Affirming that the speech of Allah is with a voice and refuting the Asha'irah who deny the voice
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The Shaykh :"And mention a hadith in the Sahih of Muhammad *** That is al-Bukhari, of great status
In it is the call of Allah on the Day of our resurrection *** With a voice that reaches the far and the near"
Allah the Exalted says:Sahih al-Bukhari 7483 This was narrated by al-Bukhari; He calls out with a voice, yes, Allah commands you to send out a group from your descendants to the Fire.
He said: "Suppose this wording is not established" What does that mean? The word "with a voice," because those who say that speech is the meaning subsisting in the soul do not say that it is with a voice, and those who say that it is created do not say it is with a voice; they claim that Allah does not make a sound, that He has no voice. He says:
"Suppose this wording is not established *** "
Which wording? "With a voice," so we say: suppose it is not established.
"*** Rather, mentioning it and omitting it are the same"
Meaning: even if it is not established, the voice is known from the call.
"And al-Bukhari, the anthropomorphist, narrated it in your books *** Rather, an anthropomorphist above the anthropomorphist narrated it"
And he is the highest level of the chain of narration, which is the Companion, so the Companion is an anthropomorphist in their view, and even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is an anthropomorphist, yes, the Prophet is an anthropomorphist in their view, al-Bukhari is an anthropomorphist, and for this reason they describe the people of the Sunnah as anthropomorphists, materialists, and upstarts. Do you know what upstarts are? Good, the anthropomorphist is the one who says that Allah is a body, and the materialist is the one who is on the margins and the peripheries, meaning they are not from the core of the Ummah; these are the margins of the Ummah, and there is no good in them. Upstarts are what grows in the crop, what grows in the crop from the shrubs that are thrown away and have no good in them, or the dregs; they call them the dregs. But does this prevent [the truth]? Those who lied about the messengers, what did they say to the messengers? "A sorcerer and a madman"[Adh-Dhariyat 51:52] and it did not harm the messengers in any way.
He said: "Is it valid in reason and in transmission a call *** That is not heard by us with our ears"
What do you say? It is not valid. He calls out; even if we assume we omit "with a voice," He calls out: "Allah commands you," which is sufficient to affirm the voice, and it is its necessary concomitant.
"Or did the scholars and the people of intellect agree, from *** The people of the Arabic tongue and the people of every tongue"
The people of the Arabic tongue means the Arabic language, and the people of every tongue other than the language of the Arabs, even other than the language of the Arabs.
"That the call is the high voice and its opposite *** Is the whisper, both of which are voices"
And Allah described Himself with that in one verse:[Maryam 19:52] This is from the distance, This is from the nearness.
He said: "And Allah is described with that in reality *** This hadith and the clear Qur'an" So it is established that Allah speaks with what? With a voice.
In it is the call of Allah on the Day of our resurrection *** With a voice that reaches the far and the near"
Allah the Exalted says:
'O Adam!' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa`daik! ' Then a loud Voice will be heard (Saying) 'Allah Commands you to take out the mission of the Hell Fire from your offspring.'
يا آدم، فيقول: لبيك وسعديك. فينادي بصوت: إن الله يأمرك أن تخرج من ذريتك بعثا إلى النارHe said: "Suppose this wording is not established" What does that mean? The word "with a voice," because those who say that speech is the meaning subsisting in the soul do not say that it is with a voice, and those who say that it is created do not say it is with a voice; they claim that Allah does not make a sound, that He has no voice. He says:
"Suppose this wording is not established *** "
Which wording? "With a voice," so we say: suppose it is not established.
"*** Rather, mentioning it and omitting it are the same"
Meaning: even if it is not established, the voice is known from the call.
"And al-Bukhari, the anthropomorphist, narrated it in your books *** Rather, an anthropomorphist above the anthropomorphist narrated it"
And he is the highest level of the chain of narration, which is the Companion, so the Companion is an anthropomorphist in their view, and even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is an anthropomorphist, yes, the Prophet is an anthropomorphist in their view, al-Bukhari is an anthropomorphist, and for this reason they describe the people of the Sunnah as anthropomorphists, materialists, and upstarts. Do you know what upstarts are? Good, the anthropomorphist is the one who says that Allah is a body, and the materialist is the one who is on the margins and the peripheries, meaning they are not from the core of the Ummah; these are the margins of the Ummah, and there is no good in them. Upstarts are what grows in the crop, what grows in the crop from the shrubs that are thrown away and have no good in them, or the dregs; they call them the dregs. But does this prevent [the truth]? Those who lied about the messengers, what did they say to the messengers? "A sorcerer and a madman"
Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."
كذلك ما أتى الذين من قبلهم من رسول إلا قالوا ساحر أو مجنونHe said: "Is it valid in reason and in transmission a call *** That is not heard by us with our ears"
What do you say? It is not valid. He calls out; even if we assume we omit "with a voice," He calls out: "Allah commands you," which is sufficient to affirm the voice, and it is its necessary concomitant.
"Or did the scholars and the people of intellect agree, from *** The people of the Arabic tongue and the people of every tongue"
The people of the Arabic tongue means the Arabic language, and the people of every tongue other than the language of the Arabs, even other than the language of the Arabs.
"That the call is the high voice and its opposite *** Is the whisper, both of which are voices"
And Allah described Himself with that in one verse:
And We called him from the side of the mount at [his] right
وناديناه من جانب الطور الأيمنand brought him near, a close call
وقربناه نجياHe said: "And Allah is described with that in reality *** This hadith and the clear Qur'an" So it is established that Allah speaks with what? With a voice.