Is it permissible to describe Allah with silence?
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The questioner : It is mentioned in the hadith: Riyad as-Salihin 1832 So is Allah described with silence?
The Shaykh : Who said this statement? Who said this statement?
The questioner : No one said it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No one said it? You say: It is mentioned in the hadith.
The questioner : That is, it is mentioned in the hadith.
The Shaykh : The hadith is about whom?
The questioner : About the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). A hadith about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Okay, if the Messenger said: Is it possible for someone to ask: Is it permissible for us to say that Allah is silent? Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes, meaning He is not described with silence.
The Shaykh : He is described.
The questioner : He is described, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, according to its apparent meaning. Meaning He did not prohibit them. It is possible, and certainly, if He was silent about things He did not prohibit, it means He did not speak about them.
The questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : But silence, in its linguistic meaning, is used for the absence of speech and for the absence of making speech heard. Among this is the statement of Abu Hurayrah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 744 So the Messenger was described with silence, even though he was saying: What do you say? So, in the Arabic language, silence is used for this and that. As for Allah, if He is silent, it means He is speaking about whom? If He is silent about things He did not prohibit, then He is silent about them. Do you understand?
By the way, I wish my brothers, the students of knowledge, would not delve too deeply into what concerns the attributes. They should take the hadiths and the Qur'an at their apparent meaning and not ask, because what concerns the attributes of Allah is part of the religion of Allah. If the Companions did not ask about them, then what sufficed them should suffice us. For this reason, Imam Malik said to the one who asked about istiwaa' (rising above the Throne): How did He rise? He said to him: I do not see you as anything but an innovator. And he said: Asking about this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Is the hadith authentic? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is the hadith authentic?
The Shaykh : If it is authentic, if it is authentic, if it is authentic, and al-Nawawi mentioned it in the Forty Hadiths.
The questioner : Is it not discussed regarding its authenticity?
The Shaykh : It is discussed, but according to those who authenticated it, it is authentic. That is enough, Brother Musa says: The time is over because the adhan (call to prayer) has been given. So, that is enough for the one who wants to perform wudu' (ablution) and the one who wants to pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) of the Zuhr (midday prayer), four rak'ahs.
and has kept silent about other matters out of mercy for you
وسكت عن أشياء رحمة بكمThe Shaykh : Who said this statement? Who said this statement?
The questioner : No one said it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No one said it? You say: It is mentioned in the hadith.
The questioner : That is, it is mentioned in the hadith.
The Shaykh : The hadith is about whom?
The questioner : About the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). A hadith about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Okay, if the Messenger said:
And He was silent about things
وسكت عن أشياءThe questioner : Yes, meaning He is not described with silence.
The Shaykh : He is described.
The questioner : He is described, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, according to its apparent meaning.
He was silent about things
سكت عن أشياءOut of mercy for you
رحمة بكمThe questioner : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : But silence, in its linguistic meaning, is used for the absence of speech and for the absence of making speech heard. Among this is the statement of Abu Hurayrah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
What do you say in the pause between Takbir and recitation?
أرأيت سكوتك بين التكبير والقراءة ما تقول ؟By the way, I wish my brothers, the students of knowledge, would not delve too deeply into what concerns the attributes. They should take the hadiths and the Qur'an at their apparent meaning and not ask, because what concerns the attributes of Allah is part of the religion of Allah. If the Companions did not ask about them, then what sufficed them should suffice us. For this reason, Imam Malik said to the one who asked about istiwaa' (rising above the Throne): How did He rise? He said to him: I do not see you as anything but an innovator. And he said: Asking about this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Is the hadith authentic? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is the hadith authentic?
The Shaykh : If it is authentic, if it is authentic, if it is authentic, and al-Nawawi mentioned it in the Forty Hadiths.
The questioner : Is it not discussed regarding its authenticity?
The Shaykh : It is discussed, but according to those who authenticated it, it is authentic. That is enough, Brother Musa says: The time is over because the adhan (call to prayer) has been given. So, that is enough for the one who wants to perform wudu' (ablution) and the one who wants to pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) of the Zuhr (midday prayer), four rak'ahs.