08-23-2003, 09:06 AM
Quote:<i>Originally posted by Amatullah </i><b>Aqeedah - Important Principles Concerning Allah's Names and Attributes</b>As Salam Alykom Ukhti Amatullah
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With regard to the texts of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, it is obligatory (concerning Allah's Names and Attributes) to leave their proofs and implications upon their literal meanings, without changing them. This is because Allah revealed the Qur'aan in a plain Arabic language and the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa
An example of this principle is found in the statement of Allah:
\"Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched.\" [3]
Indeed, what is literally apparent from this ayah is that Allah has two actual hands. Thus, affirming that is obligatory, due to this principle. So if someone were to say that the meaning of His hands is \"power\", then we must say to him that this is changing the word from its literal meaning. And saying this is not permissible, for it is speaking about Allah without knowledge.
I can never come near Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Saalih Al-'Uthaimeen (rahimahullaah), or even claim to be a scholar or have knowledge. However, I think to the best of my knowledge, that according to Quran Allah describes Himself as:"There is nothing like Him; and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.
" (Quran 42: 11). This Ayah is very clear describing Allah as nothing like Him, in other words, we must never in any way think of Allah having hands like us, or face like us. Allah only uses such symbolic style to bring things close to our minds. Yet we must only think of our Lors as nothing like Him. Even the fact brought to us in a hadeeth, that Allah decends in the last third of night to the lowest sky, we know that it happens, however, we know not how this decendence happens. We must not think about it as being part of Ghayb. So the ayah is just a harsh blame for the jews who were (waliyadhubillah) claiming that Allah's hands are tight in referrence to being miser (I seek Allah's forgiveness). In return He explained that no His hands are outstreched since He is Al Moe`tiy. But not to confirm that He has two hands.
wallahu a`alam
What ever is correct is from Allah, and whatever is wrong is from me and Shaytan