That there would always continue to be a group from this Ummah clinging to the truth and to the pure Tawḥīd of Allāh until the day of Judgment.
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Jamīl ZaynūAllāh – the Most High – said:
“Say: Allāh has power to send punishment upon you from above you, or from under your feet; or to cover you in confusion with party strife, and make you taste the inter-fighting and violence of one another. See how We variously explain the Āyāt (proofs and signs), so that they may understand.”
[Sūrah al-Anʿām 6:65]
Allāh’s Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, when this verse…
So the basic principle (asl) is that speech about the Attributes is speech about the Essence (dhaat) of Allāh, so it follows it in that and takes it as a model of example.
Al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī (d. AH 463)
Introduction
Verily the praise is for Allāh, we seek His aid and guidance. And we seek refuge from the evils of our own selves and from the evils of our actions. Whomsoever Allāh guides, then none can misguide him. And whosoever He misguides, then there is no guide for him. And I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship besides Allāh alone, without any associa…
The madh′hab (way) of the Salaf (Pious Predecessors) with regards to the Ṣifāt (Attributes of Allāh) is to affirm them as they are ʿalá dhāhir (with their apparent meaning), negating any tashbīḥ (resemblance) to them, nor takyīf (asking how they are).
Some Statemenets from the Salaf Concerning the Attributes of Allāh and their Consensus Concerning the Falsehood of Taʿweel
[1]: Imām al-Awzāʿī (d.157H) – raḥimahullāh- said:
‘‘I asked az-Zuhree and Makhool about the āyāt pertaining to the Sifaat (Attributes of Allāh), so they said: Leave them as they are.’’ 1
[2]: al-Walīd Ibn Muslim (d…
His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth.
All Qur’anic verses after the text have been added by the translator and are quoted to show examples of the Name being used in the Qurʾān
A large number of the Beautiful Names of Allāh are repeated manifold in the Qurʾān as demanded by the occasion and it is necessary to explain their meanings in a succinct way. So we say:
Ar-Rabb (The Lord…
To deny for Allāh everything which He has denied for Himself in His Book, or which His Messenger denied for Him; along with believing that its fully-perfect opposite is confirmed for Allāh – the Most High.
Shaykh ʿAlawī ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Saqqāf
The First Principle
‘‘Affirmation of everything that Allāh affirmed for Himself in His Book, or which His Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) affirmed for him; without taḥrīf (distorting the wording or the meaning of the Attributes), without taʿtīl (denying them), without takyīf (asking how the Attributes are), and without tamthīl (making any…
The Jahmiyyah are heretics, they think that He has not risen over His Throne.
Below is a translation of some points from ‘Khalq Afʿāl al-ʿĪbād’ of Imām Bukhārī, pp.13+, then following this are some points from al-Lālakāʿī’s work to do with the subject of istiwá (Allāh rising over His Throne)
… 6) Wahb ibn Jarīr said, ‘The Jahmiyyah are heretics, they think that He has not risen over His Throne.’
13) Ibn al-Mubārak said, ‘We do not say as the Jahmiyyah say that Allāh is on the earth, rather He has risen over His Throne.’
14) And it was said to him, ‘How should we know our Lord?’ He said…
So the Messenger (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) tested her asking her, ‘where is Allāh?’ So she pointed to the heaven. Then he asked, ‘who am I?’ So she said, ‘you are the Messenger of Allāh’. So he said, ‘set her free for she is a believer.’
The ‘Bukhārī of the west’, the Imām, the ḥāfiẓ, ibn ʿAbd al Barr (d.423), the Imām of the Sunnah of his time said in his work al-Tamhīd under the commentary of the 8th ḥadīth:
“From Abū Hurayrah that the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, ‘Our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains and says: “w…
His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth.
All Qur’anic verses after the text have been added by the translator and are quoted to show examples of the Name being used in the Qurʾān
A large number of the Beautiful Names of Allāh are repeated manifold in the Qurʾān as demanded by the occasion and it is necessary to explain their meanings in a succinct way. So we say:
Al-Rabb (The Lord)…
