JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF BELIEF

1. JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF BELIEF Ml Muaadth Allie Sh Riyadh Walls

2. THE COMPOUND ARGUMENT “Or were they created from nothing or are they the creators. Or did they create the heavens and the earth. Rather they are a people without conviction.” [Sûrah al-Tuwr: 35-6]

3. A Or were they created from nothing... Cannot be as it requires generation of effects without cause.

4. B or are they the(ir own) creators... Cannot be it is essential self-generation which requires a thing to exist before its own existence.

5. C Or did they create the heavens and the earth... Cannot be as it requires that beings possessing a beginning [accidents] to have endlessly existed which is impossible as it involves infinite regression.

6. THE ATTRIBUTES OF ALLAH

7. 13 QUALITIES 1 existence will 2 without beginning 8 9 knowledge 3 without end difference 10 4 life 5 independence 11 hearing oneness 12 6 sight 7 power 13 speech

8. 1- EXISTENCE الوجود

9. The existence of Allah is: • 1- Personal [does not require the existence of another] • 2- Perfect [is neither preceded nor followed by non-existence]

10. 2- ONENESS الوحدانية

11. The belief that: a) Allah is One without partner b) Allah has no equal, similar, opposite and even challenger

12. CONNECTED DISCONNECTED no parts ESSENCE no units no other with similar quality/ies no dual qualities QUALITIES no other with similar act/s no helper DEEDS

13. TEXTUAL PROOF ((قل هو الله أحد)) ((Say: He Allah is One.)) Surah al-Ikhlaas: 1

14. TEXTUAL PROOF ((لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله ثالث ثلاثة وما من إله إلاّ إله واحد وإن لم ينتهوا عمّا يقولون ليمسّنّ الذين كفروا عذاب أليم))

15. TEXTUAL PROOF ((Those who say that Allah is the third of three have indeed disbelieved. There is no more than One True Divine. And if they do not desist from their statements those who disbelieve will be afflicted by a painful punishment. Surah al-Ma’idah: 74

16. RATIONAL PROOF ((لو كان فيهما آلهة إلا الله لفسدتا)) ((Had there been any gods other than Allah in the heavens and the earth, it would have fallen in ruin...)) Surah al-Ambiyaa’: 22

17. 3- BEGININGLESS القِدَم

18. The belief that: a) Allah existed before anything else b) Allah has never been non-existent c) His existence has no beginning.

19. TEXTUAL PROOF ((هو الأوّل والآخر والظاهر والباطن)) ((He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden.)) Surah al-Hadeed: 3

20. TEXTUAL PROOF ((اللهمّ أنت الأوّل فليس قبلك شيء)) ((Oh Allah, You are the First and as such there is nothing before You.)) Muslim: 2713

21. RATIONAL PROOF 1- If Allah had been preceded by non-existence then He would require a creator. 2- He would then not be the True Divine and it would then be the one who created him.

22. 4- ENDLESSNESS البَقَاء

23. The belief that: a) Allah persists and has no end b) Allah cannot be ended at all c) Non-existence can never apply to Allah.

24. TEXTUAL PROOF ((هو الأوّل والآخر والظاهر والباطن)) ((He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden.)) Surah al-Hadeed: 3

25. TEXTUAL PROOF ((كلّ شيء هالك إلاّ وجهه)) ((Everything is temporal except the wajh of Allah.)) Surah al-Qasas: 88

26. RATIONAL PROOF 1- If Allah had been followed by non-existence then He would require a destroyer. 2- He would then not be the True Divine and it would then be the one who destroyed him.

27. 5- INDEPENDENCE القيام بالذات

28. The belief that: a) Allah does not need anything b) Allah has no designer or creator c) Allah does not enter creation and neither does creation enter him.

