Al-'Aqida al-Wasitiyya - Ibn Taimiya - (75)

Section Three: Belief in the Attributes with which the Messenger ﷺ described his Lord

• Next comes the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:

131- It explains the Quran, clarifies it, guides to it, and gives voice to its meanings.

132- Therefore, whatever the Messenger has attributed to his Lord in the sound hadiths that the people of knowledge have unanimously accepted must likewise be believed in.

Hadiths on the Divine Attributes:

1- Affirming that Allah descends to the lowest heaven:

133- As in his ﷺ statement: “Our Lord descends to the lowest heaven every night when the last third of the night remains, and He says: Who will call upon Me so that I may answer him? Who will ask of Me so that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness so that I may forgive him.” Agreed upon.

2- Affirming joy for Allah:

134- And his ﷺ saying: “Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His servant than one of you is with his mount …” — the hadith. Agreed upon.

[الفصل الثالث: الإيمان بما وصف به الرسول ﷺ ربه] • ثُمَّ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: ١٣١- تُفَسِّرُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَتُبَيِّنُهُ، وَتَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَتُعَبِّرُ عَنْهُ. ١٣٢- وَمَا وَصَفَ الرَّسُولُ بِهِ رَبَّهُ، مِنَ الْأَحَادِيثِ الصِّحَاحِ الَّتِي تَلَقَّاهَا أَهْلُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِالْقَبُولِ؛ وَجَبَ الْإِيمَانُ بِهَا كَذَلِكَ. * * * * [أحاديث الصفات] : [١- في إثبات نزول الله إلى السماء الدنيا] : ١٣٣- مِثْلُ قَوْلِهِ ﷺ: «يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا إلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْآخِرِ، فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ، مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ، مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ» . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ. * * * * [٢- في إثبات الفرح لله ﷿] : ١٣٤- وَقَوْلُهُ ﷺ: «لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ، مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ ... » الْحَدِيثَ. مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.