Prophetic Hadiths and Sayings of Scholars in Clearing Allah from the Attributes of the Creations – (3)
The Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said:
[اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ، فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ، وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ، فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ]
which means: “O Allah, you are ADh-Dhahir and there is nothing above You, and you are Al-BaTin and there is nothing below You.”
In reference to this hadith, Al-Bayhaqiyy said in his book Al-Asma’u was-Sifat:
[اسْتَدَلَّ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيِثِ عَلى نَفْيِ الْمَكَانِ عَنِ اللهِ تَعَالى فَإِنَّهُ إِذا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَوْقَهُ شَىْءٌ ولا دُونَهُ شَىْءٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ في مَكَانٍ]
which means: “Some of our companions took this Hadith as proof that Allah exists without a place. This is because if there is nothing above Him, and nothing beneath Him, then He is not in a place (i.e. He exists without a place).”
Al-Imam Az-Zarkashiyy narrated in his book Tashnif Al-Masami^ that the great Imam, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allah raise his rank, said:
[العَجْزُ عن دَرَكِ الإِدْرَاكِ إِدْرَاكُ والبَحْثُ عن ذَاتِهِ كُفْرٌ وإِشْرَاكُ]
which means: “The inability to realize the Reality of Allah is the correct realization. However, to try and search for the Reality of Allah is blasphemy and shirk (polytheism).”
Prophetic Hadiths and Sayings of Scholars in Clearing Allah from the Attributes of the Creations – (4)
Ibnul-Mu^allim Al-Qurashiyy narrated in his book Najmul-Muhtadi wa Rajmul-Mu^tadi on page 588 that Al-Imam ^Aliyy Ibn Abi Talib said:
[سَيَرجِعُ قَومٌ مِن هَذِهِ الاُمّةِ عِندَ اقتِرَابِ السَاعَةِ كُفَارًا .فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يا أمِيرَ المُؤمِنِين كُفرُهُم بِمَاذَا أبالإحداثِ أم بِالإنكَار .فَقَال: بَل بِالإنكَار يُنكِرُونَ خَالِقَهُم فَيَصِفُونَهُ بِالجِسمِ والأعضَاء]
which means: “A people of this Nation (of the Prophet Muhammad) shall return to being blasphemers (kuffar) when the Day of Judgment is near.” A man asked, “O Prince of the Believers, what is their blasphemy for? Is it for inventing something, or for denying something?” ^Aliyy replied: “It is for denial. They deny their Creator; they say that He is attributed with a body and limbs.”
The highly pious waliyy of Allah and descendant of the Messenger of Allah, Al-Imam Ahmad Ar-Rifa^iyy, raDiyallahu ^anhu, said:
[غَايَةُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِاللهِ الإِيقَانُ بِوُجُودِهِ تَعَالى بِلاَ كَيْفٍ وَلاَ مَكَانٍ]
which means: “The ultimate knowledge (that one can reach) about Allah is the certainty that He exists without a manner (without a ‘how’) and without a place.”
Believing in anything that contradicts the aforementioned belief of Muslims takes one out of Islam. One must immediately utter the Shahadatayn to return to Islam. They would say: Ash-hadu allaa ilaaha illallaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadar-Rasoolullaah (or in any other language) such as to say: No one is God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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