"Or took a wife or a child for Allah"
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The Shaykh : He said "Or took a wife for Allah". A wife is a spouse, meaning he said that Allah the Exalted has a spouse, may Allah protect us from that. Yes, this is disbelief. Now, a brief point before we move on from the topic: "Denying an attribute of Allah". I said that if it has a place in the Arabic language, it is disbelief. Yes, unless this interpretation includes a deficiency in Allah Mighty and Majestic. If it includes a deficiency, it is disbelief, because affirming them necessitates deficiency; it is insulting Allah Mighty and Majestic and finding fault with Him.
The questioner : If he knows it.
The Shaykh : And insulting Allah the Exalted and finding fault with Him is disbelief. Yes, yes. Now, the issue of knowledge will come to us in the author's words: "Or took a wife for Allah". What does that mean?
The questioner : A spouse.
The Shaykh : A spouse. He takes her, whether he says it with his tongue or believes it in his heart, he becomes a disbeliever. A spouse is only needed by one who... one does not take her except if he is in need of her to complete his life or preserve his lineage, otherwise not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Allah Mighty and Majestic is free from that. He is rich beyond all creation, and He is the First, before whom there is nothing, and the Last, after whom there is nothing. So He is not in need of preserving a lineage, for example. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4] Look at the verse. [Al-Ikhlas 112:3] There remains a third category, which is that there is generation, because some things are generated but not born. So he... the impurities are not born, so he denied that by saying, he denied that, and what is broader than that, by saying: [Al-Ikhlas 112:4] The result is that the one who takes a wife for Allah is a disbeliever. Why? First, because he lies to the Qur'an, and second, because affirming a wife for Allah entails diminishing Allah Mighty and Majestic, because this includes a deficiency without doubt. So this makes him a disbeliever. We ask Allah for safety. Allah Blessed and Exalted is He said: [Al-An'am 6:101] Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No question was asked.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No.[Al-An'am 6:101]
The questioner : This is in the women.
The Shaykh : This is in Surat al-An'am.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh :[Al-An'am 6:100-101] Yes, he said: "Or took a wife or a child for Allah". A child, male or female?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Male or female, because the word "child" in the Arabic language includes both male and female. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:11] And He the Exalted said: Meaning, neither male nor female. He said: "Or took a child for Allah". So he claimed that Allah has a son or that Allah has a daughter, and he is a disbeliever. And we say regarding the cause: because he lies to Allah Mighty and Majestic, and because he describes Allah with what necessitates deficiency. Now, lying to Allah Mighty and Majestic in His saying: [Al-Mu'minun 23:91] And this person says that Allah has a child. Has anyone among the people said that Allah has a child?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.[At-Tawbah 9:30] And the polytheists said the angels are daughters of Allah. So the Jews said that 'Uzayr is the son of Allah, and 'Uzayr was a righteous man, and they said he is the son of Allah. And the Christians said that the Messiah is the son of Allah. So the Jews and the Christians are on the same level in their belief about their Lord. And the polytheists said the angels are daughters of Allah. And for this reason, we must hate the Christians just as we hate the Jews, because all of them are enemies of Allah Mighty and Majestic. All of them, Allah the Exalted said about them: [Al-Ma'idah 5:51] And whoever says that the Christian or the Jew is my brother, he is like them and becomes an apostate from Islam, because these are not our brothers. Brotherhood is between whom?
The questioner : The Muslims.
The Shaykh : Between the believers, some of them to others:[Al-Hujurat 49:10] As for these, they are not our brothers. If someone says they are our brothers in humanity, we say: but these people disbelieved in humanity. If they had any humanity, the first ones to honor their Creator Mighty and Majestic and their Lord, who sent messengers to them and sent down books to them, would be them. And even their messengers gave glad tidings of whom?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:157] What does he have to do with hitting this?
The questioner : ... a car.
The Shaykh :[Al-A'raf 7:157] And the Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote in Surat al-A'raf about this place. He wrote many texts indicating that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is written in the Torah and the Gospel. These are useful and binding texts for these Christians and Jews who denied the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to all people, and said that Muhammad was sent only to the Arabs. And they are liars in what they said. Rather, he was sent to all creation. And we say: if you acknowledge that he is a messenger, then the proof has been established against you.
