| Ash'ariyyah: Denying the Hands of Allaah, Relegating the Attributes to Seven |
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| Thursday, 06 December 2007 | |
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Excerpted from the audio lecture 'Affirmation of the Hands of Allaah and His Descending' from the 'Aqeedah Class (Summer '07) based on the Haa'iyyah poem of the famous scholar Ibn Abee Daawood as-Sijistaanee (http://www.troid.org/store/product.php?productid=17825&cat=831&page=1)
From the points discussed:
The Ashaa'irah will accuse Ahlus-Sunnah of likening Allaah to his Creation, due to their following the way of the righteous Salaf in declaring the Names & Attributes of Allaah, as they came, without distortion, logical analysis or likening them in any way to the creation. Taking them as they are, full-stop. The Ash'arees due to their background in qiyaas (logical reasoning) hold that declaring Allaah's Hands as they are, without implying that it means 'blessing, power etc.' is likening Allaah to his creation since many created beings have hands. Rather, this accusation is more fitting for themselves, why is it that they cannot affirm Allaah's attributes as they are, instead explaining away these attributes as something else, in fact this, in reality, is likening Allaah to his creation since they cannot fathom Allaah having a Hand without comparing it to creation and thus deducing something else!
The full lecture explains the following lines of poetry from Ibn Abee Daawood's Haa'iyyah
Translated by Moosaa Richardson
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