Hisham Kabbani |
Exposing Kabbani 3 : Kabbani, a Neo-Jahmite |
Author: Abu Hudhayfah |
Article ID : NDV070003 [14578] |
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Likewise, Abul Hasan al-Ash’aree said: "... the saying of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic: "Whom I have created with My Own Hands" (38:75), its apparent and real (haqeeqee) meaning is the affirmation of two Hands for Allaah. So it is not permissible to alter it from the apparent meaning of two Hands to that which our opponents claim except with a proof... Consequently, about His saying: "Whom I have created with My Own Hands" it is obligatory to affirm two Hands for Allaah, the Most High, in its real meaning not with the meaning of two bounties (ni’matayn)."
(al-Ash’aree, Al-Ibaanah ‘an Usool ad-Diyaanah, p.133. The ascription of this book to Abul-Hasan al-Ash’aree, and that it was his final book concerning beliefs, has been attested to by a number of scholars: al-Haafidh ibn ‘Asaakir in Tabyeenul-Kadhab al-Muftaree (p.152), al-Bayhaqee in al-I’tiqaad (p.31), adh-Dhahabee in al-’Uluww (no.276) and Ibnul-’Imaad in Shadhraatudh-Dhahab (p.303))
It is interesting to note from this quotation that Abul-Hasan al-Ash’aree considered those who altered the apparent (dhaahir) meaning of two Hands to be ‘opponents’ of what he himself was upon in respect of his beliefs! Where does this leave Kabbani?
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