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Lesson J
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Shaykh Saalih Al-lawzaan baafiabvttaaab says at the beginning o the book,

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1ranslator`s Introduction: Concerning this book, the great Shaykh `Abdul `Azeez ibn Baaz rabivabvttaab was asked a
question, it was said to him that there are some people who say that the book Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah does not
represent the `aqeeaab o the ataf and that it contains mistakes and especially the explanation o the book, so is this
correct
So, Shaykh Ibn Baaz rabivabvttaab taaataa replied, No, this is not correct. It does contain mistakes which are ew and
the explainer has pointed these out, Ibn `Abil-`Izz in his large and amous explanation has pointed out the mistakes in it.
1he one printed with the checking o Ahmad Shaakir and Shaykh Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee and his explanation, then
this book is something ta,,ib - good and vvfeea - something containing beneit, and it is a Salaee book.` 1hen he goes
on to comment on the explainer o the book: Ibn `Abil-`Izz. le said, And he was one o the students o Ibn Katheer
rabivabvttaab and the mistakes contained in the text o the book are ew and they hae been pointed out by the
explainer.` 1his is quoted rom the Shaykh`s book: ..i,aa.atv.bbaree,,ab page 200.
A brief biography of the author
As or the author o the book, Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah, the original compiler o the book, the writer o this treaties
on `aqeeaab, he was Aboo Ja`ar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salaamah at-1ahaawee al-Azdee al-Misree, a scholar o
Lgypt ,Misr,. 1he ascription by which he was amous at-1ahaawee` is an ascription to a town in Lgypt, 1ahaa.
le was born in the year 239 ater the bi;rab, and he learned knowledge o fiqb rom his maternal uncle Ismaa`eel ibn
\ahyaa al-Muzanee who it is said is the oremost student in fiqb o Imaam ash-Shaai`ee. 1hen later on, he studied fiqb
under a lanai Qaadee in Lgypt who was Aboo Ja`ar Ahmad ibn Abi Imraan. So haing learnt the fiqb o Imaam ash-
Shaai`ee then he learnt the fiqb o the lanai vaabbab. loweer, he was not a vvqattia ,blind-ollower,, blindly sticking
to the vaabbab o Aboo laneeah.
Indeed, it is mentioned about him that one time he was asked a question and he responded to the question and when he
answered then somebody pointed out to him, this is not the saying o Aboo laneeah.`
So he said, Is that eerything that Aboo laneeah said that I hae to say`
So the other person replied, I didn`t think except that you were a vvqattia ,blind-ollower,.`
So he said, Does anybody blindly ollow except a blind partisan ,someone blinkered with one blind iew,`
So, he was a amous scholar and a lanai but not a blind ollower.
le wrote many works and amongst them were works in baaeetb such as: Ma`aanee al-Aathaar ,l.Vl _.lao,, Mushkil al-
Aathaar ,l.Vl _.o,, Ahkaam Al-Qur.aan ,clsIl ,l>l, - a book about the rulings o the Qur.aan, and this treatise
which came to be known as Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah ,,l>LIl ei,saIl, and he wrote other books as well.
Concerning Imaam At-1ahaawee, Ibn Katheer said in Al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah, le was one o the reliable people,
the irm ones and one o the great memorizers who were oremost scholars.`
And concerning him, Imaam Adh-Dhahabee said in Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa. that at-1ahaawee was the imaam, the
great scholar, the great baafi ,preserer and memorizer,. le was a vvbaaaitb - a scholar o hadeeth o Lgyptian towns
and he was their faqeeb ,jurist,.
le died, rabivabvttaab, in the year 321.

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In the Name of Allaah the Lxtremely Merciful, the Bestower of His Mercy
All praise is or Allaah the Lord o the whole o creation and may le extoll and send salaam, peace
and security upon the trustworthy Prophet, our Prophet Muhammad and upon his true ollowers
and companions and whoeer ollows them upon goodness right up until the Day o
Recompensing.
1o Proceed: 1hese are some brie notes upon the text o Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah. 1hey hae
been transcribed rom the tapes o the lessons which I deliered upon this text in ,the city o, 1aa.i.
I hae looked oer them and done some corrections upon them and some amendments and then
gien permission that they be printed and published hoping that beneit can be deried rom them.
And whoeer sees any mistake that has come rom me then I hope that he will inorm me o that,
and that there will be reward or him with Allaah. And I ask Allaah that le should place in this
action that which would beneit the Muslims.
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\ritten by:
,Shaykh, Saalih ibn lawzaan ibn `Abdullaah Al-lawzaan
13-06-1421l

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The great scholar hujjatal-Islaam (the evidence of Islaam) Aboo Ja`far al-Waraaq
(the scribe) at-Tahaawi, said in Egypt, may Allaah have mercy on him:
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[1] This is a mention of an explanation of the `aqeedah, (the creed and the belief)
of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah (the people of the Sunnah and the Jamaa`ah),
upon the way of the scholars of Fiqh (the jurists of this religion): Aboo
Haneefah an-Nu`maan ibn Thaabit al-Koofi and Aboo Yoosuf Ya`qoob ibn
Ibraaheem al-Ansaari and Aboo `Abdillaah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-
Shaybaani, ridwaan Allaah `alayhim ajmaa`een (may Allaah be pleased with
them all), and what they held as their creed with regard to the fundamentals of
the religion and what they held as their religion in obedience to the Lord of the
Creation.

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In the Name o Allaah the Most Merciul, the Bestower o lis Mercy and all praise is or Allaah the
Lord and Nurturer o the whole o creation and may Allaah extoll and send peace and security upon
our Prophet Muhammad and upon his true ollowers and his companions, all o them.
1o Proceed: 1hen, `aqeeaab ,creed and belie, is the oundation o the religion and it ,`aqeeaab, is
what is contained in the testiication ,.babaaaab, that none has the right to be worshipped except
Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger o Allaah. And it is the irst pillar rom the pillars o
Islaam.
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So thereore, it is an obligation to gie importance to it ,`aqeeaab, and to gie care and
attention to it and to acquire knowledge o it and knowledge o whateer will damage it so that the
person can be upon clear insight and can be upon a correct creed and belie. Since i the person`s
religion is established upon a sound, correct oundation then it will be a straight and true religion
that he is upon - one that is acceptable to Allaah and i it ,his religion, is based upon a shaky or
disturbed `aqeeaab ,creed, or i his religion is based upon an `aqeeaab ,creed, which is corrupt then his

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As is shown by the hadeeth o Ibn `Umar raai,.ttaabv avbvvaa who said, Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabvata,bi ra
.attav said, .taav i. bvitt vpov fire: tbe .babaaaab ;te.tificatiov) tbat vove baa tbe rigbt to be ror.bippea ecept .ttaab ava tbat
Mvbavvaa i. tbe Me..evger of .ttaab, ava correct e.tabti.bvevt of tbe pra,er, ava girivg tbe a/aat, ava tbe ba;;, ava fa.tivg iv
Ravaaaav`.` 1he hadeeth is reported by Bukhaaree as no. 8 and reported by Muslim.
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religion will not be correct and it will be without a oundation. So, this is why the scholars
rabivabvvvttaab used to gie importance to the aair o `aqeeaab and they were not laxed about
explaining it in their lessons and wheneer they had an opportunity. 1he later person used to
transmit it rom the one who came beore him.
And the Companions raai,.ttaabv avbvv did not hae any doubts about what came in the Qur.aan
and what came in the Sunnah o Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabvata,bi ra .attav. So their `aqeeaab
,creed and belie, was based upon the Book o Allaah and the Sunnah o Allaah`s Messenger
.att.ttaabvata,bi ra .attav and they were not alicted by any doubt in that regard nor any hesitation.
So, whateer Allaah said and whateer lis Messenger .att.ttaabvata,bi ra .attav said, they took it as
their creed and belie and they took it as their religion. And they did not need any urther book to
be written or them ater that since this was something ully accepted by them and something that
was certain with them, their creed ,`aqeeaab, was the Book and the Sunnah. And then their students
proceeded upon that rom the 1aabieev ,the next generation ater the Companions, - those who
took rom them. So, there was no disputing in `aqeeaab ,creed and belie,, it was an aair which was
ully accepted ,undisputed,, and their source was the Book and the Sunnah.
But when the sects and the dierences arose and appeared, and when people entered into the
religion who were such that the creed and `aqeeaab was not irmly grounded in his heart or those
who entered into Islaam whilst still carrying some deiated ideas with them, and when there arose in
Islaam people who did not reer back to the Book nor to the Sunnah in `aqeeaab, rather, they
reerred back to principles and methodologies which had been established by people o misguidance
by themseles. \hen all o this happened then the a.ivvab ,the imaams, o Islaam at this time
needed to clariy ,make explanation and clariication o, the correct `aqeeaab ,belie and creed, and
they needed to careully record it and write it down and narrate it rom the scholars o the Ummah.
So thereore, they wrote down the books o creed and belie and they gae attention to that, and this
became a reerence or those who came ater them rom the Ummah and it will be so until the
establishment o the last lour.
And this is an example o the Protection o Allaah, the Most ligh or this religion and Allaah`s
taking care o this religion - that le proided or it trustworthy carriers to coney it just as it came
rom Allaah and lis Messenger and to repel the alse interpretations o the negators and the alse
declarations o the Creator`s being like the creation. So these scholars came and passed on as
inheritance this creed ,`aqeeaab,, the later ones taking it rom the earlier ones.
And rom a.ataf a.aatib ,the pious predecessors, who used to be upon the sound and irm belie
and creed ,itiqaaa, taken rom Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabvata,bi ra .attav and rom his
Companions and rom the 1aabieev were the our imaams: Imaam Aboo laneeah, Imaam Maalik,
Imaam ash-Shaai`ee and Imaam Ahmad and others rom the imaams, those who stood and
deended the correct `aqeeaab ,belie and creed, and who conirmed it, explained it and taught it to
the students.
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And the ollowers o the our imaams ,their students who came ater them, used to gie attention to
this creed and belie, they used to study it and caused their students to learn it. And many books
were written about it upon the methodology o the Book and the Sunnah and upon what the chosen
Messenger, al-Mustaaa .att.ttaabvata,bi ra .attav was upon and his companions raai,.ttaabv avbvv
and the 1aabieev. So, they reuted the alse belies and the deiated belies, and they clearly
explained how they were countereit and baseless. And the same was done by the imaams o hadeeth
such as: Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh and al-Bukhaaree and Muslim and Imaam Ibn Khuzaymah and
Imaam Ibn Qutaybah, and rom the imaams o taf.eer ,explanation, o the Qur.aan such as Imaam
at-1abaree and Imaam Ibn Katheer and Imaam al-Baghwee and others rom the imaams o taf.eer.
1hey ,all, wrote works in this regard ,explaining the correct belie, and they called them Kvtvb ..
vvvab - books o the Sunnah, or example, Kitaab as-Sunnah o Ibn Abee `Aasim and the book as-
Sunnah o `Abdullaah ibn Ahmad ibn lanbal and the book as-Sunnah o Al-Khallaal and the book
ash-Sharee`ah o Al-Aajurree and other than that.
And rom those imaams who wrote mentioning the creed and belie ,`aqeeaab, o the ataf was Aboo
Ja`ar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salaamah al-Azdee at-1ahaawee ,the author o this book,. le
was one o the scholars o the third century in Lgypt and he was called at-1ahaawee as an ascription
to a town in Lgypt ,the town o 1ahaa,. So he wrote this brie, beneicial and useul `aqeeaab
,creed,.
And there hae been explanations written upon it - around seen explanations. loweer, they are
not ree rom errors since those who wrote them were upon the methodology o later people so
their explanations contain matters requiring remarks to be made and they contain contradictions to
what the `aqeeaab o at-1ahaawee himsel contains, except or one explanation as ar as we know,
which is the explanation o al-`Izz ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab what is amously known as Sharh At-
1ahaawiyyah ,1he Lxplanation o At-1ahaawiyyah,. le ,the explainer al-`Izz ibn Abil-`Izz, was a
student o Ibn Katheer in what appears and in this explanation o his he included a number o
quotations rom the books o Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn 1aymiyyah and rom the books o Ibn Qayyim
and rom the books o the imaams. And it is a copious explanation ,contains a great deal o good,
and the scholars rely upon it and gie attention to it because o its purity and its correctness o the
knowledge contained in it. So, it is a tremendous reerence rom the reerence works o `aqeeaab
,correct belie,. And the author ,at-1ahaawee,, as he himsel mentioned, wrote this creed upon the
way o the Ahlus-Sunnah in general, and rom them was the imaam Aboo laneeah an-Nu`maan
ibn 1haabit al-Kooee who was the eldest o the our imaams and who reached the 1aabieev and
narrated rom them.
And likewise, his two students Aboo \oosu and Muhammad ash-Shaybaanee and the imaams o
the lanaee vaabbab.
So he mentioned their `aqeeaab ,creed, and that it is an agreement with the position o the .btv.
vvvab rat[avaaab and this contains a reutation o those people who ascribes themseles as being
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lanaees in the present day or in late days ,a short while ago,, those who ascribe themseles to
being lanaees but they contradict Aboo laneeah in `aqeeaab. Rather, they proceed upon his
vaabbab in fiqb only but they contradict him in `aqeeaab ,belie,. And instead, they take as their creed
the creed o the .btvtKataav ratMvvtiq ,theological rhetoric and logic,. And likewise, there
appeared amongst the later Shai`ees those who contradicted Imaam ash-Shaai`ee in `aqeeaab and
only ascribed themseles to him in fiqb. And likewise, many o the Maalikees ,those who say they
are ollowers o Imaam Maalik,, the later ones who are not upon the creed and belie o Imaam
Maalik, they just take rom the vaabbab o Maalik in the matter o fiqb; as or `aqeeaab ,creed and
belie, then they are people o separate paths and people o the ways o later ages.
So this `aqeeaab ,creed, contains a reutation o all o them and their like - those who ascribe
themseles to the imaams. 1hose who take as their vaabbab the way o the our imaams but who
contradict them in `aqeeaab ,creed and belie, like the Ashaa`irah who likewise ascribe themseles to
Imaam lasan al-Ash`aree in his irst position but they abandoned what he himsel later airmed
and became settled upon with regard to the position o the people o the Sunnah and the Jamaa`ah.
So, their ascription is not correct, since i they were truly upon the way o the imaams they would be
upon their `aqeeaab ,creed and belie,.

