Teaching Quran

He (Allah) is described by what He has attributed to Himself in His Magnificent Book and upon the tongue of His honorable Prophet.We are obligated to believe in and to welcome with submission and acceptance everything that is mentioned in the Quranand that is authentically reported on the Prophet (Peace by upon him) concerning Allah's Attributes.And we must abandon opposing it (which is done) by-

·         Radd (rejection),

·         Ta'weel (distortive interpretation; hidden meaning),

·         Tashbeeh (comparison), and

·         Tamtheel (representation).

As for what appears unclear from that, then we are obligated to affirm its wording and not oppose its (literal) meaning. We are to return the precise knowledge of it to the One who stated it and we entrust it upon the one who transmitted it, following the example of the ones who are deeply endowed with knowledge, those whomAllahhas praised in His manifest Book, saying:

And those who are firmly grounded with knowledge say: 'We believe in it (theQuran); the whole of it (clear and unclear verses) is from our Lord'

[Surah Aali-Imraan (3):7]

And He says, disprasing the one who seeks the Ta'weel (hidden meaning) of the unclear verses of His revelation.

As for those in whose hearts there is deviation, they follow that which is not entirely clear thereof, seeking fitnah (mischief) and seeking for its ta'weel (hidden meanings), but no one knows its hidden meanings exceptAllah.

[Surah Aali-Imraan (3):7]ThusAllahhas placed the aspect of seeking after the hidden meanings (ta'weel) as a sign of deviation. And He has placed a barrier between them and that which they aspire and He cuts off their ambitions from what they seek after, by saying:

But no one knows its hidden meanings exceptAllah.[Surah Aali-Imraan (3):7]

Concerning the ahadeeth: Verily,Allahdescends to the lowest heaven and Verily, Allah will be seen on the Day of Judgement and what is similar to these ahaadeeth, Imam Abu ‘Abdillah Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rahimahullah) said:

We believe in them and we attest to their verity, without saying how and without ascribing a (fixed) meaning for them. Nor do we reject any part from them. We know that whatever the Messenger came with is the truth. We do not reject whatAllah's Messenger came with, nor do we describe Allah with more than He has described Himself, without limits.

Allah says: ‘There is nothing what so ever like Him (in comparison). And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.'We say as He said. We describe Him with what He has described Himself and we do not transgress that. The description of those who (attempt to) describe Him, cannot grasp Him. We do not reject any of His Attributes due to a discomfort (that we may perceive towards it). We do not transgress theQur'anand theHadith. And we have no knowledge of how to understand them, except through the affirmations of the Messenger and the confirmation of the Qur'an.Imam Abu ‘AbdillahMuhammadibn Idrees Ash-Shaafi'e, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
I believe inAllah and in what has been reported concerning Allah, upon what was intended byAllah. And I believe in the Messenger of Allah and in what has been reported concerning the Messenger of Allah, upon what was intended by the Messenger of Allah.This is the way that the scholars of the past and present have followed, may Allah be pleased with them. They all unanimously agreed onacknowledging, accepting, andaffirmingwhat has been mentioned in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (Peace be upon him) concerning the Attributes, withoutturning towardsthe use of ta'weel.