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With this clarified, there are several answers to the claim, “An attribute of Allah cannot be established on the basis of a single hadith.”

The first is to say: Negation requires evidence, just as affirmation requires evidence. If the person making this claim speaks on this subject only on the basis of scriptural evidence and rejects innovated views, he should be told:

The claim that Allah does not speak with a voice, and similar statements, was never made by any of the early generations of this community or its leading scholars. Nor is there any hadith supporting it, whether authentic or weak. Affirmation, by contrast, is supported by several hadiths in the collections of authentic hadith, the Sunan collections, and the Musnad collections, as well as numerous reports from the early generations and leading scholars. Which of these two positions, then, is supported by the Sunnah: affirmation or negation?

If, however, he uses rational proofs in this subject, he should be engaged on that basis. It should be explained to him that these proofs support affirmation, not negation, and that the position of those who deny this is demonstrably unsound on rational grounds, as the majority of rational thinkers agree.

The second answer is to say: This attribute is established by the Quran. Allah has spoken of His calling to His servants in several verses, such as His saying, Most High:

“We called him from the right side of the Mount.”

And His saying:

“And on the Day