Explanation of the author's statement: "And the most of those who are feared to go astray are those who entered the science of kalam and did not reach its end."
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The Shaykh :"And the most of those who are feared to go astray are those who entered the science of kalam and did not reach its end".
This is what the Shaykh al-Islam said: the most of those who are feared to go astray are those who entered the science of kalam and did not reach its end. O Talal? Why? Listen, he says: "The reason for this is that one who did not enter it is in safety from it". From it, yes, good, we write "from it" because it is not in your text.
"So he is in safety from it, and one who reached its end has seen its defect and returned to the Book and the Sunnah, as happened to some of their great ones, so the danger remains for the one who deviated from the straight path and did not become clear to him the reality of the matter".
Now, do we have a witness indicating that the one who reached its end has returned to the truth? Yes, we have from the words of their leaders, such as al-Razi and al-Ghazali and many others, who admitted to themselves ignorance, misguidance, and confusion. And the best of what I have seen is the statement of al-Razi in this regard, where he said.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Before that: "I have considered the paths of kalam and the philosophical methodologies, and I did not find them to cure an ailment or quench a thirst. And I found the closest path to be the path of the Qur'an. I read in affirmation the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Taha 20:5] [Fatir 35:10] and I read in negation [Ash-Shuraa 42:11] [Taha 20:110] And whoever has experienced what I have experienced will know what I know".
This is very clear that these paths they followed and these methodologies do not benefit anything.
And another said: "By my life, I have traversed all the academies*** And I cast my gaze among those worlds.
So I saw nothing but a man placing the hand of one who is bewildered *** on the chin of one who is stunned, or the teeth of one who is regretting. All their scholars are bewildered and in turmoil. May Allah keep us safe.
This is what the Shaykh al-Islam said: the most of those who are feared to go astray are those who entered the science of kalam and did not reach its end. O Talal? Why? Listen, he says: "The reason for this is that one who did not enter it is in safety from it". From it, yes, good, we write "from it" because it is not in your text.
"So he is in safety from it, and one who reached its end has seen its defect and returned to the Book and the Sunnah, as happened to some of their great ones, so the danger remains for the one who deviated from the straight path and did not become clear to him the reality of the matter".
Now, do we have a witness indicating that the one who reached its end has returned to the truth? Yes, we have from the words of their leaders, such as al-Razi and al-Ghazali and many others, who admitted to themselves ignorance, misguidance, and confusion. And the best of what I have seen is the statement of al-Razi in this regard, where he said.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Before that: "I have considered the paths of kalam and the philosophical methodologies, and I did not find them to cure an ailment or quench a thirst. And I found the closest path to be the path of the Qur'an. I read in affirmation the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.
الرحمن على العرش استوىTo Him ascends good speech
إليه يصعد الكلم الطيبThere is nothing like unto Him
ليس كمثله شيءbut they do not encompass it in knowledge.
ولا يحيطون به علماThis is very clear that these paths they followed and these methodologies do not benefit anything.
And another said: "By my life, I have traversed all the academies*** And I cast my gaze among those worlds.
So I saw nothing but a man placing the hand of one who is bewildered *** on the chin of one who is stunned, or the teeth of one who is regretting. All their scholars are bewildered and in turmoil. May Allah keep us safe.