Commentary On al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭīyah – 70
شرح العقيدة الواسطية لابن تيمية ـ الشيخ العثيمين
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
Commentary On The Introductory Notes Of Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله

◆ We cannot, in reality, perceive the enjoyments of Paradise that Allah has described, despite the fact that they are already created. In Paradise, there are fruits, date-palm trees, pomegranates, thrones, vessels, and the Ḥūr. We cannot comprehend the realities of these things. If we are told: "Describe them to us," we could not do that, because of the saying of the Exalted:

فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do. (As-Sajdah 32:17)

And also because of His, Exalted be He, saying in the Qudsī Hadith: "I have prepared for My righteous servants that which no eye has seen, what no ear has heard of, and what has never crossed the mind of any human being."[N1] If this is the case regarding a creation with attributes whose meanings are known but whose realities are unknown, what would then be the case concerning the Creator?

Another example: Man has a soul without which he cannot live. If the soul is not in his body, he would not exist; yet he cannot describe this soul. If he is asked: "What is this soul that is in you? What is that thing, which if removed from you, you will become dead, and if it remains with you, you will be able to reason, understand and perceive?" He would sit, look up, think hard, and will never be able to describe it, even though it is very close to him, and is within him. He would not be able to perceive it, in spite of the fact that it is real meaning, something seen, as is mentioned by the Prophet (ﷺ): "Whenever the soul is snatched, the sight follows it." [N2]

Man will see his soul while it is being taken away. That is why the eyes remain open at death, looking at the soul while it has departed the body. This soul will be snatched, put in a shroud, and ascended with to Allah. Nevertheless, he cannot describe it while it is within his own body. How can he then try to describe the Lord in a way that He has not described Himself!

[N1] Reported by Al-Bukhari (3244) and Muslim (2824) from Abū Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him.

[N2] Reported by Muslim (920) from Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
(To be continued…)
ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
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Commentary On al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭīyah – 15
شرح العقيدة الواسطية لابن تيمية ـ الشيخ العثيمين
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

INTRODUCTION

Secondly: My ownership of this thing is not a real ownership where I can do whatever I like with it. I can only do with it as the Shari commands and as the real Owner permits, Who is Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. Supposing I trade a Dirham for two Dirhams, I do not own that, and that is not permissible for me. Hence, my ownership is limited.

Besides, I have no control over it from the view of the Qadr. Because the control is with Allah, and as such, I cannot say to my sick slave: "Be healthy" and then he becomes healthy. I cannot say to my able-bodied healthy slave: "Be sick" and then he becomes sick. The real control of affairs is Allah's, the Mighty and Sublime. If He says to him: "Be healed," he will be healed. If He says: "Be sick," he will be sick. Therefore, I do not have absolute control, from the view of legislation, nor from the view of ability. So, my ownership is restricted from the view of controlling affairs and limited from being all inclusive and absolutely general. With this, it becomes clear to us how it is that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is alone in ownership.

As for the disposition of affairs, man has the ability to dispose of affairs, but we say that this ability to dispose of affairs is limited, just like the two cases that preceded concerning ownership. So, I do not have the ability to dispose of affairs for everything; I only have the ability to dispose of the affairs under my custody and control. And similarly, I do not have the authority to dispose of any affair except in accord with the Shari', which allowed this disposition of affairs for me.

Hence, it becomes clear that our statement: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is alone in creating, ownership and the disposition of affairs" is universally absolute, nothing is exempt from that, because nothing we have mentioned contradicts what is affirmed for Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, concerning that.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
(To be continued…)
ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
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Commentary On al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭīyah – 14
شرح العقيدة الواسطية لابن تيمية ـ الشيخ العثيمين
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

INTRODUCTION

If you may say: How do you reconcile between your statements: "Allah is Alone in ownership" and the affirmation of ownership for creatures, such as His statement, Exalted is He:

أَوْ مَا مَلَكْتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُ
Or (from that) whereof you hold keys (An-Nür 24:61)

(And His saying, Exalted is He):

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ
Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess (Al-Mu'minün 23:6)?

The response: The reconciliation can be from two perspectives:

Firstly: Man's ownership of something is not general and complete. (For example,) I own what is under my authority; I don't own what is under your authority; but everything is owned by Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. So, from the view of entirety, the ownership of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is more general and broader ownership.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
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Commentary On al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭīyah – 10
شرح العقيدة الواسطية لابن تيمية ـ الشيخ العثيمين
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

INTRODUCTION

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. May the Şalāh and Salam be upon our Prophet, Muhammad ﷺ, his Household and all of his Companions.

Thereafter;

Indeed, this book, entitled Al-'Aqidah Al-Wāsitiyyah was written by the great scholar of the Ummah in his time: Abū Al-'Abbas, Shaikh Al-Islām, Ahmad bin Abdul Halim bin 'Abdus-Salām bin Taymiyyah Al-Ḥarrānī, may Allah have mercy upon him. Who died in the year 728 AH.

The prestige of this man which he is thanked for, and which we hope Allah rewards him for in defense of the truth and the confrontation of the people of falsehood, is something known to anyone who reads and researches in his books.

The reality is that he is one of the favors of Allah upon this Ummah. For by him, Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He, restrained tremendous dangerous matters from the Islamic creed.

This book is written as a summary, entitled: Al-'Aqidah Al- Wāsitiyyah. It is authored by Shaikh Al-Islam when a man who was a judge in (a place known as) Wāsit came to him and complained of the people's suffering from the methodologies deviating in matters of the Names and Attributes of Allah. Therefore, he wrote this (book of) creed which is regarded as the core for the creed of the People of Sunnah and Jamā'ah, regarding those issues about which people spread various innovations, and about which there is a great deal of baseless talk and conjecture.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
(To be continued…)
ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
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Commentary On al-'Aqīdah al-Wāsiṭīyah – 09
شرح العقيدة الواسطية لابن تيمية ـ الشيخ العثيمين
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

A Brief Biography of Al-'Allamah Muhammad bin Şālih Al-'Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) 1347-1421H

His Children

He had five sons, and three daughters. His sons are 'Abdullah, 'Abdur-Rahman, Ibrāhīm, 'Abdul-'Aziz, and 'Abdur-Rahim.

His Death

He died - may Allah have mercy upon him in the city of Jeddah, before Maghrib on Wednesday, the fifteenth of Shawwal, in the year 1421H.

His funeral prayer was held in Al-Masjid Al-Harām, after 'Aşr prayer on Thursday. Then, he was followed by the thousands of those who prayed and throngs of attendees, and buried in Makkah Al-Mukarramah.

After the Friday prayer the following day, Şalāt Al-Ghaib (the funeral prayer in absentia) was performed for him, in all of the cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

May Allah shower the mercy in store for the most righteous upon our Shaikh, and settle him in His most spacious of (His) Gardens, and confer His forgiveness and pleasure upon him, and reward him with goodness for all that he did for Islam, and for the Muslims.

[Al-Lajnah Al-'llimiyyah (the Knowledge Committee) at the Charitable Foundation of Shaikh Muhammad bin Şālih Al- 'Uthaymīn]

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
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ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
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