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1ranslator`s Side Point: Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Maani` rabivabvttaab who is a great scholar who died in the year
1385l, made a note on this same point where At-1ahaawee said, 1his is a mention of an explanation of the
`aqeedah, of Ahlul-Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah, upon the way of the scholars of fiqh of this religion: Aboo Haneefah
an-Nu`maan ibn 1haabit al-Koofi, Aboo Yoosuf Ya`qoob ibn Ibraaheem al-Ansaari and Aboo `Abdillaah
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ash-Shaybaani, ridwaan Allaah `alayhim ajmaa`een.`
Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Maani` rabivabvttaab said, the saying here o At-1ahaawee, this is a creed upon the position
of the scholars of fiqh of the religion,` you should know that what the author rabivabvttaab mentioned in this treatise
is not speciic to those imaams who he mentioned alone because .btv.vvvaab rat[avaaab, all o them, rom the irst
o them to the later ones o them, their `aqeeaab ,creed and belie, was one and the same because they all adhered to the
Book and the Sunnah. And whoeer contradicts them in their belie, their creed, their `aqeeaab, he becomes a vvbtaai`
,innoator,, one who is astray. And he is not excused or making i;tibaaa ,personal striing,deduction, since the excuse
in that regard can only apply in the details o the rulings and not in the undamentals o the religion. So in the creed and
belies o the religion there is not multiple vaabaabib ,schools o thought, in that regard. Rather, there is just what is
correct - which is the position o .btv.vvvab rat[avaaab; and eerything else besides it is alse and utile, so be
aware.`
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan haafizahullaah
Pages S, 23-28
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1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed by Shaykh Saalih al-lawzaan baafiabvttaab in this excerpt include:
`.qeeaab is the oundation o the religion.
It is obligatory to gie care and attention to acquiring knowledge o the correct `aqeeaab.
1he `aqeeaab o the Companions raai,.ttaabv avbvv was based upon the Book and the Sunnah and
was ully accepted by them.
\hen sects and diering arose, the imaams at the time clariied and documented the correct `aqeeaab
so it would be a reerence or those who came ater.
1he imaams o the our vaabaabib deended and taught the correct `aqeeaab; as did the imaams o
baaeetb and taf.eer.
Imaam at-1ahaawee was amongst those who wrote about the correct `aqeeaab.
lrom the later ollowers o the imaams o the our vaabaabib are those who adhere only to the fiqb o
the imaams but contradict their `aqeeaab.
1his `aqeeaab contains a reutation o those people and their likes.

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Lesson 2
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[2] We say with regard to the tawheed of Allaah, holding as our creed and belief, due
to the tawfeeq (guidance, correctness) granted by Allaah, that: Allaah is One,
having no partner.

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lis saying, We say` meaning: we hold as our `aqeeaab ,creed and belie,, with regard to the
tarbeea o Allaah the Mighty and Majestic.
And tawheed in the language is a noun rom the erb ` - , ,rabbaaa,, to mean: making
something one or to uniy it.
And in the Islaamic legislation tarbeea means: singling out Allaah the Perect and Most ligh with
worship ,`ibaaaab, and aoiding the worship o eerything else besides lim.
And its categories are three as is discoered rom a study o the Book o Allaah and the Sunnah
o lis Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. And this is what the position o the .bv.vvvab
rat[avaaab is settled upon. So whoeer increases a ourth category or a ity category then this
is an addition which he himsel has introduced since the imaams hae categorized tarbeea into
three categories taking that rom the Book and the Sunnah.
So all the aa,aat o the Qur.aan and the abaaaeetb with regard to `aqeeaab they do not exit rom
these three categories.
Iirstly: 1arbeea arRvboobi,,ab ,1arbeea o Lordship, - which is the unity o Allaah the Most ligh
and singling lim out with regards to lis actions such as creating, proiding
sustenance,proision, giing lie, giing death and controlling the creation. So, there is no Rabb
,Lord, besides lim, le the Perect and Most ligh, the Lord and Nurturer o the whole
creation.
1he second category: 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab or 1arbeea atbaaaab ,1arbeea o worship, - since
the term atvtoobi,,ab` means to worship Allaah the Mighty and Majestic upon loe o lim and
ear o lim and haing hope in lim and obeying lis commands and aoiding what le has
orbidden. So it is to single out Allaah the Most ligh with the actions o the serants - those
things le has legislated or them.
1he third category: 1arbeea at..vaa. ra.ifaat ,1arbeea o Allaah`s Names and Attributes, - is
to airm eerything which Allaah has airmed or limsel and eerything which lis Messenger
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav airmed or lim with regard to names and attributes, and to declare
lim ree rom eerything which le declared limsel to be ree o and which lis Messenger
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav declared lim to be ree o, with regard to aults and deiciencies.
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So, eery aa,ab which speaks about the actions o Allaah then that is regard to 1arbeea ar
Rvboobi,,ab ,1arbeea o Lordship,. And all the aa,aat which speak about worship, and contain a
command or it, and which call to it, then that is 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab ,1arbeea o worship,.
And all the aa,aat which speak about the Names and Attributes o Allaah the Mighty and
Majestic then that is 1arbeea o Allaah`s Names and Attributes.
And as or these three categories, then what is desired rom them is 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab
,1arbeea o worship, since that is what the Messengers called to and that is what the Books came
down with and that is what ;ibaaa in Allaah`s cause was established or - so that Allaah alone
should be worshipped and the worship o eerything else besides lim should be abandoned.
And as or 1arbeea arRvboobi,,ab ,1arbeea o Lordship - and rom it comes 1arbeea o Allaah`s
Names and Attributes,, then this was not denied by anyone rom the creation. And Allaah the
Perect and Most ligh has mentioned this in many aa,aat. le mentioned that the /vffaar ,un-
belieers, agreed that Allaah is the Creator and the Proider - the One who gies lie and gies
death, the One who is in control o the aairs, they did not disagree about that. So this type o
tarbeea ,1arbeea o Lordship,, i a person restricts himsel to it alone, then that will not enter him
into Islaam since the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav ought against the people whilst they
airmed tarbeea o Allaah`s Lordship, and he declared their blood and their wealth to be lawul.
And i tarbeea o Allaah`s Lordship was suicient then the Messenger, atabi..ataat ra..ataav,
would not hae ought against them. Indeed, there would hae been no need to send the
Messengers. So this shows that what is required and what is desired is 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab
,tarbeea o worship,. And as or tarbeea o Lordship, then that is just an eidence or it and a sign
or it. And thereore, when Allaah commanded that le alone should be worshipped, le
mentions the act that le created the heaens and the earth, and that le establishes the aairs
o lis creation. le mentioned this as a proo or tarbeea o worship and a binding argument
upon the unbelieers and the vv.bri/. - those who already acknowledged lis Lordship but
denied lis sole right to worship. And when the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav said to them
,his people,, Say: none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, his people
responded:
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Has he made all the objects of worship as a single one to be worshipped,
indeed this is something very strange.
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,ab 5,
And le the Perect and Most ligh said,
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; _ ` _
_ _ _
And when Allaah Alone is mentioned, then the hearts of those who do not truly believe in
the Hereafter are filled with aversion and when those (whom they worship) besides Him
are mentioned, then they rejoice!
,Sooratuz-Zumar ,39,, aa,ab 45,
And le the Most ligh said,
, _ _ _ : _ _
_ _ _
What they used to do when it was said to them: Laa ilaaha illallaah (none has the right
to be worshipped except Allaah), they became haughty and proud and they said: Are
we to abandon the worship of our gods for a crazy poet?
,Sooratus-Saaaat ,3,, aa,aat 35-36,
So they did not want 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab ,1arbeea o worship, rather they wanted to hae
multiple objects o worship and that eeryone could worship whateer he wanted.
So this must be known, since all the ollowers o the misguided sects o present times and old
times, they concentrate solely upon 1arbeea arRvboobi,,ab ,1arbeea o Lordship,. And in their
iew ,i.e. the deiant sects,, i a person acknowledges that Allaah is the Creator and the Proider,
then they say about him: he is a Muslim`. And they write their creed upon that basis, so all the
creeds written by the people o theological rhetoric ,/ataav,, they do not exceed eriication o
1arbeea o Lordship and giing eidences or that.
But this is not enough. 1here must be tarbeea o worship ,atvtoobi,,ab,. Allaah the Most ligh
said,
_ . _ __ , ,
And We sent a messenger to every nation (commanding): "Worship Allaah (Alone),
and avoid all the false objects of worship."
,Sooratun-Nahl ,16,, aa,ab 36,
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Meaning: commanding the people with the worship o Allaah which is 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab
,1arbeea o worship,.
L , ` _ _ _ _ _ j
And We did not send any messenger before you except that We revealed to him that
none has the right to be worshipped except I (Allaah), so therefore worship Me (Alone)."
,Sooratul-Anbiyaa. ,21,, aa,ab 25,

And worship Allaah and do not associate anything in worship along with Him.
,Sooratun-Nisaa. ,4,, aa,ab 36,
So all o the aa,aat command 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab ,1arbeea o worship, and they inite to it.
And all o the Messengers called to 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab ,1arbeea o worship, and they
commanded their nations with it and they orbade them rom .bir/. So, that is what is desired,
that is the goal and that is what is intended rom tarbeea. And as or tarbeea o Allaah`s Names
and Attributes, then this was only denied by the innoators ,vvbtaaiab, rom the [abvi,,ab and
the Mvtaitab and the ..baairab ,..baree., een though they each did so in arying degrees.
And his saying, We say` meaning: \e - the .btv.vvvab rat[avaaab ,the people o the
Sunnah and the Jamaa`ah,, we say, with regard to the tawheed of Allaah, holding as our
`aqeedah (creed) due to Allaah's 1awfeeq (granting correctness): Allaah is One, having
no partner.`
1he term `aqeeaab` ,creed, and the term tarbeea` hae a single meaning. So, whether it is called
`aqeeaab ,creed, or whether it is called tarbeea or whether it is called eevaav ,true aith,, then the
meaning is one, een though the names dier.
And his saying, because of Allaah's 1awfeeq (granting correctness),` ,is because, this is
submission to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, humbling onesel beore Allaah, and reeing
onesel rom claiming the strength to bring about change or rom power or onesel. So a person
should not praise himsel, rather instead he says, by the 1arfeeq o Allaah ,by the success
granted by Allaah,, by the \ill o Allaah, by Allaah`s bringing about change.` 1his is the manner
o the scholars rabivabvvvttaab.
Allaah is One, having no partner. 1his is tarbeea - that Allaah is One in lis Lordship, One
in lis worship and One in lis Names and lis Attributes.

