Archive for August, 2006
Conclusion
In conclusion, I ask the readers to read every section of this rebuttal carefully, not to realise who is right and who is wrong, but to realise who is genuine and who is fake.
Firstly, academic discussions are carried out with those who are balanced, objective and truthful. Not those who are pretentious, liars and deceitful, [...]
Eternal, temporal and comments by Salafi editors
On page 257, Imām as-Safārīnī affirms that the Atharī position is that the attributes of action such as Istiwā, Nuzūl, Majī, Khalq, ect are Qadīmah, i.e. they are ancient according to the Salaf of this Ummah and the Imāms of the Dīn. He says:
“Nothing of them are Muhdath, otherwise (if that were so) He would [...]
Takhliq and Takwin, between Salafis, Maturidis and Ash’aris
The author says,
On page 252, Imām as-Safārīnī shows that the Athariyyah are in agreement with the Māturīdiyyah in affirming the attribute of Takhlīq (creation).
There is no way to describe the above except deception, pretentiousness and deep ignorance.
Al-Saffarini makes this statement in refutation of the Ash’aris saying:
‘From the differed matters, which the Salaf and the Maturidis [...]
On Allah’s Nuzool (Descent)
Speaking of Nuzūl, he quoted Imām al-Bayhaqī saying:
“The safest position is Imān in it without ‘how’, and remaining quiet about what is intended by it unless expounded upon by the truthful and confirmed one (i.e. the Messenger of Allah) sallallahu alayhi was sallam whereby we could hold to that…and from the evidence for that, is [...]
On Allah’s Eye and Tafwidh of Tahdid (definition)
In the section affirming belief in the attribute of al-‘Ain, Imām as-Safārīnī says:
“…rather, we assent and submit and comply and believe in all of that and affirm it with the affirmation of existence and not the affirmation of ‘howness’ or Tahdīd (giving it a precise meaning).”
Imām as-Safārīnī does not say explicitly “Without giving it a [...]
On Allah’s Hands
Imām as-Safārīnī says in explanation of his own words:
al-Hāfidh al-Bayhaqī said: ‘ the earlier generation of scholars (the Mutaqqadimūn) of this Ummah did not explain what appeared in the Ayāt of Akhbār (the Sifāt not known without textual affirmation) in this area, all the while they possessed belief that Allāh is One and that it [...]
On affirming Allah’s Face
Imām as-Safārīnī said in his poem:
so all that has come in the evidence is established without any resemblance
from the likes of, mercy and His Wajh, His Yad and all things like this.
His ‘Ain and the attribute of Nuzūl and His (act of) creation so beware of descending (into Tashbīh)
For the rest of the attributes and [...]
On substance (jawhar), accident (‘aradh) and body (jism)
Imām as-Safārīnī says in his poem:
and our Lord is not a Jawhar nor (is He) and ‘Ard or Jism exalted be He the possessor of grandeur.
Glorified is He, He has (performed the act of) Istiwā as it has appeared (in the text) without a ‘how’ indeed exalted and far removed is He from being confined [...]
On Qur’an, Sound, and Letters
On the Qur’ān, Imām as-Safārīnī says in his poem:
His speech, the Exalted is ancient (Qadīm)
He futher said:
“And it (speech-al-Kalām) is obligatory upon Him the Exalted, meaning; it is obligatory to explicitly believe that He the Exalted speaks with speech that is Qadīm (ancient), Dhātī (from His essence), Wujūdī (present with Him), not created or Muhdath [...]
On the Eternal, Eternal Attributes, Parts and Divisibility
The author of ‘Apples and Oranges’ writes,
Speaking on the obligation upon every legally responsible person, Imām as-Safārīnī says:
“It is obligatory in the Sharī’ah on every legally responsible person to know Allāh the Exalted with the attributes of perfection and to explicitly declare (that He) the Exalted (is one) and that He is not composed [...]
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