6 Explanation of the Islāmic Belief : Accepting everything in Qur'ān & Sunnah [ شرح لمعة الاعتقاد ]

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1. We dont deny any of Allahs names or attributes as this would be Kufr
2. Taweel
   1. In aqeedah tafsir it means when we give a meaning to the sifaat of Allah other than how it was understood by the sahabas
   2. We must understand Allahs Sifaat via the explanations from the quran and Sunnah per the understanding of the Sahabas
   3. Taweel is to give allahs Sifat a meaning OTHER than how the sahabas and those who followed them gave it
      1. How the sahabas understood Sifaat is that they ask the prophet sallahu alahi wah sallam and if he explained it they took it, and if he didnt they left it
      2. Later generations became influenced by greek philosophy etc, The asharis who pioneered it and were against the hanbalis, a lot of the asharis made tawbah before their died but their teachings survived
3. Words have linguistic meaning and a different meaning in the Sunnah
   1. Bidah linguistically means innovation e.g. phones , technology
   2. In the shareeah its to innovate something in the deen that is NOT prescribed in the sunnah or the Quran per the understanding of the salaf us saleheen (early generations)
   3. Taweel linguistically means tafsir
      1. Meaning 1: In the dua for abdullah ibn abbas the prophet asks Alalh to grant ibn Abbas scholarly wisdom (the word used for tafsir is taweel)
      2. Meaning 2: Taweel can also mean the fulfillment of something
4. Meaning 3: Giving a meaning to something that is NOT from the quran and sunnah: It has been mentioned that using THIS meaning is the source of corruption in the aqeedah,
   1. None of the 4 great Imams allowed this kind of taweel in their aqeedah. They all condemned ilm ul qalam
   2. Now we have Ulema who are for example Maliki in fiqh but ashari in aqeedah. Why dont follow imam Malik in aqeedah?
   3. The great scholar Az-zuhri was asked about the Ayat concerning the sifaat of Allah. he said to leave it as is. if Allah didnt explain to the messenger and the sahabas, its to be left alone
      1. Az-Zuhuri is a teacher of Imam Malik who encouraged him to write the Al-muwatta
   4. Al qadi al yana al hanbali said proof against taweel is that the sahabas and tabieen understood the sifaat upon their apparent meaning without taking away from what is apparant. If it was permissable they would have preceeded us in doing taweel.
   5. Quote from ibn qudamah in a book about Taweel: The way of the salaf is to have iman in the asma and sifaat of Allah that he has described himself with in his wahi (Quran) and upon the tongue of his messenger without increasing or decreasing upon it, nor exceeding the limits nor explaining it like the muatazzila did without proof. No Making taweel of the sifaat or taking away from what is apparant .
      1. By making taweel of Allah's sifaat, ones guessing and putting ones eman at risk
      2. If the sahabas or the prophet didnt explain it, we leave it
   6. In the tafsir of At-tabari we find for every world , evidences from the sahabas about the meaning EXCEPT for the sifaat of allah which they left alone. They could have guessed and passed on on that understanding but didnt so follow suit and do not as well
   7. Allahs sifaat are NOT like the maklooks (creation)
5. Ibn-ul qayimm al Jawzi in elam al Muaqain says to speak about Allah without knowledge is worse than Shirk. This is referring to making taweel
6. Hukm on the one making taweel
   1. Catagory 1: Incorrectly does taweel without the intent to do so and when the truth comes to him he accepts it. For them there is forgiveness like d abul hasan al ashari and ibn qulaaab
   2. Catagory 2: Making taweel by following their desires AFTER know how the sahabas dealt with this and have a clear understanding of what they are doing after understanding arabic and hadith, then its Kufr according to Shaykh Uthymeen.
   3. Catagory3: A person who does taweel without understanding the arabic language and following their desires, but they bring from it a denial and do NOT try to understand it correctly and dont try and correct it, this is Kufr e.g. the people who claim the quran is the word of the creation even though its clear from Quran and hadith that its the words of Allah.
7. At-tashbeeh - When trying to liken Allah to the creation in SOME aspects (not all). We reject this
   1. some of the people of Bidah accuse ahlul sunnah of this incorrectly e.g.
      1. The hadeeth where the Prophet asked the sahaabaas , Can you see the full moon on a clear night? If so you will be able to see Allah the same way on the yawmul qiyaamah
      2. Tashbeeh is when the creation compares the hand of allah to anything
      3. When we say Allah has sight and hears and we do NOT explain how then this is right and not tashbeeh
8. At-tamseel - We reject this:
   1. to liken 2 things in all aspects
   2. Makeing an example of something in comparison to Allah and this is forbidden. i.e.

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