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1ranslator`s Side Point: Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab says regarding the last phrase having no partner` -
denial o any partner or Allaah the Most ligh will not be complete except by negating,denying three types o .bir/.
Iirstly: By denying .bir/ in Allaah`s Lordship, which is to beliee that there is another creator along with Allaah, le
the Perect and Most ligh, as is the belie o the Magians - those who say that eil has a creator besides Allaah the
Perect. And this type o .bir/ is something ery rare in this Ummah and all praise is or Allaah, een though the
saying o the Mvtaitab is ery close to it - their saying that eil is the creation o the person, and this act is
indicated by the saying o the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav,
,_ . ,-
1he Qadariyyah are the Magians of this Ummah.` the hadeeth.
Secondly: It is .bir/ with regard to worship, which is, that a person worships someone along with Allaah - someone
rom the prophets or the righteous such as calling upon them or relie and calling upon them at times o hardship
and so on. And this, regretully, is present a great deal in this Ummah. And the major part o responsibility or it is
borne by those shaykhs who support this type o .bir/ by giing it the name o tara..vt ,drawing closer to Allaah,
calling it by other than its name!
1hirdly: bir/ with regard to Allaah`s Attributes, which is, that a person describes someone rom the creation o
Allaah the Most ligh, with some o the attributes which are particular to Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. Such as,
claiming that people hae knowledge o the hidden and unseen or example, and this type is widespread amongst
many o the Sooees and those who are inluenced by them. lor example, those who praise the Prophet .att.ttaabv
ata,bi ra .attav with exaggerated praise like the one who said about him in a line o poetry: lrom your generosity
came about the whole world and whateer it contains and rom your knowledge is the knowledge o the Presered
1ablet and the knowledge o eerything the Pen has written.`
So rom this has come the misguidance o those aa;;aat. - those who claim that the see the Messenger .att.ttaabv
ata,bi ra .attav today whilst they are awake and that they ask him about things which are hidden - things about the
secrets o the souls o people they associate with. \hereas, the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav did not know
such things een when he was alie, rather, he was told to say:
_ _ _ , _ _
If I knew the hidden and unseen then I could have increased greatly in good
and harm would not have touched me.
,Sooratul-A`raa ,,, aa,ab 188,
So how could he know that ater his death and ater he passed on to the highest company o angels!
So these three types o .bir/, whoeer negates,denies them rom Allaah in his tarbeea o lim and he singles out
Allaah in lis Sel and lis worship and lis Attributes, then that person is the vvrabbia ,the person o tarbeea, who
is coered by the irtues particular to the people o tarbeea. And whoeer commits something rom that .bir/ then
to him is directed the like o the saying o Allaah the Most ligh,

If you commit shirk then (all of) your deeds will be rendered null and void and you will from the losers.
,Sooratuz-Zumar ,39,, aa,ab 65,
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 28-32
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, in 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Deinition o tarbeea in the language and legislation.
Categories o tawheed are three: arRvboobi,,ab, at|toobi,,ab and at..vaa. ra.ifaat; and the
deinition o each.
\hat is required and the main goal is tarbeea o worship.
Denying any partner o Allaah will not be complete except by denying three types o .bir/ - .bir/
in Lordship, .bir/ in Names and Attributes and .bir/ in worship.


So presere this point because it is the most important thing in `aqeeaab. So, there is no surprise in the act that the
author began with it. And whoeer wishes to see urther details then let him reer back to the explanation o this
book and the books o the Shuyookhul-Islaam Ibn 1aymiyyah and Ibnul-Qayyim and Ibn `Abdil -\ahhaab and
others, and those who ollowed upon their way. |Source: Shaykh Al-Albaanee`s ,l>LIl ei,saIl - _,Ia. _. -
explanation o point 2[
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[3] And there is nothing like Him.

1he Lxplanation - Point |3[
1his is taken rom the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,

1here is nothing like Him (Allaah)
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 11,
And also, the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,

And there is none equal or comparable to Him (Allaah)
,Sooratul-Ikhlaas ,112,, aa,ab 4,
And lis saying, the Most ligh,

So do not set up any rivals for Allaah
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 22,
Meaning: those who are alike or similar to lim.
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And lis saying, le the Most ligh,

Do you know of any namesake for Him (Allaah)?
J

,Soorah Maryam ,19,, aa,ab 65,


Meaning: anyone like lim - one who can share lis Name, le the Perect and Most ligh. So at
tavtbeet ,_,.o.Il - there being anyone like lim, and atta.bbeeb ,,...Il - there being anyone resembling
lim,, both o these
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are negated or Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.
So, no one rom lis creation resembles lim. So this is what is obligatory - that we airm whateer
Allaah has airmed or limsel and we hold that as our creed. loweer, we do not hold that le
resembles anyone rom lis creation nor do we hold that le is like his creation, le, the Perect and
Most ligh. So this contains a reutation o the vv.babbibab - who beliee that Allaah is like lis
creation and ,they, do not dierentiate between the Creator and the creation, and this is a alse and
utile position.
And opposite to this position, is the position o the vvattitab ,ILaoIl - those who negate,deny
Allaah`s attributes, - those who go beyond limits in declaring Allaah ree to such an extent that they
deny or Allaah that which le has airmed or limsel with regards to Names and Attributes.
Doing so, as they claim, to lee away rom declaring lim to be like lis creation.
So, both o these two groups go beyond the limits. 1he vvattitab ,those who deny lis attributes, go
beyond limits in taveeb ,,.. - declaring lim ree, and denying any likeness. \hereas, the
vv.babbibab ,..oIl - those who declare Allaah`s Attributes to be like those o the creation, go
beyond the limit in airmation. \hereas, the .btv.vvvab rat[avaaab take the moderate and
middle position. So, they airm or Allaah whateer le airms or limsel in accordance with what
beits lis Majesty, without ta.bbeeb ,declaring lis attributes to be like the attributes o the creation,
and without tateet ,_,La. - denying lis attributes,, doing so in accordance with the saying o Allaah,
the Most ligh,

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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh `Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir As-Sa`dee rabivabvttaab said in the taf.eer o this aa,ab that
the aa,ab is in the orm o a question and what is meant is a denial i.e. there is no namesake or Allaah.
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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaab mentioned that attavtbeet means declaring that there is
anyone totally like Allaah and atta.bbeeb means declaring that there is someone who resembles Allaah meaning, in some
aspects.
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1here is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 11,
So lis saying, 1here is nothing like Him` negates and denies any ta.bbeeb ,resemblance with the
creation, and lis saying, And He (Allaah) is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing` is a negation o
tateet ,denying lis attributes,. So this is the position which the people o the vvvab and the
[avaaab proceed upon.
So thereore, it is said,
` = , ` ` ` , . ` ` ` , ` ` ` . , . ` , ` - ` , ` ` ` . , , - ` , .
1he vvattit ,one who negates Allaah`s attributes, worships something which does not exist,
And the vv.babbib ,one who declares Allaah`s attributes to be like those o the creation, worships an
idol,
And the vvrabbia ,person upon true tarbeea, worships the sole One who deseres worship, the One
who is Single, the Independent Lord and Master.

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1ranslator`s Side Point: Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab says regarding this point: And there is nothing like Him`:
1his is one o the undamentals rom the undamental principles o tarbeea; which is, that with regard to Allaah the Most
ligh: there is nothing like Him - neither in lis Sel, lis Attributes and lis Actions. loweer, the innoators and
the people o ta.reet ,_,l. - those who twist Allaah`s Attributes, take it as a principle by which they deny many o Allaah`s
Attributes, le, the Lxalted and Most ligh. So wheneer their hearts are too constricted to beliee in one o lis
Attributes, le, the Mighty and Majestic, then they perorm ta.reet ,twist that Attribute, and try and destroy it and deny it.
So they deny an Attribute and they use as an eidence or what they are doing lis saying,

1here is nothing like Him .
Pretending to be ignorant o the end o the aa,ab:

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[4] And there is nothing which causes Him (Allaah) to be incapable.

1he Lxplanation - Point |4[
1his is an airmation o the perection o lis Power and Ability. Allaah the Most ligh said,

And He (Allaah) has full power over everything
,Sooratul-Maa.idah ,5,, aa,ab 120,
And le the Most ligh said,

And Allaah was and is fully capable of everything

. and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 11,
So, this aa,ab gathers between declaring lim ree, along with airming lis Attributes. So whoeer wishes to be sae and
sound in his creed then he should declare Allaah, the Most ligh, to be ree rom any resemblance to the creation,
without explaining lis Attributes away, and without denying lis Attributes. Rather, he should airm or Allaah the
Mighty and Majestic, with regard to Attributes, eerything which le has airmed or limsel in lis Book or in a baaeetb
o lis Prophet, without declaring that the Creator resembles the creation. 1his is the position o the ataf; and the
author rabivabvttaab, was upon it ollowing on rom Abu laneeah and the rest o ivaav.. |Source: Shaykh Al-
Albaanee`s ,l>LIl ei,saIl - _,Ia. _. - explanation o point 3[
lurther side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaab made the point: .tta.bbeeb ,declaring that there is a
resemblance between the Creator in lis Attributes and the creation in their attributes, is o two categories:
Iirstly: 1a.bbeeb o the creation with the Creator ,declaring something rom the creation to be like the Creator,, like the
actions o the Christians who declared resemblance between `Lesaa ata,bi..ataav and Allaah.
Secondly: Declaring that the Attributes o the Creator to be like attributes o the creation, and this is a practice o the
vv.babbibab. One o the irst o these people was called Daawood al-Jawaaribee who stated that he airmed or Allaah all
lis Attributes and he airmed that Allaah`s Attributes are just like those o human beings. le said that he airmed or
Allaah all human attributes except or one or two - except the beard and the priate parts. 1his is the saying o the
vv.babbibab. Regarding this person Daawood al-Jawaaribee, the scholars o his time ,the time o the 1aabi`een, such as
Ibn Mahiyyah, gae a judgment that he should be executed. loweer, he died beore he was executed.
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,Sooratul-Kah ,18,, aa,ab 45,
And le the Most ligh said,

He (Allaah) always was and is All-Knowing, All-Powerful
,Soorah laatir ,35,, aa,ab 44,
And ,, ,.tQaaeer, means: the One who is extremely powerul. So lis Power, le the Perect and
Most ligh, is such that there is nothing that can cause lim to be unable. \heneer le wants
something le just says to it, Be` and it is.
So this contains airmation o the qvarab ,ei - power and ability, o Allaah, the Mighty and
Majestic, and it contains airmation that lis Power includes and coers eerything.
As or the term that some authors use ,about Allaah,:
` ` _ , . ,,
Allaah has ull power oer whateer he wants,` this wording is an error because Allaah did not
restrict lis Power to lis \ill. Rather, le said ,about limsel,,

