ERRORS IN THE CREED. EPISODE 2️⃣ - Denial Of The ʿUluww of Allāh And His Istiwāʾ Over His Throne

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*ERRORS IN THE CREED*

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*EPISODE 2️⃣ - Denial Of The ʿUluww of Allāh And His Istiwāʾ Over His Throne*

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From ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz bn ʿAbdillāh bn Bāz to whoever sees it from the Muslims, may Allāh guide them to that which contains His pleasure, and may He increase them in knowledge and faith, Āmīn:

As-Salām ʿalaykumwa raḥmatullāh wa barakātuH. To proceed: it has reached me that many of the Muslims fall into many errors in the creed and things they think are [from the] Sunnah which are infact innovations. From them (the sub-topic above as the first):

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It is known that Allāh–the Exalted–explained that in His Noble Book, where He–the Exalted and Most High–said:

*إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ*

*“Indeed your Lord is Allāh, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty).”*

 

[Al-A'raf 7:54]

He mentioned this [i.e His Istiwāʾ above His Throne] in seven verses of His Great Book, including this verse. The other verses are: *Yūnus:3, Ar-Raʿd:2, Tā Hā:5, Al-Furqān:59, As-Sajdah:4, Al-Hadīd:4*.

And when Mālik, may Allāh have mercy upon him, was asked about that, He said: _“The Istiwāʾ is known, the how is unknown, and believing in it is compulsory.” And that is what other than him from the Imāms of the Salaf said._

And the meaning of “the Istiwāʾ is known”: He meant, from the angle of the Arabic language. And it means *being above* and *ascending*.

And He–the Exalted–said:

*فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ*

*“So the judgement is only with Allāh, the Most High, the Most Great!”*

[Ghafir 40:12]

And He–the Exalted–said:

*وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ*

*“And He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.”*

[Al-Baqarah 2:255]

And He–the Mighty and Majestic–said:

*إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ ٱلْكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلْعَمَلُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُ يَرْفَعُهُۥۚ*

*“To Him ascend (all) the goodly words, and the righteous deeds.”*

[Fatir 35:10]

[He affirmed this] in many verses which all indicate His highness and being above, and that He–the Exalted–is above the Throne above all the creation.

And this is the speech of Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah from the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and other than them.

_To be continued... إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎_

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