29. TEXTUAL PROOF ((الله الصمد)) ((Allah is the Independent.)) Surah al-Ikhlaas: 2

30. TEXTUAL PROOF ((يا أيها الناس أنتم الفقراء إلى الله والله هو الغنيّ الحميد، إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد)) ((Oh people, You are in need of Allah while Allah is the Independent, the Praiseworthy. If He so wills He can destroy you and produce a new creation.)) Faatir: 15-6

31. TEXTUAL PROOF عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن الله عز وجل يقول يوم القيامة يا ابن آدم مرضت فلم تعدني قال يا رب كيف أعودك وأنت رب العالمين قال أما علمت أن عبدي فلانا مرض فلم تعده أما علمت أنك لو عدته لوجدتني عنده

32. TEXTUAL PROOF ((Allah will say on the Day of Judgment: Oh Son of Adam, I was sick and you did not visit me. He will respond: Oh my Lord, how can You be sick for me to visit when You are the Lord of the Worlds. He (Allah) will respond: Did you not know that My slave so and so was sick and you didn’t visit him. Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found me there? Muslim: 2569

33. TEXTUAL PROOF يا ابن آدم استطعمتك فلم تطعمني قال يا رب كيف أطعمك وأنت رب العالمين قال أما علمت أنه استطعمك عبدي فلان فلم تطعمه أما علمت أنك لو أطعمته لوجدت ذلك عندي

34. TEXTUAL PROOF ((Oh son of Adam, I asked you to feed Me but still you did not? He will say: How can I feed You when You are the Lord of the Worlds? Did you not know my slave so and so asked you for food and you did not give him any. Did you not know that had you given him food, you would have found that by me...)) Muslim: 2569

35. TEXTUAL PROOF يا ابن آدم استسقيتك فلم تسقني قال يا رب وكيف أسقيك وأنت رب العالمين قال استسقاك عبدي فلان فلم تسقه أما إنك لو سقيته وجدت ذلك عندي

36. TEXTUAL PROOF ((Oh son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink but still you did not? He will say: How can I give You to drink when You are the Lord of the Worlds? Did you not know my slave so and so asked you for something to drink and you did not give him any. Did you not know that had you given him to drink, you would have found that by me...)) Muslim: 2569

37. Imam Ahmad ibnHanbal [r`a] says in al-Radd `ala al-Jahmiyahwa al-Zanadiqah, pp. 149-150: “And so Allah – and to Him belongs the highest example – encompasses everything and knows how it is and what it is without being in anything that He has created.”

38. Imam Ahmad ibnHanbal [r`a] says in al-Radd `ala al-Jahmiyahwa al-Zanadiqah, pp. 155-6: “When you want to know that a Jahmi lies regarding Allah when he says that Allah is everywhere and that no space is free of Him, ask the following....”

39. “...Is it not so that Allah existed before everything else? He will say: Yes. Then ask him: When Allah created did He create that which He created inside of Himself or outside of Himself? This leaves only three views, one of which he has to embrace...”

40. “...a) If he claims that Allah had created creatures inside of Himself, he has become a kafir since he has in fact claimed that Allah has created Jinkind, mankind and the Shayatin inside of Himself...”

41. “...b) If he claims that Allah created creation outside of Himself and then entered it, this is kufr also as he will have claimed that Allah is everywhere including foul and dirty places...”

42. “...c) And if he says that Allah created creation external to himself and then did not enter it, he will have renounced his view in entirety and this is the view of Ahl al-Sunnah.”

43. 6- DIFFERENCE المخالفة للحوادث

44. DEFINITION OF DIFFERENCE To believe that the essence, qualities and deeds of Allah differ from that of creation.

45. TEXTUAL PROOF ((ليس كمثله شيء وهو السميع البصير)) ((Nothing is like Allah and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.)) Surah al-Shuwraa: 11

46. RATIONAL PROOF Divinity demands perfection and lack of defects. The clearest defects are the qualities of creation – such as sleep, ignorance, hunger, thirst and general need – and as such Allah is free of all of this.

47. As such the essence of Allah differs from that of creation in that it does not require a Creator or anything else to exist.

48. The qualities of Allah differ from that of creation. As such the hearing, sight and knowledge of Allah differ from that of creation. They carry the same names but differ in reality and essence.

49. The deeds of Allah differ from that of creation. This is because Allah does without need of intermediaries and instruments. He does without needing to do. He does as He wills and cannot be deterred. Everything He does carries a wisdom and purpose.