(Allaah) has full Power over everything.` So thereore you should say that which Allaah the
Perect and Most ligh said about limsel. 1his ,a similar statement, only occurs in the saying o
Allaah, the Most ligh,
_ , _ _
And He (Allaah) has full Power to gather them (the people) together when He Wishes
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 29,
Because, the gathering o the creation has a certain time in the uture and le is ully able to gather
them at that time, meaning, the inhabitants o the heaens and the earth.
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le, the Most ligh said,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ , _ _
And from His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and whatever creatures He
has created and spread within them. And He (Allaah) has full Power to gather them
together when He Wishes.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 29,

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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaab said about this point: And there is nothing which
causes Allaah to be incapable: 1his is a denial but what is meant by it is not a mere denial because denial on its own
is not rom the belie o the .btv.vvvab, rather, it is the position o the innoators.
1he Shaykh said ,as did Ibn 1aymiyyah beore him,: As or the people o the Sunnah then their way is the way o the
Qur.aan which gies a general denial o certain things or Allaah and gies a detailed airmation o Attributes or lim.
And wheneer there is a denial then the denial is there to airm something which is its perect opposite. So this denial is
there because o airmation o its perect opposite i.e. nothing renders lim incapable because o the perection o lis
Power and Ability.
lurther side point: In his explanation, Ibn Abil-`Izz said regarding ta.bbeeb: Airming attributes or Allaah when the
creation hae the like o those attributes, or example, airming that Allaah is the All-Knowing when we airm that the
creation has knowledge and airming that Allaah has Sight when the creation has sight and airming that Allaah has a
land when the creation has hands. 1his act is what leads the vvattitab into denying certain attributes because they say
that i you airm or Allaah a land then you are declaring lim like the creation and i we airm or Allaah a lace then
amongst the creation we hae aces, so i we airm a lace or Allaah then we will be making lim like the creation. So
thereore they deny any land or Allaah and deny any lace or Allaah and so on with other attributes as well. 1hey say
that in that way they will stay clear o making the Creator like the creation.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 32 34 (Points 3, 4)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, in 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
1here is nothing like or similar to Allaah
Negation o attavtbeet ,there being anyone like lim, and atta.bbeeb ,there being anyone
resembling lim, or Allaah
Reutation o the vv.babbibab ,who say Allaah`s Attributes are like those o the creations`, and
the vvattitab ,those who negate,deny Allaah`s attributes,
.btv.vvvab rat[avaaab take the moderate and middle position regarding Allaah`s
Attributes - without ta.bbeeb or tateet
Perection o Allaah`s Power and Ability oer eerything
Denial o a thing or Allaah is airmation o something which is its perect opposite

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Lesson 4
S v -|, _- .
[5] And none besides Him (Allaah) has the right to be worshipped.

1he Lxplanation - Point |5[
1his is 1arbeea at|toobi,,ab ,1arbeea o \orship,. 1he phrase Laa ilaaha` means: none has the
right to be worshipped in truth besides Him.
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As or i you were to say ,that it means,, nothing is worshipped except lim ,Allaah,` or there is
nothing worshipped other than lim ,Allaah,,` then this is baatit ,alse and utile, because there are
many things which are worshipped beside Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. So i you say, there is
nothing worshipped besides Allaah` then you hae made eery object which is worshipped to be
Allaah. And this is the position o the people o rabaatvtrv;ooa ,>>Il ei> - unity o existence: the
people who say that Creator and the creation are one and the same thing,. So the person who says
this, i he actually beliees that then he is rom the people o rabaatvtrv;ooa ,unity o existence,. As
or i he doesn`t actually beliee that, but he only says it, blindly ollowing other people, or he just
heard it rom someone, then this is an error and it must be corrected. And some people say this as
an opening supplication in the prayer, so one o them says, Nothing is worshipped besides \ou,`
whereas the reality is that Allaah is truly and rightully worshipped, whereas eerything as beside
lim is worshipped alsely and without right. le, the Most ligh said,
. _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ .
_ _
1hat is because Allaah He is the One Who is worshipped in 1ruth and whatever they call
upon besides Him, is baatil (false and futile). And Allaah, He is the Most High, the Most
Great.
,Sooratul-lajj ,22,, aa,ab 62,

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6 ,=| :, .=, ,. :, , .
[6] He is the Ancient One without any beginning, the One who Persists without any
ending.

1he Lxplanation - Point |6[
As is indicated by saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,

He (Allaah) is the Iirst and the Last
,Sooratul-ladeed ,5,, aa,ab 3,
And his saying ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav,
' ` . ' ` , ` , ` : ` , .. ' ` . - ` , ` , , ` ` .
Yov are tbe ir.t Ove ava tbere ra. votbivg before Yov, ava Yov are tbe a.t Ove ava tbere i. votbivg after
Yov.`
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loweer, the word qaaeev ,,,i - the ancient one, is not applied to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic,
except in the sense o inorming about lim. As or calling lim with that name, then there is not
rom lis Names atqaaeev ,the ancient one,. Rather, rom lis Names is: .t.rrat ,UVl - 1he
lirst,, and the term .t.rrat ,1he lirst, is not the same as saying atqaaeev ,the ancient one,
because the term atqaaeev ,the ancient one, may hae someone beore lim. As or the term .t
.rrat ,1he lirst, then there is nothing beore him ,one who is irst,. As the Prophet .att.ttaabv
ata,bi ra .attav said,
' ` . ' ` , ` , ` : ` .
Yov are tbe ir.t Ove ava tbere ra. votbivg before Yov.

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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaaab mentioned: the .babaaaab contains negation and
denial, and it also contains airmation. It contains a denial and negation o worship or eerything besides Allaah and it
contains airmation o worship or Allaah alone, and these are the two pillars o the .babaaaab.
3
Reported by Muslim in the Book o Dbi/r and Dvaa. and 1arbab and .tigbfaar. It is a baaeetb o Aboo lurayrah
raai,.ttaabv avbv that the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav would recite this avaa. when he would go to bed ,as part
o a longer supplication,.
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loweer, the author rabivabvttaab, made a precaution here and he said, 1he Ancient One
without any beginning, and i he had just said 1he Ancient One` and remained silent then that
would not be correct in meaning.

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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Ibn Baaz rabivabvttaab says about this same point, 1he Ancient One
without any beginning: 1he wording qaaeev does not occur amongst the Perect Names o Allaah as the explainer
,Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, and others explained. But many o the people o theological rhetoric mention that phrase
about Allaah, that le is Qaaeev, to airm that lis existence came beore eerything. loweer, the Names o Allaah are
tarqeefi,,ab - they can only be airmed with a text rom the Noble Book or the authentic Sunnah. It is not permissible to
airm anything rom lis Names based upon opinion as the ivaav. o the atafv.aatib hae stated. And the word at
qaaeev` ,the ancient one,, does not indicate the meaning which the people o theological rhetoric intended because the
wording atqaaeev` ,that which is ancient, in the Arabic language means that which preceded something else een though
it itsel did not exist at one time, such as occurs in the saying o Allaah, the Perect,

until it returned like the old ancient date stalk
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 39,
Rather, the correct meaning is only indicated by the addition which the author mentioned, 1he Ancient One without
any beginning but it is not beitting to count that amongst the Perect Names o Allaah since it is not established in
texts and we are suiced in that regard by lis Name, le the Perect, .t.rrat` ,1he lirst One,,

He (Allaah) is the Iirst and the Last
,Sooratul-ladeed ,5,, aa,ab 3,
And Allaah is the One who grants success. |see: http:,,www.alita.net,atawa,DisplayMargins.aspxID~60035[
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7 v _, v =,,, .
[7] He does not perish nor (does He) pass away.

1he Lxplanation - Point |[
.tfavaa. ,:l.sIl - perishing, and atbeea ,i,.Il - passing away, hae one and the same meaning.
5
So
Allaah, the One ree o all imperections and the Most ligh has as lis Attribute: continual and
eerlasting lie. Allaah, the Most ligh said,

And place reliance upon the Lver-Living One Who does not die.
,Sooratul-lurqaan ,25,, aa,ab 58,
So, Allaah neer perishes ,passes away,. le, the Perect and Most ligh said,

Lverything will perish except for His Iace.
,Sooratul-Qasas ,28,, aa,ab 88,
And le, the Perect and Most ligh said,
_ __ , _ _ _
Lveryone upon (the earth) will perish (die). But the Majestic and Noble Iace of your Lord
will remain forever.
,Sooratur-Rahmaan ,55,, aa,aat 26-2,

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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his explanation o At-1ahaawiyyah, makes the point that the
second one ,atbeea - passing away, is an emphasis o the irst one ,atfavaa. - perishing,.
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So or lim, the Perect and Most ligh, is .taqaa. ,:ls.Il - persisting and remaining oreer,
whereas the creation will die and then they will be resurrected. And initially, they, the creation, were
non-existent and then Allaah created them and then they will die and then Allaah, the Mighty and
Majestic will raise them in the resurrection.
So, Allaah the One ree o all imperections and the Most ligh had no beginning and le has no
end.

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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 34 36 (Points S-7)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, in September 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Meaning o aa itaaba , V I| ,
1he statement: 1here is nothing worshipped besides Allaah` is baatit
Qaaeev is not rom the Names o Allaah but .t.rrat is
Names o Allaah are tarqeefi,,ab
Allaah has complete and perect Lie and does not perish nor pass away


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Lesson S
8 v .,, v, - =,, .
[8] And nothing occurs except what He (Allaah) wills.

1he Lxplanation - Point |8[
1his contains an airmation o atQaar ,isIl - pre-decree, and an airmation o atraaaab ,e>l\l -
Allaah`s \ill,. So nothing exists within lis kingdom and nothing occurs within lis creation
whether eents or things except that Allaah willed it to occur, le the Perect and Most ligh -
willing it with lis raaaab atKarvi,,ab ,Uniersal \ill,:
l _ _ _ _ ,
And His Affair, when He wills something, is just that He says to it, "Be!" and it is!
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 82,
So, eery good and eery eil occurs by Allaah`s Uniersal \ill, so nothing escapes rom lis \ill.
And this contains a reutation o the Qaaari,,ab - those who deny atQaar ,pre-decree, and who
claim that the person himsel, he is the one who creates his own actions and produces his own
actions, and lighly Lxalted is Allaah aboe that which they say. Because this ,saying o theirs, is a
declaration o Allaah`s being unable and ,it is a statement, that there are things in lis creation which
le the Perect and Most ligh does not \ill. So this is to describe lim with deiciency because
eerything which occurs within the creation - whether good or eil, then it occurs by lis \ill.
Rather, le creates good or a wise purpose and le creates that which is eil or a wise purpose. So
rom the aspect o its creation, then it is not an eil because it is created or a tremendous wisdom
and a tremendous goal which is to test and to try, and to distinguish that which is oul rom that
which is good, and in order to reward the people upon their righteous deeds and to recompense the
people or their eil deeds. And le was \ise in that, le, the Perect and Most ligh, le did not
create anything without purpose.
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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his amous explanation o At-1ahaawiyyah, says: And nothing
exists except what He (Allaah) wills.` 1his contains a reutation o the saying o the Qaaari,,ab and the Mvtaitab
because they say, Allaah willed eevaav ,true aith, rom all o the people but the unbelieer is the one who willed
unbelie or himsel.` And this saying o theirs is corrupt and is rejected since it contrary to the Book and the Sunnah
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and to correct intellect and it is the well-known matter o atQaar ,pre-decree, and something in explanation o that will
ollow iv.baa .ttaabv taaataa.
And they ,these people who deny pre-decree, are called the Qaaari,,ab because they denied pre-decree, and likewise the
[abari,,ab ,who say that the people hae no ree will and are orced to do whateer they do, are also called the people o
pre-decree ,Qaaari,,ab,. 1his name ,atQaaari,,ab, is mostly used or the irst group ,those who deny the pre-decree,.
As or the people o the Sunnah, then they say that een though Allaah willed that sins would occur, howeer, le does
not loe them and le is not pleased with them and le did not command them. Rather, le hates them and is angry
with them and le orbade them. 1his is the saying o all o the ataf - those who say, \hateer Allaah willed occurs
and whateer le did not will, does not occur.`
|.[
And the eriiers rom the people o the Sunnah say, \ill` in the Book o Allaah is o two types: Allaah`s \ill reerring
to lis pre-decree ,lis Uniersal \ill - Il e>l\l ,. , and lis Legislational \ill ,,c.Il e>l\l, which comprises lis Loe
and lis Pleasure.

