation"
So you said: He does not speak, He is not above the Throne, and He has no attribute, so there is a difference between this and that.
"And you have brought us the negation and the denial of the divine attributes *** Nay, but with a testimony of disbelief
against those who affirm His attributes and His exaltation *** "
So they, and may Allah protect us, transgressed against the right of Allah, the right of His speech, the right of His Messenger, and the right of his followers. If only they had denied and remained silent, but rather they said: Whoever affirms is a disbeliever. For this reason, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
" *** Nay, but with a testimony of disbelief
against those who affirm His attributes and His exaltation *** and His call in the tongue of every language "
Is that clear? So from them came a great transgression, and it necessitates from their statement that the messengers are what? Disbelievers, because they are affirmers, and they say: Whoever affirms has ascribed a body to Allah, and whoever has ascribed a body to Allah has disbelieved. Is that clear? This necessary implication they deny out of stubbornness, and they say: We do not declare the messengers disbelievers, may Allah protect us, out of stubbornness.
We say: Fine, if you say that whoever says that Allah has a face is a disbeliever, what does this mean? Is this anything other than declaring the messengers disbelievers?!