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3️⃣ - The statement of Ibn Qayyim regarding not committing Ilhad in the Names of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His Attributes:

💢"Doing Ilhad in His Names means turning away from those real meanings of His Names which are proved from them. The word 'Lahd' is derived from 'Ilhad' meaning the cleavage o­ne falls in when he deviates from the Firqa. The phrase 'Mulhid fi'd-Din' is also derived from it which means the o­ne who deviates from the Truth and introduces such things into the Din which have no bearing in it.

💠 'Ilhad' in relation to the Names and ayahs of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) occurs either by their total negation or by denying their meanings and rejecting them altogether, or due to 'Tahrif' from the Truth or by doing false 'Ta'wil' by deviating from the Truth, or it may happen by giving some self-coined words to those Names just as the Ilhad of the ahl-lttihad."

4️⃣ - The consequence of all this is that the Salaf had faith in all such things which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) had stated about Himself in the Qur'an and in all such things that the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) described. This faith is absolutely free from Tahrif, Ta’til, Takyif and Tamthil.

5️⃣ - Their statements on the Self of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His Attributes are the same; the statement about the Attributes is an offshoot of the statement about the Self in which the statement regarding the Self is perfectly observed. So when the aim to prove the Self is to prove its existence then the same is true regarding the Attributes.

💠They (i.e., the Salaf) interpret this in one of their remarks: "We will pass them down exactly as we received them, without Ta'wil." Those who do not follow this remark suffer from an illusion that they mean to say only the word should be read and no controversy should be raised about the meaning, although this is a wrong notion. Negation of Ta’wil here is aimed at the reality of meaning, its details and its state.

6️⃣ - The saying of Imam Ahmed: "Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) shall be qualified only with those Attributes with which He has qualified Himself or His Messenger (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) has qualified Him with. Nothing should be said beyond the Qu'ran and Hadith."

7️⃣ - The saying of Naim bin Hammaad: "Whoever described Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) in the likeness of His creatures he has committed kufr and if someone denied the Attributes by which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) qualified Himself, then he has also committed kufr. The Attributes by which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) qualified Himself or those that were narrated about Him from the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) will not be called Tashbih (comparison/metaphor) or Tamthil."

8️⃣ - The reason for the Ahlu’s-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa'ah not committing Takyif or Tamthil is that there is no parallel to the Self of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) which is deserving of His Name nor is there anything of such greatness which equals him in height. The verse in Surah Maryam: “Do you know of an equal to Him?”

9️⃣ - The meaning of His having no likeness does not mean that no one will be named after His Name as there are many such names which are common to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His creatures. When Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) uses these names for His Self then their meanings are specific to Him.

☝️No one other than Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will be a partner to that meaning. Partnership can only take place in the total sense of the name (i.e., the meaning) and this can only exist in the mind. In the external cases the meaning is only partial and specific.

🍃Its position is relative to the meaning. If the relation is with Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) then the meaning is specific to Him and the Slave of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will not be partner in it and if the relation is with the Slave of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) then the meaning is specific to him and Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will not be a partner to it.

🔟- Kofu : means equal and having co-status.

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3️⃣ - The statement of Ibn Qayyim regarding not committing Ilhad in the Names of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His Attributes:

💢"Doing Ilhad in His Names means turning away from those real meanings of His Names which are proved from them. The word 'Lahd' is derived from 'Ilhad' meaning the cleavage o­ne falls in when he deviates from the Firqa. The phrase 'Mulhid fi'd-Din' is also derived from it which means the o­ne who deviates from the Truth and introduces such things into the Din which have no bearing in it.

💠 'Ilhad' in relation to the Names and ayahs of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) occurs either by their total negation or by denying their meanings and rejecting them altogether, or due to 'Tahrif' from the Truth or by doing false 'Ta'wil' by deviating from the Truth, or it may happen by giving some self-coined words to those Names just as the Ilhad of the ahl-lttihad."

4️⃣ - The consequence of all this is that the Salaf had faith in all such things which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) had stated about Himself in the Qur'an and in all such things that the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) described. This faith is absolutely free from Tahrif, Ta’til, Takyif and Tamthil.

5️⃣ - Their statements on the Self of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His Attributes are the same; the statement about the Attributes is an offshoot of the statement about the Self in which the statement regarding the Self is perfectly observed. So when the aim to prove the Self is to prove its existence then the same is true regarding the Attributes.

💠They (i.e., the Salaf) interpret this in one of their remarks: "We will pass them down exactly as we received them, without Ta'wil." Those who do not follow this remark suffer from an illusion that they mean to say only the word should be read and no controversy should be raised about the meaning, although this is a wrong notion. Negation of Ta’wil here is aimed at the reality of meaning, its details and its state.

6️⃣ - The saying of Imam Ahmed: "Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) shall be qualified only with those Attributes with which He has qualified Himself or His Messenger (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) has qualified Him with. Nothing should be said beyond the Qu'ran and Hadith."

7️⃣ - The saying of Naim bin Hammaad: "Whoever described Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) in the likeness of His creatures he has committed kufr and if someone denied the Attributes by which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) qualified Himself, then he has also committed kufr. The Attributes by which Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) qualified Himself or those that were narrated about Him from the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) will not be called Tashbih (comparison/metaphor) or Tamthil."

8️⃣ - The reason for the Ahlu’s-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa'ah not committing Takyif or Tamthil is that there is no parallel to the Self of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) which is deserving of His Name nor is there anything of such greatness which equals him in height. The verse in Surah Maryam: “Do you know of an equal to Him?”

9️⃣ - The meaning of His having no likeness does not mean that no one will be named after His Name as there are many such names which are common to Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) and His creatures. When Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) uses these names for His Self then their meanings are specific to Him.

☝️No one other than Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will be a partner to that meaning. Partnership can only take place in the total sense of the name (i.e., the meaning) and this can only exist in the mind. In the external cases the meaning is only partial and specific.

🍃Its position is relative to the meaning. If the relation is with Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) then the meaning is specific to Him and the Slave of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will not be partner in it and if the relation is with the Slave of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) then the meaning is specific to him and Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) will not be a partner to it.

🔟- Kofu : means equal and having co-status.

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