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1ranslator`s additional side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaab mentioned regarding this point:
\ith regard to us, then we do not ask and go into Allaah`s Uniersal \ill because that is rom the Knowledge o
Allaah. Rather, what is required rom us is atraaaab a.bbaree,ab ,Allaah`s Legislational \ill, meaning, that which
Allaah has legislated - that which Allaah loes, is pleased with, and has commanded. 1hat is what we should busy
ourseles inding out. And this is what is required rom the whole o the creation.

And I did not create jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me alone.
,Soorah Adh-Dhaariyaat ,51,, aa,ab 56,
1he person who says that Allaah did not create eil is a Qaaaree Mvtaitee.
1he reason or the misguidance o the Qaaari,,ab: their alse ideas entered upon them because they did not
distinguish between atraaaab atKarvi,,ab ,Allaah`s Uniersal \ill, and atraaaab a.bbaree,ab ,lis Legislational
\ill,.
\ith regard to the creation o that which is eil, Allaah is the one who created Iblees ,who is extremely eil, and yet
his creation was or an extremely wise purpose - so that Allaah should test lis serants through him. And Allaah
created eil so that le should be aware who will obey lim and then reward him, and who will disobey lim and
thereore, punish him. |1he Shaykh quoted a number o aa,aat in that regard amongst them the ollowing aa,ab.[

Allaah is the Creator of everything

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9 v --, ;v v -_= ;,v .
[9] He is not reached by peoples conjecture nor can He be grasped by their
understanding.

1he Lxplanation - Point |9[
So, Allaah the One ree o all imperections and the Most ligh, cannot be encompassed, so Allaah
is greater than eerything, le the Perect and Most ligh.
_ _ u, _ )
He (Allaah) knows whatever is in front of them and whatever is behind them and they do
not comprehend Him with knowledge
,Soorah 1aalaa ,20,, aa,ab 110,
So Allaah the One ree o all imperections, le is known, howeer, le is not comprehended and
encompassed by that ,their knowledge,. So, Allaah is greater than eerything, so thoughts cannot
imagine lim and it is not permissible or a person to say about Allaah except what le the Perect
said about limsel or what lis Messenger ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav said about lim.
Lnd o explanation o point |9[

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J0 v -,=, ;v .
[10] And He (Allaah) does not resemble the creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |10[
1his is like the wording which has already preceded: And there is nothing like Him.
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And the
meaning o atavaav ,., is the creation`. So Allaah, the Perect and Most ligh, is ree o any
resemblance to the creation.

1here is nothing like Him and He is the All-Hearing the All-Seeing.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 11,

And there is no equal for Him.
,Sooratul-Ikhlaas ,112,, aa,ab 4,
So le, the Perect, is ree rom resembling lis creation. And een though le has Names and
Attributes which correspond to names and attributes o the creation in their wording and in their
meaning, howeer, in their reality and in how they are, there is no resemblance between the two.
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Point |3[
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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his explanation, said on this point:
Nu`aym ibn lammaad said, \hoeer declares that Allaah is like anything rom his creation then he has committed
unbelie, and whoeer denies anything rom that which Allaah has described limsel with, then he has committed
unbelie, and there is not in the attributes which Allaah has mentioned or limsel nor in the attributes which lis
Messenger mentioned or lim, any resemblance.`
Likewise, Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh said, \hoeer describes Allaah and declares that lis Attributes are like the attributes
o anyone rom Allaah`s creation then he is a /aafir ,disbelieer, in Allaah, the 1remendous One.` le also said, 1he
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JJ _- v =, .
[11] He (Allaah) is the Living One who does not die.

1he Lxplanation - Point |11[
lis Lie is a complete and perect lie which does not suer rom any deiciency nor any sleep.
: _ _ _ .
Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped except Him, the Lver-Living One, the
Independent Sustainer of all. Neither sleep nor slumber takes hold of Him.
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 255,

And place reliance upon the Lver-Living One Who does not die.
,Sooratul-lurqaan ,25,, aa,ab 58,
So, le negates or limsel a..ivab , ._.Il - slumber, and that means light sleep and ,le negates or
limsel, avvarv ,,.Il, which is deep sleep.
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And le negated or limsel atvart ,.oIl - death,
because o the completeness and perection o lis Lie, le the Perect and Most ligh.
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And sleep

sign o Jahm and his companions is their claim against the people o the Sunnah and the [avaaab and the lies which
they had instigated, that they say, 1he people o the Sunnah are vv.babbibab ,that they declare Allaah to be like lis
creation,.` But rather, it is just that they are vvattitab ,deniers o the attributes,.`
And this was the saying o a great number o the imaams o the ataf - the sign o the [abvi,,ab is that they call the
people o the Sunnah Mv.babbibab. Because there are none rom the deniers o the Names and Attributes, except that he
calls the one who airms them a Mv.babbib ,one who makes Allaah like the creation,. So whoeer denies Allaah`s
Names altogether, then they are rom the extreme apostates - like the Qaraavitab ,LolsIl, and the philosophers. And
whoeer says that it cannot be said about Allaah that le is has knowledge and ,it cannot be said, they say, about Allaah,
that le has power, claiming that whoeer calls Allaah that is a Mv.babbib. 1hey say lis Names are just metaphorical,
like the extreme [abvi,,ab.
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lrom Aboo Moosaa raai,.ttaabv avb who said: Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav stood amongst us with
ie sayings, so he said, Allaah the Mighty and Majestic does not sleep and it is not befitting for Him that He
should sleep... the hadeeth. Reported by Muslim in the book o evaav.
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lrom Ibn `Abbaas raai,.ttaabv avbvvaa that the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav used to say,
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and slumber and death, these are deiciencies in lie and these are attributes to be ound in the
creation, and the lie o the creation is deicient because he sleeps and he dies.
So sleeping is a part o completeness with regard to the creation but it is a deiciency with regard to
the Creator, because a person who cannot sleep they hae an aliction aecting their health. So this
shows the dierence and the distinction between the Attributes o the Creator and the attributes o
the creation. And as or the two Names: - ,.ta,, - 1he Ler-liing, and ,, ,.tQa,,oov -
and the independent Sustainer o all,, then these are two attributes taken rom the statement o
Allaah the Most ligh,
: _ _
Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped except Him, He is the Lver-living, the
independent Sustainer of all
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 255,
So .ta,,, the Ler-liing means the One who has complete and perect lie and .tQa,,oov is a
word in intensie orm.
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. : ` , , ,` ' ` ` ,` , .` .` . - : ,, .` .` ' :` , , .` . , :` , , .` .` : , , .` .` ` ' : ` ,` ,
` ,` , ` ` , ' - , .` .,` , . ' - .` ' . .` . ' . .` ' . . .,
O Allaah, to You I have surrendered and in You I have truly believed and upon You I have placed my reliance
and to You I turn and with Your Aid I dispute. O Allaah, I seek refuge in Your Might, none has the right to be
worshipped except You, I seek Your Refuge from Your misguiding me. You are the Lver-living One Who
does not die whereas jinn and mankind die. Reported by Muslim.
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J2 ;,,| v ;, .
[12] He is the Independent Sustainer of everything, who does not sleep.

1he Lxplanation - Point |12[
,So the word, ,, ,.tQa,,oov - 1he Independent Sustainer o eerything, is: the One who
independently exists by limsel and the One who sustains eerything, the One who independently
exists and has no need o anything, the One who is independent o eerything and the One who
sustains eerything else. Lerything else is in a state o poerty and need o lim and needs to be
sustained by lim, le the Perect and Most ligh. So i it were not that Allaah sustains the heaens
and the earth and all o the creation then they would all be destroyed and pass away. But howeer,
Allaah sustains them and guards them and proides or them - giing them whateer would beneit
them.
So the whole o the creation is in need o lim.
_ _ . . _ _ _ _ _ ,
Indeed Allaah holds the heavens and the earth so that they do not move away from their
places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is no one that could hold
them after Him.
,Sooratul-laatir ,35,, aa,ab 41,
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1ranslator`s side point: lrom the explanation o Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, he says with regards to these two Names -
.ta,, ,that Allaah is Ler-liing, and .tQa,,oov ,that Allaah is the Independent One who sustains eerything,:
So these two Names, all o the rest o Allaah`s Perect Names return back and piot around these two. And all the
meanings o the other Names reer back to these two. Because the irst, .ta,aat - the attribute o lie, it necessitates
or lim all the attributes o perection, so no attribute will be missing rom lis attribute o lie except due to weakness
in that lie. So since the Lie o Allaah, the Most ligh, is the most perect and complete lie, then airming it means
airmation o eery attribute o perection or lim. As or the name .tQa,,oov, then this includes the perection o
Allaah`s Independence and the perection o lis Power since le is the One who independently exists and has no need
o anyone else in any sense, and le is the one \ho supports and sustains eerything else, and there is no establishment
or anything except i le establishes it. So these two Names gather completely the rest o the Names.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 36-39 (Points 8-J2)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, on 20
th
September 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Nothing occurs whether good or eil, except by Allaah`s Uniersal \ill ,atraaaab atKarvi,,ab, and
in accordance with lis Pre-decree
1he people o the Sunnah distinguish between Allaah`s Uniersal \ill and lis Legislational \ill
1hat which exists in creation which is eil, is not considered eil rom the aspect o its being created
because Allaah created it or a tremendous wisdom and as a test and trial
Allaah is greater than eerything and le cannot be encompassed with their knowledge
1here is nothing like Allaah and le is ree rom resembling lis creation
\e airm or Allaah perect and complete Lie rom lis Name: .ta,, and we airm lis Name
.tQa,,oov and rom it we airm that le is independent o eerything and that le sustains
eerything
Sleep and slumber are negated or Allaah


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Lesson 6
J3 |- :, .--- 3__ :, -- .
[13] He is the Creator without any need, Provider without any difficulty.

1he Lxplanation - Point |13[
le is the One who created the creation and le has no need o them. Rather, le created them just
so that they should worship lim.
_ _ ,
And I did not create jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me alone.
,Sooratudh-Dhaariyaat ,51,, aa,ab 56,
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So, le created them not because le had any need o them - that they should aid lim or assist lim
or help lim, le the One ree rom all imperections, or that they should deend lim. le only
created them so that they should worship lim. And they ,the people, are the ones who need that
worship in order to connect themseles to Allaah and to attach themseles to their Lord. So
`ibaaaab ,worship, is the connection between the person and his Lord. So it draws him closer to
Allaah, and through it he attains reward rom Allaah, and recompense. So, `ibaaaab ,worship, is a
need o the creation and it is not a need o Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.
_ . _) _ _ __ _
If you (people) disbelieve (in Allaah), you and everybody upon the earth, then Allaah is the
Independent One who has no need, the One deserving of all praise.

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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, quotes the next two aa,aat which come ater this one in Sooratudh-
Dhaariyaat, aa,aat 5 and 58:
_ _ __ . _ ._ _ _ _
I do not want from them any provision and I do not want that they should feed Me. Indeed Allaah, He is the
great Provider, the One possessing Power, the Strong.
,Sooratudh-Dhaariyaat ,51,, aa,aat 5-58,
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,Soorah Ibraaheem ,14,, aa,ab 8,

If you (people) disbelieve (in Allaah), then Allaah has no need of you.
,Sooratuz-Zumar ,39,, aa,ab ,
And his ,the author`s, saying, Allaah is the Provider without any difficulty
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meaning, le is the
One who proides all the proision or lis serants and that does not diminish what le has with
lim.
Lnd o explanation o point |13[

2
Side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, quotes rom the ollowing hadeeth qudsee: ...O my servants, were the first
of you and the last of you, the human of you and the jinn of you were to stand in one place and ask of Me, and
I were to give every person what he asked for, then that would not diminish anything from what I have, except
as a needle would diminish the water of the sea when it is placed in it. aaeetb reported by Muslim.
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J4 .,: :, -= .
[14] The Giver of death, without any fear.

