Did the Salaf affirm the attribute of the Eye?
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The questioner : If I say I want to... the first three generations, what is their position?
The Shaykh : We say that the first three generations did not remain silent. The moment the MessengerJami` at-Tirmidhi 2245Sahih (Darussalam) said it to them, they understood that Allah the Exalted
The questioner : has two eyes.
The Shaykh : They have two eyes, and they proceeded according to the apparent meaning. And I told you in yesterday's lesson: if someone asks, "What is the evidence that the Arabs... that the Salaf affirmed that Allah has two eyes?" We say: because nothing was transmitted from them that contradicts the apparent meaning, so they proceeded according to the apparent meaning.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... in this case ...
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a general statement intended for a specific case. A specific general statement means that the children in Paradise and the houris are not annihilated; they were created to remain. Likewise, the soul was created to remain and is not annihilated. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, yesterday we said[Sad 38:75] and one of our brothers said... Adam had not yet been created. It seems you stopped there and said this is another discussion.
The Shaykh : How and in what way?
The questioner : It seems you stopped and said this is a different statement, then he said
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :[Sad 38:75] I said this is a different statement, but rather, Adam had not yet been created.
The Shaykh : How had he not yet been created?
The questioner : ... he answered, but rather, he had not
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... with an indefinite noun
The Shaykh : Yes, yes
The questioner : ... from what is created ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Is there a statement, meaning "not," that Adam had not yet been created?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is correct. We said there is a consideration in it, meaning it does not mean we are looking at it as a prophet. When we say there is a consideration in it, it means it is a Muslim. Yes.
The Shaykh : We say that the first three generations did not remain silent. The moment the Messenger
He is blind in one eye, and your Lord is not blind in one eye
إنه أعور وإن ربكم ليس بأعورThe questioner : has two eyes.
The Shaykh : They have two eyes, and they proceeded according to the apparent meaning. And I told you in yesterday's lesson: if someone asks, "What is the evidence that the Arabs... that the Salaf affirmed that Allah has two eyes?" We say: because nothing was transmitted from them that contradicts the apparent meaning, so they proceeded according to the apparent meaning.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... in this case ...
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a general statement intended for a specific case. A specific general statement means that the children in Paradise and the houris are not annihilated; they were created to remain. Likewise, the soul was created to remain and is not annihilated. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, yesterday we said
to that which I created with My hands
لما خلقت بيديThe Shaykh : How and in what way?
The questioner : It seems you stopped and said this is a different statement, then he said
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner :
to that which I created with My hands
لما خلقت بيديThe Shaykh : How had he not yet been created?
The questioner : ... he answered, but rather, he had not
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... with an indefinite noun
The Shaykh : Yes, yes
The questioner : ... from what is created ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Is there a statement, meaning "not," that Adam had not yet been created?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is correct. We said there is a consideration in it, meaning it does not mean we are looking at it as a prophet. When we say there is a consideration in it, it means it is a Muslim. Yes.