In the hadith: (O Allah, You are the First, so there is nothing before You) what is the reason for adding the negation?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done. We came that day and told you that he defined it with negation for the sake of affirming the existence, because he said He is the First, then he said You are the First, affirming it, and then he said the One before Whom there is nothing, to affirm the negation so that one does not think that being First is relative. Yes, well done.
Yes? Is that right?
The Shaykh : Yes, well done. We came that day and told you that he defined it with negation for the sake of affirming the existence, because he said He is the First, then he said You are the First, affirming it, and then he said the One before Whom there is nothing, to affirm the negation so that one does not think that being First is relative. Yes, well done.
Yes? Is that right?