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Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Amma ba'd
The founder of ad-Da'watus-Salafiyyah is Allaah
Imaam Muhammad Naasirud-Deen al-Albanee (rahimahullaah) was asked: "It is attributed to you that you say, 'The founder of ad-Da'watus-Salafiyyah is Allaah.' So is this correct? And if it is correct, then how do we ascribe an attribute to Allaah that He did not ascribe to Himself?"
So Imaam al-Albanee (d.1420 H, rahimahullaah) answered:  | quote: |
| "Yes, I have said that. And this is not an attribute. So speaking about Allaah ('azza wa jall) without language for an expression of actual reality does not necessarily mean that we have described Allaah with other than what He described Himself. So if I said - in reply to the one who says, 'So and so is the founder of such and such a da'wah,' - that the founder (of Salafiyyah) is Allaah; He is the one Who founded the structure of this thing. So this is not a description according to what the Scholars have agreed upon that it is not permissible to apply it to Allaah. So founding (ta'sees) is not from the affair of the human being; it is only an affair of the Lord of the human." |
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[Refer to Fataawaa al-Madeenah (no. 48).]
The Noble Scholar, al-'allaamah 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee (d.1414 H, rahimahullaah) was asked: "Is it permissible to say about Allaah ('azza wa jall) that He is 'Waajibul-Wujood" (One whose existence is obligatory)?"
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| "This is correct information about Allaah ('azza wa jall), that He is "Waajibul-Wujood." And this is by way of information (ikhbaar), not by way of an Attribute (sifah)." |
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[Refer to Fataawaa (1/164) of Imaam 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee.]
Ibnul-Qayyim (d.751 H, rahimahullaah) also mentioned something similiar when he said: | quote: |
| "Indeed, that which is applied to Allaah by way of Names and Attributes is tawqeefee (limited to the texts). And whatever is applied to Him by way of ikhbaar (information), then it is not obligatory for it to be tawqeefee, such as Al-Qadeem (the Ancient), ash-Shay` (the Thing), al-Mawjood (the Present), al-Qaa`im bi Nafsihi (the Self-Sufficient)." |
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[Refer to Badaai ul-Fawaa`id (1/162) of Ibnul-Qayyim.]
All three statements can be found in the footnotes of Shaikh Al-Albani's book Fundamentals of the Salafee Methodology, pp. 65-66, second edition, English translation
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa'ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan. |
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Below is the chapter heading and a hadith that Imaam Bukhari gave in (the 1987 Indian reprint of) Sahih Bukhari (vol 9 pg. 379 translated by Dr. Muhsin Khan & checked by [url=http://salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=19&Topic=9864]Shaikh Taqiuddin Hilali[/url]) under book of Tauhid, chapter 21
CHAPTER: The Statement of Allaah تعالى: "Say (O Muhammad صلّى الله عليه و سلّم): What thing is most weighty in evidence? Say: Allaah." (Qur'an 6:19)
So, Allaah calls himself a Thing: the Prophet صلّى الله عليه و سلّم calls the Qur'an a Thing; and it is one of the Qualities of Allaah.
And Allaah said, "Everything will perish except his Face" (Qur'an 28:88)
Hadith no. 513: Narrated Sahl ibn Sa'd: The Prophet صلّى الله عليه و سلّم said to a man, "Have you got anything of the Qur'an?" The man said, "Yes, such-and-such Sura, and such-and-such Sura," naming the Suras.
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والله أعلم
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