The Wisdom of Investigating the Names and Attributes of Allah and Responding to Those Who Disagree on This Matter
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The Shaykh : Similarly, regarding the Names and Attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), some people say: “Let us leave the Names alone, let us leave the Attributes alone; this is a matter that has passed. There are no longer any Jahmiyyah or Mu’tazilah or anything like that.” But there are Jahmiyyah now, there are Mu’tazilah, there are Asha’irah, there are Maturidiyyah, and they exist. And even if they did not exist, why would we leave the investigation of the Names and Attributes of Allah so that we remain ignorant of what is correct?
Also, the debate with the Jahmiyyah and the Mu’tazilah is beneficial for the debate with communists, atheists, and heretics, because there are premises mentioned in the debate with these groups that benefit the student of knowledge in his debate with communists, heretics, and atheists. In any case, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in this introduction, it is not befitting for us to leave the investigation of the Names and Attributes of Allah; rather, it is befitting for us to investigate them, but not in the manner of the people of distortion, but in the manner of the Salaf and the imams of the community, accepting them with acceptance and submission, while believing that everything by which Allah has described Himself does not resemble anything of the attributes of the created beings, ever.[Ash-Shuraa 42:11] And Allah knows best.
The student: ... .
Also, the debate with the Jahmiyyah and the Mu’tazilah is beneficial for the debate with communists, atheists, and heretics, because there are premises mentioned in the debate with these groups that benefit the student of knowledge in his debate with communists, heretics, and atheists. In any case, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in this introduction, it is not befitting for us to leave the investigation of the Names and Attributes of Allah; rather, it is befitting for us to investigate them, but not in the manner of the people of distortion, but in the manner of the Salaf and the imams of the community, accepting them with acceptance and submission, while believing that everything by which Allah has described Himself does not resemble anything of the attributes of the created beings, ever.
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصيرThe student: ... .