And this is the correct school of thought, and the straight, wise path, for two reasons
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The Shaykh : He said: "End of quote. This was transmitted from Ibn 'Abd al-Barr and the Qadi, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, in *Al-Fatwa al-Hamawiyyah*, page so-and-so, volume 5 of *Majmu' al-Fatawa* of Ibn Qasim. And this is the correct school of thought and the straight, wise path, for two reasons:" What does this mean? Yes, take it at its apparent meaning, in a manner befitting Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. "It is the correct school of thought and the straight, correct path, for two reasons: The first is that it is a complete application of what the Book and the Sunnah indicate regarding the obligation to accept what came in them concerning the names of Allah and His attributes, as one can know this by following it with knowledge and fairness" It is a complete application of what came in the Book and the Sunnah, because Allah the Exalted did not mention their names and attributes to us merely for information, but to act upon what these names and attributes indicate and to follow their implications. Nothing else is possible; otherwise, they would be words without meaning, and they would be empty words.
He says: "As one can know this by following it with knowledge and fairness" Knowledge, the opposite of ignorance; fairness, the opposite of injustice. This is because a person must have two things when judging between people: justice and fairness. Yes, knowledge and fairness. The ignorant person is not permitted to judge because he is ignorant, and the unjust person’s judgment is not accepted because he is ignorant.
So, whoever follows the texts with knowledge, gathers them together, and is fair in what he reflects upon and what he says, he will know with certainty that the correct school of thought is the school of the people of the Sunnah and the community, the righteous Salaf.
He says: "As one can know this by following it with knowledge and fairness" Knowledge, the opposite of ignorance; fairness, the opposite of injustice. This is because a person must have two things when judging between people: justice and fairness. Yes, knowledge and fairness. The ignorant person is not permitted to judge because he is ignorant, and the unjust person’s judgment is not accepted because he is ignorant.
So, whoever follows the texts with knowledge, gathers them together, and is fair in what he reflects upon and what he says, he will know with certainty that the correct school of thought is the school of the people of the Sunnah and the community, the righteous Salaf.