1he Lxplanation - Point |14[
Meaning: le causes the liing to die when their timespans are completed, not because le ears
them, rather, that is in accordance with lis \isdom, le, the Perect and Most ligh, because the
lie in this world has an end and as or the lereater, then lie in the lereater has no end. So
thereore, lis causing them to die is not because le ears them or is not in order so that le could
be relieed rom them. And een i they all disbelieed in lim, then le would not be harmed by
their unbelie. Because een i they disbelieed in lim then le, Allaah, is not harmed by their
unbelie, rather they just harm themseles. loweer le is happy with their repentence, because le
loes and wants good or them. So le is happy with their repentence, and le is not in any need o
them, but rather this is rom lis kindness and lis aour.
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1ranslator`s side point: Shaykh \ahyaa al-lajooree bafiabvttaab made a point that the author, At-1ahaawee only eer
brings a point here ,point no. 12, 13, 14, 15, as a reutation o some deiant who has gone astray on that point.
4
1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, said regarding this:
Death is a characteristic which exists, contrary to the philosophers and those who agree with them. Allaah the Most
ligh said,
_ _ _
(Allaah is the One) Who created death and life in order to test you - which of you will be best in his deeds
,Sooratul-Mulk ,6,, aa,ab 2,
And non-existence cannot be described as being created. And there occurs in a baaeetb that On the Day of
Resurrection death will be brought in the form of a black and white ram and it will be slaughtered in-between
Paradise and the Iire. aaeetb reported by Bukhaaree and Muslim rom a baaeetb o Aboo Sa`eed al-Khudree
raai,.ttaabv avb.
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JS .-, :, -=- .
[15] The One who resurrects without any exertion

1he Lxplanation - Point |15[
1his is rom the amazing aairs o lis ability, that le causes the creation to die and causes them to
pass away so that they are destroyed and become dust and remains - such that an ignorant person
would say, It is not possible or these to be restored`. loweer Allaah the Mighty and Majestic will
resurrect them again, and le will restore their creation anew. And le will hae no diiculty in
doing this, as le the Perect and Most ligh said:
_ . `
1he creation of you all, and the resurrection of you all is just like that of a single soul.
,Soorah Luqmaan ,31,, aa,ab 28,
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_ ` _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _
And He (Allaah) it is One who creates initially, and then He repeats it (the creation), and
that is even easier for Him. And for Him is the Highest Description in the heavens and in
the earth. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
,Sooratur-Room ,30,, aa,ab 2,
So the people o .bir/, they denied the resurrection, holding it to be something ar-etched, just as
Allaah said about them, ,that the unbelieing man would say,
_ _ _

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that Allaah says, Be!' and it is, whether it is something small or a great deal.`
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"Who will give life to these bones when they are crumbled away?"
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 8,
And Allaah the Perect and Most ligh, said in response,
_ . , _ _
Say: He will give life to them Who created them for the first time!
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 9,
1he irst time they did not exist at all, so le brought them into existance rom nothing, le the
Perect and Most ligh. So, the One who created them rom non-existence, is le not able een
more so to bring them back into existence 1his is correct in accordance with the people`s intellect
but otherwise, analogy cannot be made between Allaah, the Perect, and lis creation. So this is just
stated as a similitude,
_ _
And for Him is the Highest Description
,Sooratur-Room ,30,, aa,ab 2,
So this a reutation o the denier, Allaah the Most ligh said,
_
And he forgets his (own) creation
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 8,
Meaning: he orgets that in the beginning he was nothing, he did not exist at all.
_ _ _ _ __ _
Has there come upon man a time when he was nothing mentioned?
,Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 1,
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Meaning: this man, he orgets that Allaah produced him rom non-existence.
So Allaah will indeed gather together these separated bones, shredded lesh, disintigrated dust and
these scattered hairs, and le will restore them as they once were:
_ _ , _ _ _ ` __ ,
,
And from His (Allaah's) Signs is that the heaven and the earth are established by His
Command. 1hen, when He calls you with a single call, you will come out from the earth.
,Sooratur-Room ,30,, aa,ab 25,
. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _
And then the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is upon the
earth will faint and die, except whomever Allaah wishes. And then it will be blown again
and they will be standing up, looking on.
,Sooratuz-Zumar ,39,, aa,ab 68,
1he second blowing is the blowing or the resurrection.
And as or the irst blowing o the horn, it is the blowing or the people to aint and die.
_ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _
, _ _ , .
And the Horn will be blown and then the people will come out from their graves going
quickly to their Lord. 1hey (the unbeliever) will say: "Woe to us! Who has taken us out
from our place of sleep?" (1he believer will respond) "1his is what the Most Merciful
promised, and the Messengers spoke the truth!"
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,aat 51-52,
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So Allaah indeed has Power and Ability oer eerything and this contains a reutation o the
unbelieers, those who say that Allaah is unable to gie lie to the dead and to return them to lie.
_ \ _, _ _` _ _
Does man think that We will not gather his bones together? Indeed, We are fully able even
to put his fingertips together.
,Sooratul-Qiyaamah ,5,, aa,aat 3-4,
_ _ _ _
On that Day (the Day of Resurrection) they will come out from the graves, hurrying as if
they are racing to a finishing post.
,Sooratul-Ma`aarij ,0,, aa,ab 43,
So this is the Power o Allaah, and lis \ill and lis \ish. Nothing makes lim incapable.
loweer, it is just that some o the creation, they draw analogy between Allaah and lis creation and
so thereore they hold that it is ar-etched that there will be any resurrection, because the person
thinks in his iew, that`s something impossible and he doesn`t look to the Power o Allaah and he
doesn`t judge Allaah`s Power as le deseres, and this is a case o ignorance with regard to Allaah
the Mighty and Majestic.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 39-42 (Points J3-JS)
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1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Allaah created the creation without any need o them. Rather, le created them so they could
worship lim alone. le has no need o that worship either, rather, they need it. Lidence:
Sooratudh-Dhaariyaat ,51, aa,aat 56-58.
Allaah proides or the whole o the creation and that is not diicult or lim, and proiding or the
whole o creation throughout time does not diminish what le has with lim. Lidence: aaeetb
Qva.ee o Aboo Dharr, reported by Muslim.
Allaah causes the creation to die, not because le has ear o them or to reliee limsel o them and
their unbelie. And by their unbelie they don`t harm lim, rather they harm only themseles. Allaah
causes them to die in accordance to lis \isdom because this world is going to inish and end,
whereas the next world will not end.
Death is something which exists and is created. Lidence: Sooratul-Mulk ,6,, aa,ab 2.
Allaah will resurrect the people ater they hae died and passed away. 1his is easy or Allaah as it was
easy or lim to create them in the irst place. Neither this nor anything else causes Allaah to be
incapable.
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Lesson 7
J6 - ,_ -=, =| ,| -- .
J6 He has always had His Attributes, before His act of creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |16[
1he saying o the author, 1he ancient One without any beginning
1
has already preceded. So,
there was nothing beore lim, le the Perect and Most ligh. And the meaning o that is that le
has the Attributes o Perection and lis Attributes o Perection are eternal, they hae always
existed and they always will. So just as le is the lirst without any beginning, then likewise, lis
Attributes ,are the same, since they are along with lim, le the One ree o all imperections. So,
they were always existing, just as Allaah the Perect and Most ligh has always existed. So it is not
the case that le existed beore without any Attributes and then Attributes came about or lim
aterwards as the people o misguidance say, those who say, le did not always hae Attributes and
then aterwards le came to hae them.` 1hey say so in order not to necessitate there being multiple
lords desering worship, as they claim, or multiple diinities in existence who are eternal, such that
the Names and Attributes would be partners with Allaah in lis Lternity. So we say, low ree is
Allaah o all deiciencies, vbbaav.ttaab! 1his ,saying, would necessitate that Allaah was deicient -
ligh and Lxalted is Allaah - that le was deicient or a period and then le came to hae Attributes
and so, became Perect through those Attributes, ligh and Lxalted is Allaah aboe what they say.
And the act that lis Attributes are eternal does not necessitate that there are other eternals lords.
Because the attributes are not something other than and outside the one who has those attributes.
Rather, they are meanings ound in the one who has the attributes. And an attribute is not
something independent o the one who has the attribute. So i you say or example, such and such
person hears and he sees and he has knowledge o fiqb ,he is a jurist, and he is a scholar o the
language and he is a scholar o grammar` does it mean that this person has become many people
So haing multiple attributes does not necessitate that the ones haing the attributes are multiple as
the people o misguidance hae said.
So Allaah, the One ree o all imperections and the Most ligh, lis Attributes had no beginning
just as lis Sel ,Dbaat, had no beginning. So Allaah has the Attribute o being the Creator ;.t
Kbaatiq) always and oreer.
And as or the actions o ,Allaah, the Perect, then they are eternal with regard to their type, newly
occurring with regard to actions.

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Point |6[
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So Allaah, the Perect and Most ligh, le was the One who speaks` beore le actually spoke and
le was the Creator` beore le actually created anything and as or lis speaking and lis creating,
then these are actions which newly occur and so on, to the rest o the actions.
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J7 , .., ,,, . ,= , , ,,,| - -= .
J7 He (Allaah) was not increased in any Attribute which He did not have before, by the creation of the
creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |1[
Meaning: lis creating the creation. \e do not say that le did not become a Creator except ater
le created the people. Rather, Allaah has been the Creator always, oreer, without any beginning
to that. And as or lis act o creating, then that is an action which occurs newly again and again.
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J8 . -=, . ,|_| c|= v ,, ,,- ,=,| .
J8 And just as He has always possessed His Attributes, then likewise, He will always possess them forever.

1he Lxplanation - Point |18[
Just as le has always has lis Attributes oreer, meaning: there was no beginning to that, then
likewise, lis Attributes will remain with lim, le the Perect, in the uture. So le is Lternal, along
with lis Attributes, le has no end.
=-- ` =`' --' --
You are the Last One, so there is nothing after You.
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the Last One with \our Names and Attributes. So it is not to be said that these attributes will cease
to be with lim in the uture, rather, they will always be with lim, le the Perect and Most ligh.
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lrom a baaeetb in Saheeh Muslim where the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav said, addressing Allaah in a avaa.,
You are the Last One, so there is nothing after You.
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J9 ,| =-, - - .= ,= , |- , .
J9 He did not acquire the Name 1he Creator' after the creation of the creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |19[
1his is a clariication and a repetition o what has preceded.
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20 v ==-,, -,| .= ,= , _,| , .
20 Nor did He acquire the Name Al-Baaree' (1he Maker) after giving existence to the beings.

1he Lxplanation - Point |20[
So rom the Names o Allaah the Mighty and Majestic is _ ,.taaree - 1he Maker,, meaning:
1he Creator. - ',, ,bara.a at/batq, means: le made them. So, Allaah is .taaree ,1he Maker o
the creation,. And this Name goes along with Allaah`s Sel - it has no beginning.
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2J -| _-- ,,,,| - v .=,,- _-- |- v 3,= .
2J He possessed the meaning of Lordship and Nurturing when there were no slaves, and He had the
meaning of being the Creator without there being any creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |21[
So likewise, le was the Rabb ,Lord and Nurturer, beore anything existed or lim to be the Owner
and the Master o. And the meaning o .rRabb ,1he Lord and Nurturer, is: 1he Owner and the
One who Controls and the One who Rectiies and the Master, and these Attributes are always with
lis Sel - without any beginning and without any end, een beore the existence o those things that
le is the Lord and Master o, and een ater those things which le is the Lord and Master o, pass
away.
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22 -| _,= _,' -=-, .,-| = = ,=v ,| .,,,-, c|= = ,= |- ,|
,,=, .
22 And just as He is the One who is 1he Giver of life to the dead' after He gives them life, then He
deserves this Name even before He gave life to them, and likewise, He deserves the Name 1he Creator'
before He created and produced them.

