those who deny that Allah speaks however He wills. This is established by numerous texts in the Quran and Sunnah. Hence Shaykh al-Islam said immediately afterward: “In these words, Ahmad stated that Allah speaks however He wills, and mentioned the report he cited as evidence, that Allah spoke to Moses, peace be upon him… etc.”
I say: These are six lies committed by the writer in a statement no longer than two lines. If these words were examined more closely, might further lies come to light?! If his lying reaches such proportions in these two lines, what, then, of his entire book, which contains sixty pages, each with approximately twenty lines?!
And I say to the writer: Allah will call you to account! You accuse others of lying when you yourself are its champion and consummate master?!
- The writer said on p. 44: “To complete this study, we must discuss the origins of the Karrāmiyyah, the largest early corporealist sect, and explain some of their views concerning the attributes that agree with what Ibn Taymiyyah and his followers advocate, especially since Ibn Taymiyyah praises them in Minhāj al-Sunnah (1/181) and regards them as among the foremost Muslim speculative thinkers.”
I say: The passage by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah to which the writer refers is his statement—may Allah have mercy on him—in Minhāj al-Sunnah (1/181): “Others, however, have said that it [i.e., the indivisible atom] remains divisible until it becomes so minute that it undergoes transformation, while its parts remain distinguishable from one another. This was maintained by some of the Karrāmiyyah and other Muslim speculative thinkers. It is also the view held by some leading philosophers, some of whom also maintain that it is composed of matter and form. Some authors on speculative theology present the affirmation of the indivisible atom as the position of the Muslims, and its denial as the position of the heretics. This is because these people knew of no views attributed to the Muslims except those they found in the books of their shaykhs, the practitioners of speculative theology—a religious innovation condemned by