09-23-2007, 03:14 PM
Salam,
Quote:Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics and qualities to nonhuman beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena.
Muslimah, the ascription of human qualities to Allah is exactly was anthropomorphism is. The belief you describe is not anthropomorphism. As you yourself said
Quote:We have no idea since Allah There is nothing like Him.
Muslimah do you believe that Allah has human like qualities? No? Then like me you are against anthropomorphism.
Hadji claims he believes in anthropomorphism. So you believe Allah has human like qualities e.g. human like hands, feet, body etc.
Why do I say Wahabbis believe in anthropomorphism while Ahl al-Sunnah don't? Ibn Taymiyyah is probably the most famous Anthropomorphist of all time. He was even jailed for it and the sunni scholars of his time wrote books and fatwas against him. Most famously ibn Jawzi.
If you ever read the last chapter of Ibn Wahabb's famous Kitab al-Tawhid you will be convinced of the anthroporphism of the Wahabbi school which is far from the traditional Ahl al-Sunnah school.
Look at statements like:
Quote:Confirmation of Allah's possessing two Hands, right and left
Quote:The agreement between the Scripture of the Jews and Islam, in that they both confirm that Allah has Fingers
These cannot be explained away with the excuse "but we do not comprehend Allahs hands or fingers". Ascribing hands of fingers to Allah in any stretch of the imagination is assigning a human quality or at the very least limiting Allah spatially. In my book this constitutes anthropomorphism.
Read this if you are interested.
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/masudq5.htm