1he Lxplanation - Point |22[
So just as le, the Perect has always possessed the Attribute o being the One who gies lie to the
dead, and that le gies lie and gies death, and this Attribute was neer absent ,rom lim, until
le actually gae lie to the dead. Rather, it was always lis and it always will be lis oreer. And as
or the action o giing lie to the dead, then this is something which occurs newly and repeatedly,
Allaah gae lie to some and le gies lie to some, le the Perect, wheneer le \ishes.
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23 c|. -|, _- _= ,=| .
23 1hat is because He has full Power and Ability over everything.

1he Lxplanation - Point |23[
1his is an eternal Attribute. It cannot be said that le did not acquire the Attribute o Power and
Ability until le created and produced the creation. Rather, .tQvarab ,Power and Ability, is an
eternal Attribute o lis. Rather, lis haing produced the creation, this is an eect produced by lis
being the One who has ull Power and Ability.
And Allaah is the One who described limsel as being the One who has ull Power and Ability oer
eerything - oer the things that exist and oer the things that do not exist. And le did not restrict
lis Power to anything in particular. Rather, nothing renders lim incapable and it is not permissible
to restrict and say that le only has Power oer such and such. And it is not to be said, Allaah has
power oer whateer le \ishes.`
3
Because, this saying is particular and restricted to gathering the
inhabitants o the heaens and the earth:
__ __ _ _ _
_ , _ _
And from His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and all the creatures that
He spread throughout them. And He has full Power to gather them when He Wishes.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 29,
So this was a particular case.
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1his came preiously under Point |4[
4
1ranslator`s side point: As a correction o this point, Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab, then he criticised this saying
here, the saying that you can`t say about Allaah that le has power oer what le wishes. Sh al-Albaanee criticised that in
his Silsilah ... |break in recording[ ... Lord of the Creation. So Allaah will reply, I am not mocking you but
rather I have full ability over whatever I Wish. aaeetb reported by Muslim in the book o evaav. |18[.
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24 _= -,|, _ .
24 And everything is totally dependent upon Him.

1he Lxplanation - Point |24[
So there is nothing than can possibly do without or be independent o Allaah - no angel, nor any
heaen nor any earth, nor anyone rom the ;ivv nor anyone rom mankind, nor any inanimate object,
whether mountains or oceans, eerything is dependent upon Allaah.
, _ , _ ,
O mankind! You are the ones who are needy and dependent upon Allaah. And Allaah, He is
the One who is Independent the One deserving of all praise.
,Sooratul-laatir ,35,, aa,ab 15,
So eerything is dependent upon lim and not upon the arti,aa. ,beloed serants o Allaah, and
not upon the heaens. And whoeer says that the arti,aa. ,beloed serants o Allaah, hae power
and ability which is dierent to human power and ability, and whoeer says that they hae some
control oer the creation and that they beneit and harm, besides Allaah, then this is the saying o
the unbelieers and the vv.bri/.. So the arti,aa. ,beloed serants o Allaah,, and the Messengers
and the angels, hae no independence rom Allaah and they cannot do anything without lim.
So this nulliies the worship o eerything besides Allaah, whether idols or other things. low can
you worship things that are themseles dependent ,upon Allaah, and orget the One in whose land
is the Ownership and the Mastery o eerything And or this reason one o the scholars rom the

Ater he brought this baaeetb, Shaykh Al-Albaanee said: So the saying o Allaah the Most ligh, at the end o this baaeetb,
But rather I have full power over whatever I Wish, this shows the mistake o the one who wrote notes to Al-
`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah quoting some noble person that, some people say, Allaah has ull power oer whateer le
\ishes` and that this saying is not correct.` I ,Shaykh Al-Albaanee ,say: Rather, it is exactly what is correct ater its
being established in this baaeetb, especially when it is witnessed to by the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,
_ , _ _
And He (Allaah) has full Power to gather them when He Wishes.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 29,
And this does not deny that lis \ish and lis Power and Ability, le the Most ligh, are general to eerything as
someone seems to hae thought, and Allaah knows best. |as-Saheehah 6,195, aaeetb 42601[
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grae-worshippers, he said to a common person rom the people o 1arbeea, \ou people say that
the arti,aa. ,beloed serants o Allaah,, they can`t beneit and they can`t bring harm.` So he said,
\es, we say that they don`t bring beneit and they don`t bring harm.` So he ,the grae-worshipper,
said, Does not Allaah, the Most ligh, say,
_ _ _ _ ,
Do not consider those who are killed in Allaah's cause as being dead. Rather, they are alive,
with their Lord, being given provision.
,Soorah Aal-`Imraan ,3,, aa,ab 169,
So ,this man who is only just a regular person, he responded to him and said, Did Allaah say
,vraqoov ,., _` ,`, - they are gien proision, or did le say ,arvqoov ,.,` _` ,, - they gie proision,`
So the man said, Rather le said, ,vraqoov ,., _` ,`, - they are gien proision, with a aavvab on the
,aa`` So ,the man who is a common person,, he said, In that case I will ask the One who Proides
or them and I will not ask them.` So that person o knowledge was deeated in argument by the
eidence o this common person who was upon the correct natural disposition.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 42-46 (Points J6-24)
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th
October 2004
1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
All o the Attributes o Allaah, the Most ligh, hae always existed along with lim, and they will
always exist with lim, oreer.
As or indiidual actions o Allaah, then Allaah newly does actions as and when le wishes. L.g. le
Speaks and Creates as and when le \ishes but le has always had the Attributes o Speaking and
Creating.
lis Attributes are all Attributes o Perection and i one says that Allah did not hae this Attribute
beore then they are saying that le did not hae this Perection beore and that le was imperect at
some time beore le had the Attribute, and this is alse and utile and ligh is Allaah aboe what
they say.
Lerything is dependent upon Allaah and there is nothing that can be independent o lim. 1his
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Lesson 8
2S -| -,- _., .
2S And every affair is easy for Him (Allaah).

1he Lxplanation - Point |25[
_ _ _ , _ l
His Affair, if He wills something, is just that He says to it, "Be!" and it is!
,Soorah \aaSeen ,36,, aa,ab 82,
So le gies lie and gies death, and le creates and gies proision, and le gies and le withholds
and le gies lie to the dead ater they hae passed away, and that is easy or lim, le the Perect
and Most ligh. Nothing is a burden or lim and nothing is diicult or lim, contrary to the
creation, because things are a hardship ,or the people, and some things he will be incapable o
doing. As or Allaah, then nothing is diicult or lim.
` _ .
1he creation of you all and the resurrection of you all, is just like that of a single soul.
,Soorah Luqmaan ,31,, aa,ab 28,
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1ranslator`s side point: In explanation o this aa,ab, the amous vvfa..ir rom the 1aabieev, Mujaahid rabivabvttaab, said,
It is just that Allaah says, Be!' and it is! whether it is something ,which is, a small amount or a great amount.`
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26 v _- _, _= .
26 He has no need of anything.

1he Lxplanation - Point |26[
Allaah the One ree o all imperections is _ ,Cbavee totally Independent o eerything,. So Allaah
has no need o the creation since le is _ ,.tCbavee - the Independent One, ree o any need,. So
le it is who gies to the creation, le the One ree o all imperections.
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27 } , | - _ = , _, .| _ = ,| { .
27 {1here is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.] (ash-Shooraa (42) aayah JJ)

1he Lxplanation - Point |2[
1his is a negation o ta.bbeeb - there being anything like Allaah, the One ree o all imperections.
And the /aaf ,in , is to emphasize the negation, like ,as occurs in a dierent aa,ab,:

.and Allaah is Sufficient as a Knower.
,Sooratun-Nisaa. ,4,, aa,ab 0,
In origin ,it would usually be said,: , = _, but the ,extra, baa` ,in =,, is or emphasis.
And nothing whatsoeer resembles lim - not the angels, and not the Prophets, and not the
Messengers, and not the beloed serants o Allaah, nor any created being.

.and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
,Sooratush-Shooraa ,42,, aa,ab 11,
So le called limsel ..avee` ,the All-learing One, .ta.eer ,the All-Seeing One,.
So the beginning o the aa,ab
2
contains a reutation o the Mv.babbibab ,those who liken Allaah to
the Creation, and the end o it contains a reutation o the Mvattitab ,those who deny Allaah`s
Attributes,. And it indicates that airming lis Names and Attributes does not necessitate
resemblance to the created beings. So the hearing and seeing o the created beings does not
resemble the learing and Seeing o Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.
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2
1here is nothing like Him.`
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28 He created the creation whilst having full Knowledge.
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le, the One ree o all imperections said,

Should He Who created not know? And He is the Subtle and Kind, the Iully-Aware.
,Sooratul-Mulk ,6,, aa,ab 14,
So lis creating is a proo o lis Knowledge, le the Perect and Most ligh, and o lis Power, just
as le the Most ligh said,
_ _ _ _ _ . _
Nothing in the heavens or the earth can render Allaah incapable.
He (Allaah) is ever All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
,Sooratul-laatir ,35,, aa,ab 44,
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3
1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his larger explanation, said with regard to this phrase: Meaning,
le created them haing ull Knowledge o them.`
4
1ranslator`s urther side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his larger explanation mentions in reutation o the
Mvtaitab and their like, who don`t airm that Allaah knew about lis creation beore le created them. And indeed the
Mvtaitab don`t een airm knowledge or Allaah at all, to the extent that one o them, in a debate quoted rom him,
and Allaahu A`lam about the authenticity o the chain o the narration, but they ,the Mvtaitab, mention: \hen it is said
to them Airm or Allaah knowledge` then they responded, \hat we say is, we don`t say that Allaah is ignorant.` So
they were told, 1hen say that Allaah has Knowledge.` But they withhold and will not een airm that or Allaah. So
then it was said to them, 1hen you hae not airmed anything ,any Perection, or Allaah.`
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29 And He decreed fixed limits for them.

1he Lxplanation - Point |29[
Allaah, the Majestic and Most ligh decreed the ixed limits, and things do not come into existence
without pre-decreed limits.
_ _ _ _ _ , , _
And there is nothing except that its stores of provision are with Us and We do not send it
down except in accordance with a pre-decreed measure.
,Sooratul-lijr ,15,, aa,ab 21,
So eerything is pre-ordained by Allaah with set limits and orms that will not change or ary. So
Allaah decreed man, his body ,how it would be, and his senses and his limbs and his bodily structure
and his weight so that he became a justly balanced person who walks and stands. And i anything
rom the limbs or structure were missing, lacking, then the whole o the body would suer rom a
deect. And the same thing applies to the rest o the things in existence.

And everything has a decreed measure with Him.
,Sooratur-R`ad ,13,, aa,ab 8,
So eerything ,in creation, has set, ordained limits which regulate it. And eerything has limits
which are dierent to the limits o other things.
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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his larger explanation mentions an eidence or this point. le
quotes a proo rom the Sunnah, he quotes the baaeetb reported by Muslim rom a baaeetb o `Abdullaah ibn `Amr
raai,.ttaabv avbvvaa rom the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav that he said: Allaah pre-decreed the fixed limits
for the creation before He created the heavens and the earth by fifty thousand (S0,000) years, and His 1hrone
was upon the water.
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30 And He laid down fixed time spans for them.

1he Lxplanation - Point |30[
So the created beings hae liespans and they hae an end. le the Perect said,
_ __ , _ _ _
Lveryone upon the earth will pass away.
And the Iace of your Lord possessing Majesty and Honour will remain.
,Sooratur-Rahmaan ,55,, aa,aat 26-2,
And le the Perect said,

Lverything will perish except for His Iace.
,Sooratul-Qasas ,28,, aa,ab 88,
So eerything has a limited liespans set by Allaah, the Perect - either a short liespan or a long one.
le the Perect said,
_, _ , _ _ _ _ __ _ _
And no old man is given long life nor is a person's life made short, except that it is written in
the Preserved 1ablet (Al-Lawh Al-Mahfooz). 1hat is easy for Allaah.
,Soorah laatir ,35,, aa,ab 11,
So the liespans are in lis land, le the Perect and Most ligh. So this proes Perection and
Completion o lis Lordship and the Perection and Completeness o lis Power. \hateer Allaah
wills happens and whateer le did not will does not happen.
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3J , .- -,- _= ,| .| ,,- .
3J And nothing was hidden from Him before He created them.