The questioner : ... all creation.
The Shaykh : To all creation. If you acknowledge that he is a messenger, you have acknowledged the universality of his message. If you say he is a messenger to the Arabs, you have acknowledged the universality of his message to creation. How is that? We say: because if you say he is a messenger, it necessarily follows that he is truthful, otherwise...
The questioner : How would he be...
The Shaykh : ... a messenger? If he is truthful, then he said:[Al-A'raf 7:158] Thus Allah said to him, commanding him to say: [Al-A'raf 7:158] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 432Sahih (Darussalam) The result is that these Christians took a child for Allah and said the Messiah is the son of Allah. The Jews said 'Uzayr is the son of Allah. And the polytheists said the angels are daughters of Allah. So whoever says that Allah has a child is a disbeliever, an apostate from Islam.
The questioner : If he knows it.
The Shaykh : And insulting Allah the Exalted and finding fault with Him is disbelief. Yes, yes. Now, the issue of knowledge will come to us in the author's words: "Or took a wife for Allah". What does that mean?
The questioner : A spouse.
The Shaykh : A spouse. He takes her, whether he says it with his tongue or believes it in his heart, he becomes a disbeliever. A spouse is only needed by one who... one does not take her except if he is in need of her to complete his life or preserve his lineage, otherwise not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Allah Mighty and Majestic is free from that. He is rich beyond all creation, and He is the First, before whom there is nothing, and the Last, after whom there is nothing. So He is not in need of preserving a lineage, for example. Allah the Exalted said:
(1) Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, (2) Allah, the Eternal Refuge. (3) He neither begets nor is born, (4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
قل هو الله أحد * الله صمد * لم يلد ولم يولد * ولو يكن له كفوا أحدHe neither begets nor is born,
لم يلد ولم يولدNor is there to Him any equivalent."
ولم يكن له كفوا أحدHow could He have a son when He does not have a companion
سبحانه أن يكون له ولد ولم تكن له صاحبةThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No question was asked.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No.
How could He have a son when He does not have a companion
سبحانه أن يكون له ولد ولم تكن له صاحبةThe questioner : This is in the women.
The Shaykh : This is in Surat al-An'am.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh :
and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe (101) [He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion
وخرقوا له بنين وبنات بغير علم سبحانه وتعالى عما يصفون * بديع السماوات والأرض أنى يكون له ولد ولم تكن له صاحبةThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Male or female, because the word "child" in the Arabic language includes both male and female. Allah the Exalted said:
Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females
يوصيكم الله في أولادكم للذكر مثل حظ الأنثيينIf a man dies and he has no child.
إن امرؤ هلك ليس له ولدAllah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity.
ما اتخذ الله من ولد وما كان معه من إلهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah."
قالت اليهود عزير ابن الله وقالت النصارى المسيح ابن اللهAnd they ascribe to Him sons and daughters without any knowledge. Exalted is He above what they describe.
وجعلوا بينه وبين الجنّة نسبا أصطفى البنات على البنينO you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
يا أيها الذين ءامنوا لا تتخذوا اليهود والنصارى أولياء بعضهم أولياء بعض ومن يتولهم منكم فإنه منهم إن الله لا يهدي القوم الظالمينThe questioner : The Muslims.
The Shaykh : Between the believers, some of them to others:
The believers are but brothers
إنما المؤمنون إخوةThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah the Exalted said:
Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel
الذين يتبعون الرسول النبي الأمي الذي يجدونه مكتوبا عندهم في التوراة والإنجيلThe questioner : ... a car.
The Shaykh :
in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong
عندهم في التوراة والإنجيل يأمرهم بالمعروف وينهاهم عن المنكرThe questioner : ... all creation.
The Shaykh : To all creation. If you acknowledge that he is a messenger, you have acknowledged the universality of his message. If you say he is a messenger to the Arabs, you have acknowledged the universality of his message to creation. How is that? We say: because if you say he is a messenger, it necessarily follows that he is truthful, otherwise...
The questioner : How would he be...
The Shaykh : ... a messenger? If he is truthful, then he said: