09-25-2007, 10:07 PM
Sorry for the double post everyone. I just feel that the next few examples kind of deserve another post.
Anyways, here are a few other examples from the Imams of the four math'habs of Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama'a:
1- <b>Abu Haneefa</b>: Who denied that Allah is in the sky, then he is an unbeliever.
Al- Dahabi, "Mukhtasar Al-Ulu" p. 137
2- <b>Malik ibn Anas</b>: Allah is in the sky, He knows of everything that occurs everywhere, and nothing escapes him.
Abu Dawood, "Al Masa'il" p. 263
3- A man entered and said, "O Abu Abdullah ((The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne)) how did he establish Himself?" <b>Malik</b> started to sweat. He replied, "The 'how' cannot be understood, and 'establishing' is known (the act that He established himself), believing in this is mandatory, and asking about it is an innovation, and I am afraid that you have gone astray." Then Malik ordered him to be taken away and he was made to leave.
Al-Darmi, "Al-Rad ala Al-Jahmiya" p. 33
4- Al Waleed ibn Muslim asked <b>Imam Malik</b> about the narrations that bring up the attributes of Allah, his reply was to accept it the way it was found without interpretation.
Mohammed ibn Is'haaq (Ibn Munda), Al Tawheed p. 96
5- <b>Imam Al-Shafi'i</b> said, "The sunnah that I follow, the one that has been followed by those that I have seen, like Sufyaan and Malik and others, is witnessing that there is no god except of Allah, and Mohammed is His Prophet, and that Allah is on his throne in His sky..."
Ibn Abi Hatim, "Adab Al-Shafi'i wa Manaqibih" p. 93
6- A man asked Abu Abdullah <b>(Imam Ahmed)</b>: "Allah is above the seventh sky on His throne and is seperate from His creation, and his power and his knowledge is everywhere?" He replied, "Yes, He is on His throne, and nothing escapes His knowledge."
Ibn Al-Qayyim, "Al Juyoosh" p.77
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I think I have proved my point. Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama'a were never at a disagreement when it came to the attributes of Allah (swt). All four Imams have the same aqeedah and Ibn Taymiyah hasn't contradicted them at all. Those that persecuted Ibn Taymiyah for those reasons are the ones that contradicted their own beliefs.
By the way, I'm sorry if the translations are somewhat rough. I could quote them precisely from the books, but I know that you have difficulties with Arabic.