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As-Ghazaaliyy in his book “Iljam Al-Awam”: Those who believe Allaah is a
body are idolaters
Al-Ghazaaliyy says in
“Iljaam Al-ˆawaam” that denying bodily characteristics for Aļļaah is a primary
duty of all Muslims, scholars and commoners alike. He makes it clear that believing that Allaah is a body (i.e. something that has size) is kufr and idolatry: I mean by “body” something with length, width and depth that prevents something else to exist where it exists….
So if it came to someone’s mind that Aļļaah is a body composed of limbs, then this person is an idol worshiper.
The reason is that all bodies are created, and to worship something created is kufr. After all, idol worship is kufr because the idol is created, and the idol is created because it is a body.
Hence, the one who worships a body is a kaafir by the consensus of the Muslim Nation, both the salaf and those later.
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Abuu Manşuur Al-Bagħdaadiy: those who say that
Allaah has a body are the worst of all deviant sects
Abuu Manşuur Al-Bagħdaadiy states about those who say that Aļļaah has a
body, or that events happen in Him or His attributes (such as hearing or
seeing one thing after another as they happen to creation) : “All those who disagreed with them say that they are blasphemers, so in this respect they are the worst of all the deviant sects (‘Uşuulu-d-Diin, 338).”
He also commented: “By claiming that Aļļaah has events happen to Him, they ruined for themselves the proof of the monotheists which holds that bodies are creations since they have events in them. Based on this principle of theirs, they cannot prove that the world has a beginning, and thus they have no way of knowing the Creator of the world. Consequently, they are like all others who do not know Him (‘Uşuulu-d-Diin, 337-338).” (Ed. That is, they are idolaters.)
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SALAFI GOD
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---As-Subkiyy: Those who believe Allaah is a body are idolaters
As-Subkiyy in his Tabaqaatu-sħ-Sħaafiˆiyyatu-l-Kubraa says regarding scripture texts that appear to be referring to bodily attributes:“the saying of the mujassimah (anthropomorphists), worshipers of the idol, makes them always focus on ambiguous aayahs.[1] (Ţabaqaat Asħ-Sħaafiˆiyyah Al-Kubraa, 5/192)“
This is a very strong takfiir, saying that they are in fact idol worshipers.
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THE PSEUDO-SALAFI
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Al-Qurţubiyy: anthropomorphists are idolaters
Al-Qurţubiyy (the famous
mufassir) said in his book al-Asnaa, p. 193: Scan: Here
It is a duty for every accountable person to know that
Allaah is attributed with absolute greatness [of status], and there is nothing
greater than Him [in status]. Further, He is clear of any attribute that is
bodily or related to having size, as He cleared Himself of that by His saying:
الكبير المتعال
[which may be
interpreted to mean : Allaah is the One attributed with absolute greatness and
being above non-befitting attributes such as having a shape or size. –Ed.]By this He informed us that He is Al-Kabiir, and the definitive particle “Al” indicates absoluteness. Then Allaah said “Al-Mutaˆaal” and by that He declared Himself clear of what makes bodies and bulky things great. [For] who believes that [Allaah has bodily greatness, i.e. in terms of shape or size] is likening Allaah to a body, and is an idolater.
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PURE ANTHROPOMORPHISM:
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Video Posted: 18/Nov/2021
Ibn Taymiyya and Kalam theology: Does God have a body?---
---Ibn Taymiyyah was, like Al-Urmawiyy said, “like a sparrow, flying here and there,” in his arguments.
Ibn Taymiyyah was rarely very explicit, he plays word games, changing definitions, not stating them, discussing what the opponent might mean by a word when he know very well what he means, arguing through a fictive person so that it would not be directly related to him, and so on. If they finally caught him, he would simply pretend to repent, as he did in Cairo.
I don’t think his mind was all that lacking, he was evil, like Ibliis, and used deception and lies to make people follow him in kufr."
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(Edited by ADHM)
