How do we affirm for Allah two eyes when no text has come with that?
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The questioner : ... Among the known principles in affirming the names and attributes is adherence to the wording of the Book and the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How does this align with affirming the attribute of duality in the eyes?
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : How does this principle align with affirming the attribute of duality for the attribute of the eyes?
The Shaykh : For the hadith.
The questioner : The hadith does not contain the wording of duality.
The Shaykh : If he saidJami` at-Tirmidhi 2245Sahih (Darussalam) How many eyes does the Dajjal have?
The student: One.
The Shaykh : No, no, two eyes, one of them is blind, one of them is blind. So Allah has two eyes, both of them, each of them, are sound.
The questioner : This is understood, O Shaykh, from the wording, not the wording itself.
The Shaykh : No, it is from the meaning, there is no problem. I told you a moment ago, and I say it now: if Allah had more than two, would that be perfection or not?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : I am asking you, here.
The questioner : More than two, no, what...
The Shaykh : Except, meaning, if we were to say, if we were...[Az-Zumar 39:65] and he is not a polytheist. If He had two, more than two, would that be perfection or not? Where is the courage, O Shaykh? If He had three eyes, would that be perfection or deficiency?
The questioner : It would be perfection.
The Shaykh : Perfection, good. Do the three achieve the distinction and the knowledge that the Dajjal is not a Lord?
The questioner : It happens.
The Shaykh : It is achieved. Good. Why did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remove this clear sign, which is perfection, and only came with the negation of a defect from Allah?
The questioner : To negate that there is, for example, a deficiency in the attribute of the eyes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : No, and also only two, otherwise He would have said, "And your Lord has three eyes," and the distinction would be clear. Good, this is clear, even though some people find it strange, meaning, Glory be to Allah the Great, that the Salaf used it as evidence and explained it, Imam Ahmad, and this is the one who refuted 'Uthman ibn Sa'id. Yes, he refuted the stubborn disbeliever. So the important thing is that the scholars used it as evidence, and then it became hidden from some people.
The questioner : Our Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : How does this align with affirming the attribute of duality in the eyes?
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : How does this principle align with affirming the attribute of duality for the attribute of the eyes?
The Shaykh : For the hadith.
The questioner : The hadith does not contain the wording of duality.
The Shaykh : If he said
He is blind in one eye, and your Lord is not blind in one eye
إنه بأعور وإن ربكم ليس بأعورThe student: One.
The Shaykh : No, no, two eyes, one of them is blind, one of them is blind. So Allah has two eyes, both of them, each of them, are sound.
The questioner : This is understood, O Shaykh, from the wording, not the wording itself.
The Shaykh : No, it is from the meaning, there is no problem. I told you a moment ago, and I say it now: if Allah had more than two, would that be perfection or not?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : I am asking you, here.
The questioner : More than two, no, what...
The Shaykh : Except, meaning, if we were to say, if we were...
if you should associate [anything] with Allah, your work would surely become worthless
لئن اشركت ليحبطن عملكThe questioner : It would be perfection.
The Shaykh : Perfection, good. Do the three achieve the distinction and the knowledge that the Dajjal is not a Lord?
The questioner : It happens.
The Shaykh : It is achieved. Good. Why did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) remove this clear sign, which is perfection, and only came with the negation of a defect from Allah?
The questioner : To negate that there is, for example, a deficiency in the attribute of the eyes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh : No, and also only two, otherwise He would have said, "And your Lord has three eyes," and the distinction would be clear. Good, this is clear, even though some people find it strange, meaning, Glory be to Allah the Great, that the Salaf used it as evidence and explained it, Imam Ahmad, and this is the one who refuted 'Uthman ibn Sa'id. Yes, he refuted the stubborn disbeliever. So the important thing is that the scholars used it as evidence, and then it became hidden from some people.
The questioner : Our Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.