Al-Qawl al-Sadid fi al-Radd ala Man Ankara Taqsim al-Tawhid - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (100)

Al-Qawl al-Sadid fi al-Radd ala Man Ankara Taqsim al-TawhidAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

contradictions of the same kind found in the words of al-Ash‘arī, Judge Abū Bakr al-Bāqillānī, Abū al-Ma‘ālī, and others like them who agree with those who negate Allah’s attributes in their negation, while also sharing the position of those who affirm them, in a way that the majority regard as combining two mutually contradictory positions.”1.

I say: This quotation exposes the writer’s lies, slander, and fabrications against Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him. The matter needs no further explanation: Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah did not agree with Abū Ya‘lā in everything he said, and he made clear that what Ibn al-‘Arabī had transmitted was false. Abū Ya‘lā was not Shaykh al-Islām’s imam, as the writer claimed.

As for Judge Abū Ya‘lā—may Allah have mercy on him—he states at the end of his book Ibtāl al-Ta’wīlāt (Refutation of Figurative Interpretations), in his defence against accusations of attributing a body to Allah, likening Him to His creation, and other charges:

“… Not content with the lies and slanders they had fabricated against us, they went on to accuse us of attributing a body to Allah, likening Him to His creation, and disbelief, because of what we related concerning the attributes conveyed in the Quran and transmitted reports. Allah Most High says:

‘How can you disbelieve when Allah’s verses are recited to you and His Messenger is in your midst? Whoever holds firmly to Allah has indeed been guided to a straight path.’ 2

How, then, can we be declared disbelievers when we base our arguments on the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger? Rather, we hold firmly to Allah, as Allah Most High has commanded us, so that we may be guided to the straight path. Yet Allah—exalted be His praise—has left no scholar in any age without some ignorant person who wrongs him out of envy and malice, so that He may thereby test his gratitude and patience and increase his reward and recompense. He Most High has said:

‘Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals.’ 3

And He Most High has said:

‘You will surely be tested in your wealth and your lives, and you will surely hear from

1. Dar’ ta‘ārud al-‘aql wa-l-naql (Averting Conflict between Reason and Revelation), 5:237–238. 2. Surah Āl ‘Imrān, verse 101. 3. Surah al-Furqān, verse 31.

التناقض من جنس ما يوجد في كلام الأشعري والقاضي أبي بكر الباقلاني وأبي المعالي وأمثالهم ممن يوافق النفاة على نفيهم، ويشارك أهل الإثبات على وجه يقول الجمهور: إنَّه جمع بين النقيضين"١. قلت: وبهذا النقل يتبين كذب الكاتب وبهته وافتراؤه على شيخ الإسلام ﵀، والأمر لا يحتاج إلى إيضاح فشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية لم يوافق أبا يعلى في كلِّ ما قال وبيَّن كذب ما نقله ابن العربي ولم يكن أبو يعلى إماماً لشيخ الإسلام كما قال الكاتب. وأمَّا القاضي أبو يعلي ﵀ فقد قال في آخر كتابه "إبطال التأويلات" في دفاعه عن نفسه ما رمي به من تجسيم وتشبيه وغير ذلك ما نصه: " ... ثم لم يكفهم ما أضافوه إلينا من الكذب والبهتان، حتى رمونا بالتجسيم والتشبيه والكفر لأجل ما رويناه من الصفات التي جاء بها القرآن والأخبار، والله تعالى يقول: ﴿وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ وَأَنتُمْ تُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتُ اللهِ وَفِيكُمْ رَسُولُهُ وَمَن يَّعْتَصِم بِاللهِ فَقَدْ هُدِيَ إِلَي صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ﴾ ٢، فكيف يجوز أن نكفر ونحن نحتج بكتاب الله وسنة رسول الله، ولكن نعتصم بالله كما أمرنا الله تعالى لنهتدي إلى الصراط المستقيم، ومع هذا فلم يخل الله جل ثناؤه كل عالم في عصره من جاهل يبغي عليه بحسده وشره ليبلو بذلك شكره وصبره، ويعظم بذلك ثوابه وأجره. وقد قال تعالى: ﴿وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّاً مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ﴾ ٣، وقال تعالى: ﴿لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِي أَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ

١ درء تعارض العقل والنقل (٥/٢٣٧، ٢٣٨) . ٢ سورة آل عمران، الآية ١٠١. ٣ سورة الفرقان، الآية ٣١.