Explanation of the author's statement: ". . . . And this method is the obligatory method, and it is the middle position between the people of denial of the divine attributes and the people of likening Allah to creation"
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The Shaykh : What is this? In terms of comprehensive understanding, right now, if we said that you rose up on the bed, yes, the bed surrounds you and carries you as well. If we lowered it from underneath... from under you, you would fall to the ground. Yes, that is right.
He said: "And this method is the obligatory method, and it is the middle position between the people of denial of the divine attributes and the people of likening Allah to creation". Allahu Akbar. The Muslims have been afflicted by these two groups: the group of denial of the divine attributes and the group of likening Allah to creation. The people of denial of the divine attributes exaggerated in purifying Allah, and the people of likening Allah to creation exaggerated in affirming. The people of denial of the divine attributes exaggerated in purifying Allah, and the people of likening Allah to creation exaggerated in affirming. So those who said "Allah the Exalted has a hand that resembles the hands of the created beings" affirmed the hand, did they not? But they exaggerated in affirming it until they made it resemble the hands of the created beings. And those who said "Allah does not have a hand", in order to purify Allah from being similar to the created beings, these people exaggerated in what? In negation and purification. The people of the Sunnah and the community, praise be to Allah, are in the middle, in the middle between the two extremes, neither going too far nor falling short. Therefore, he says, "And this is the middle position between the people of denial of the divine attributes and the people of likening Allah to creation." So they said that Allah has a real hand, but it does not resemble the hands of the created beings. Yes.
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The Shaykh : A great rule, and it is the method of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding the names and attributes of Allah. They said the method is to affirm what Allah and His Messenger affirmed, to negate what Allah and His Messenger negated, and to suspend judgment in matters where neither affirmation nor negation has come. Do you understand? This method is the method indicated by reason and revelation, it is the sound method, and it is the reality of proper conduct with Allah and His Messenger.[Al-Hujurat 49:1] So whatever has come in the Book and the Sunnah regarding the attributes and names of Allah, it is obligatory to affirm it. And whatever Allah has negated about Himself, it is obligatory to negate it. And whatever has not come with either affirmation or negation, if we affirm it, we err, and if we negate it, we err, because we have no knowledge. So what is obligatory? The obligatory thing is to suspend judgment, this with regard to its wording. As for its meaning, we have previously mentioned that we must examine it in detail: if truth is intended by it, we accept it, and if falsehood is intended by it, we reject it.
He said: "And this method is the obligatory method, and it is the middle position between the people of denial of the divine attributes and the people of likening Allah to creation". Allahu Akbar. The Muslims have been afflicted by these two groups: the group of denial of the divine attributes and the group of likening Allah to creation. The people of denial of the divine attributes exaggerated in purifying Allah, and the people of likening Allah to creation exaggerated in affirming. The people of denial of the divine attributes exaggerated in purifying Allah, and the people of likening Allah to creation exaggerated in affirming. So those who said "Allah the Exalted has a hand that resembles the hands of the created beings" affirmed the hand, did they not? But they exaggerated in affirming it until they made it resemble the hands of the created beings. And those who said "Allah does not have a hand", in order to purify Allah from being similar to the created beings, these people exaggerated in what? In negation and purification. The people of the Sunnah and the community, praise be to Allah, are in the middle, in the middle between the two extremes, neither going too far nor falling short. Therefore, he says, "And this is the middle position between the people of denial of the divine attributes and the people of likening Allah to creation." So they said that Allah has a real hand, but it does not resemble the hands of the created beings. Yes.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
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The Shaykh : A great rule, and it is the method of the people of the Sunnah and the community regarding the names and attributes of Allah. They said the method is to affirm what Allah and His Messenger affirmed, to negate what Allah and His Messenger negated, and to suspend judgment in matters where neither affirmation nor negation has come. Do you understand? This method is the method indicated by reason and revelation, it is the sound method, and it is the reality of proper conduct with Allah and His Messenger.