Is tafwid (delegation) necessarily accompanied by ta'til (denial of the divine attributes)?
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The questioner : Well, tafwid (delegation) does not necessarily entail ta'til (denial of the divine attributes).
The Shaykh : No, it is known that tafwid (delegation) is ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), because in reality it suspends the text from its intended meaning. Allah intended for us to understand the text according to its meaning, but they suspended its meaning. However, the difference between them and the people of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is that the people of ta'wil suspended its apparent meaning and assigned it another meaning, another meaning. So they became more cunning than them, they became more cunning than them, because the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) say to the people of tafwid (delegation), "You are ignorant fools who know nothing, but we are the people of knowledge." And there is no doubt that the doctrine of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) is more cunning than the doctrine of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), than the doctrine of tafwid (delegation), because the doctrine of the people of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), which is tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), is more cunning than the people of tafwid (delegation) and more sound. And all of it, all of it is batil (invalid). Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : No, it is known that tafwid (delegation) is ta'til (denial of the divine attributes), because in reality it suspends the text from its intended meaning. Allah intended for us to understand the text according to its meaning, but they suspended its meaning. However, the difference between them and the people of ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is that the people of ta'wil suspended its apparent meaning and assigned it another meaning, another meaning. So they became more cunning than them, they became more cunning than them, because the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) say to the people of tafwid (delegation), "You are ignorant fools who know nothing, but we are the people of knowledge." And there is no doubt that the doctrine of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) is more cunning than the doctrine of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), than the doctrine of tafwid (delegation), because the doctrine of the people of ta'wil (figurative interpretation), which is tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), is more cunning than the people of tafwid (delegation) and more sound. And all of it, all of it is batil (invalid). Yes, that is correct.