How does the Sunni method combine affirmation and negation in the Attributes?
2026-09-21
T36 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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المقتطف
وَهُوَ سُبْحَانَهُ قَدْ جَمَعَ فِيمَا وَصَفَ وَسَمَّى بِهِ نَفْسَهُ بَيْنَ النَّفْيِ وَالْإِثْبَاتِ، فَلَا عُدُولَ لِأَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ عَمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ.
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He, Glorified is He, has combined negation and affirmation in the names and descriptions He has given Himself. Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah therefore do not depart from what the messengers brought, for it is the straight path.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 3/130
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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