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Rather, le knows all things beore they exist. It is not the case that le only knows them ater they
hae happened.
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1ranslator`s side point: In that regard, Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, said in his explanation: Since le, the One ree o all
imperections, le knows whateer was, and whateer will be, and whateer will not be - i it were to occur, how it
would be, just as le the Most ligh said,

And if they were to be sent back (to the world) they would go back to doing what they were forbidden from
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 28,
Len though le knows that they would not be sent back, but le inormed that i they were sent back they would return
to what they used to do, just as le the Most ligh said,
' _ _ _ _ _ _
And if Allaah knew that there was good in them then He would cause them to hear it, and if He caused them
to hear it they would still turn away from it, turning away.
,Sooratul-Anaal ,8,, aa,ab 23,
So this contains a reutation o the Raafiaab ,beeab, and the Qaaari,,ab, and those who say that le does not know
something beore le creates it and produces it, and these are matters springing rom the matters o Qaar ,Pre-decree,
and that will ollow with urther explanation iv.baa. .ttaabv 1aaataa.
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32 ,- - , .,-- ,| .| ,,- .
32 And He knew whatever they were going to do before He created them.

1he Lxplanation - Point |32[
le knew what the serants were going to do beore le created them, that this person was one who
is going to obey lim and that this person is one who is going to disobey lim.
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33 ,-| .--=, , - -,=-- .
33 And He commanded them to obey Him and He forbade them from disobeying Him.

1he Lxplanation - Point |33[
Just as occurs in lis saying, le the Most ligh,

And I have not created jinn and mankind except so that they should worship Me (Alone).
,Sooratudh-Dhaariyaat ,51,, aa,ab 56,
So irst le created them and then le commanded them with the worship o lim, le the Perect
and Most ligh. So le commanded them to obey lim and worship lim een though le knew
beore, what they were going to do. loweer, the recompense ,reward or punishment, is not going
to be gien in accordance with that Knowledge. Rather, the reward or punishment will come in
accordance with actions. So Allaah will not punish a person in accordance with lis Knowledge
about him until the person commits the sins, and Allaah will not bestow the reward upon the doer
o good until he does that. So the reward or punishment is gien as a consequence o actions not as
a consequence o the Knowledge and not as a consequence o atQaar ,the Pre-decree,. So, there is a
distinction between the Knowledge and between the reward or punishment. So thereore, Allaah
commanded them and orbade them. So whoeer obeys the commands and leaes the orbiddances,
then he will attain the reward, and whoeer contradicts the commands and commits what is
orbidden then he will receie punishment because o his own actions and not because o the
Actions o Allaah, the Perect. So the person, he is the one who prays, he is the one who gies
a/aat, perorms a;; and ights ;ibaaa, so the actions are ascribed to him ,the person, not to Allaah,
except rom the aspect o creation and knowledge and decree and guidance to them.
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34 And everything occurs in accordance with His Pre-decree.

1he Lxplanation - Point |34[
1here is no doubt that eerything occurs in accordance with lis Pre-decree. No good and no eil
escapes the Pre-decree o Allaah, nor any act o obedience nor any sin, nor unbelie nor eevaav, nor
illness nor health, nor a person being rich nor a person being in poerty, nor knowledge nor
ignorance. Lerything occurs in accordance with lis Pre-decree. 1here is nothing within lis
Kingdom which le did not decree and did not will.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 46-S0 (Points 2S-34)
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th
October 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Nothing is diicult or Allaah to do - no matter how big or small.
Allaah is .tCbavee - the Independent One totally ree o any need.
Nothing whatsoeer that resembles Allaah, lis Attributes do not resemble those o the creation.
Allaah created the creation whilst haing ull Knowledge about eerything concerning them.
Lerything is pre-ordained by Allaah with set limits and orms that will not change or ary.
Lerything has a limited liespans set by Allaah.
\hateer Allaah wills happens and whateer le did not will does not happen.
Allaah knows all things beore they exist. le knows whateer was, whateer will be, and whateer
will not be, and i it were to occur, how it would be.
Allaah knew what the serants were going to do beore le created them.
Allaah commanded the creation to obey lim and le orbade them rom disobeying lim een
though le knew what they were going to do.
A person`s reward or punishment is gien as a consequence o his actions not as a consequence o
Allaah`s Knowledge o what he would do, and not as a consequence o atQaar ,the Pre-decree,.



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Lesson 9
3S -,=- .= v -,=- .,-| v, - = ., = , .. - , |=, , , .
3S And His Will is enacted, not the will of the servants, except what He wills for them. So whatever He
willed for them occurs, and whatever He did not will for them does not occur.

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Allaah, the Perect and Most ligh has Ma.bee.ab ,.,.o - \ish or \ill, and the serants ,people,
hae va.bee.ab ,wish or will,. loweer, the will o the serants is subject to the \ill o Allaah and it
is not independent, and thereore le, the Perect said,
. . , _ ,
And you will not will unless Allaah wills. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
,Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30,
And le the Perect said,
_ , `.
And you will not will except as Allaah the Lord of the whole creation wills.
,Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29,
So le ,Allaah, appointed or limsel Ma.bee.ab ,a \ill, which is rom lis Attributes, and le made
or his serants a va.bee.ab ,wish or will, which is rom their attributes, and le joined their will to
lis \ill, le the Perect. And this contains a reutation o the Qaaari,,ab and the [abari,,ab. So the
Qaaari,,ab, they deny that Allaah wills the actions o the people and they gie the serant
unrestricted ree will. And they say that the person is independent with his actions and with his will
and with his wish, and this was the position o the Qaaari,,ab rom the Mvtaitab and others.
\hereas the [abari,,ab, they say that the serant has no ree will ,va.bee.ab,, rather, Ma.bee.ab is only
or Allaah, whereas the serant moes about without any choice and without any will, just like the
moements o a machine. So one sect, they go beyond the limits in airming the \ill o Allaah, and
the other sect, ,they, go beyond the limits in airming the will o the person.
And as or the people o the vvvab and the [avaaab, then they airm the two will`s ,the \ill o
Allaah and the will o the people, and they declare that the will o the person is tied to the \ill o
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Allaah, taking this rom the two preious aa,aat. And lis Saying, And you (people) do not will`
contains an airmation o will` or the serants and lis Saying, Unless Allaah wills,` this
contains airmation o \ill` or Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. And the aa,ab contains the act
that the va.bee.ab ,wish or will, o the person is not independent, rather, it is tied to the \ill o
Allaah because he ,the person,, is just a creation rom the creation o Allaah. Allaah created him
and created his will and his wish. And thereore, when one o the people said to the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, whateer Allaah wills and you will` ,... l :l. lo, then he ata,bi.
.ataatv ra..ataav said to him, Have you made me rival to Allaah? meaning: a partner in \ill.
Say: Whatever Allaah alone willed'.
1

And when it reached the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav that some people were saying, Just as
Allaah wills and Muhammad wills` , . l :l. lo io>o :l ,. le criticized this and said, Say: what
Allaah wills and then as Muhammad wills' , l :l. lo ,. . io>o :l ,.`
2
So he made his own will
subsequent to the \ill o Allaah by his saying tbvvva ,,., because tbvvva means something
ollowing on in order and something coming ater, whereas the term ra , - and`, necessitates
association.
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1
1he baaeetb is reported by Imaam Ahmad and al-Bukhaaree in his book Al-Adab Al-Murad ,>soIl .>Vl, and Ibn
Maajah and an-Nasaa.ee in his book `Amal al-\awm wal-Laylah ,I,IIl ,,Il _oc,. 1he baaeetb is declared .abeeb by
Shaykh al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah ,>,>Il, No. 139.
2
1he baaeetb is reported by Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad and is declared .abeeb by Shaykh al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah
,>,>Il, No. 136.
3
1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his larger explanation, said:
Allaah the Most ligh said,
. . , _ ,
And you will not will except as Allaah Wills. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
,Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30,
And le also said,
` . _,
And you will not will except as Allaah the Lord of the whole creation wills.
,Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29,
And le the Most ligh said,
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_ _ _ _ \ . _
:
And if We were to send down angels to them, and the dead were to speak to them, and We were to gather
everything in front of them, they would still not believe, unless Allaah willed.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 111,
And le the Most ligh said,
_ . _
And if your Lord had wished, they would not have done it.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 112,
And le the Most ligh said,
_ __ . , _
And if your Lord had wished, then all of those upon the earth would have believed.
,Soorah \oonus ,10,, aa,ab 99,
And le the Most ligh said,
, , _ _ _ ,, : _
, , \
And whomsoever Allaah willed to guide him, then He opens his heart to Islaam, and whomsoever He wills to
misguide then He makes his chest tight and restricted like one who is ascending into the sky.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 125,
And likewise, le the Most ligh quotes Nooh at,bi..ataav when he said to his people,
, _ , _ _ } _ '
And my advising you will not benefit you even though I wish sincere advice for you, if Allaah wishes to
misguide you.
,Soorah lood ,11,, aa,ab 34,
And likewise, Allaah the Most ligh said,
: _ _ __ , _,
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And whoever Allaah wishes, He misguides him, and whomever He wishes,
He places him upon a straight path.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 39,
Along with other eidences proing that whateer Allaah wishes occurs, and whateer le does not wish does not occur.
And how could there be anything within lis Soereignty that le did not wish! And who could be more astray, and who
could be a greater unbelieer than a person who claims that Allaah wished eevaav rom the unbelieer but the unbelieer
wanted unbelie or himsel so the will or wish o the unbelieer oercame the \ill o Allaah, ligh and Lxalted is Allaah
aboe what they say!
But it may be said, A problem here is the saying o Allaah the Most ligh,
| \ : , j _
1hose who worship others along with Allaah, they will say, If Allaah wished we would not have worshiped
others besides Him, nor our forefathers.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 148,
And the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,
_ _ , _ . u ` , _
And those who worship others besides Allaah, they say, If Allaah wished we would not worship anything
besides Him.
,Sooratun-Nahl ,16,, aa,ab 35,
And le the Most ligh said,
< _. `_ . _ , _ _ _ _ _
And they (the people of shirk) say, If the Most Merciful had wished, we would not have worshipped them
they have no knowledge of that, they do nothing but lie.
,Sooratuz-Zukhru ,43,, aa,ab 20,`
So Allaah the Most ligh rebuked them since they declared that their .bir/ only came about because o the \ish o
Allaah. And likewise, le ,Allaah, the Most ligh, blamed Iblees when he ascribed misguidance to Allaah the Most ligh,
when he said,
_ __ ] _
O my Lord, because You misled me I will certainly make misguidance alluring to them upon the earth and I
will mislead them all.
,Sooratul-lijr ,15,, aa,ab 39,
A number o answers hae been gien to this. lrom the best o them, is that Allaah rebuked them ,the people o .bir/,
because they used lis \ill` and \ish` or lis Pleasure` and lis Loe`, and they said, I le ,Allaah, disliked that and
hated it le would not hae wished it.` So they made lis \ish a proo o lis Pleasure, so thereore, Allaah rebutted
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them. Or, an answer is that Allaah was rebuking them or their belie that the \ish o Allaah is a proo or lis
commanding something. Or, that Allaah is rebuking them in these aa,aat because o their opposing lis Legislation and
opposing lis Commands - that which le sent the Messengers with, and that which le sent the Books down with,
trying to oppose that with lis Pre-decree. So they made Allaah`s \ish something by which to repel lis Commands. So
they mentioned Allaah`s \ish with regards to their actions ,their .bir/, but they don`t mention Allaah`s \ish with regard
to 1arbeea.
Abridged: 1he second text that the people try and use incorrectly in this matter, as Ibn Abil-`Izz mentions, is the baaeetb
that is authentic, regarding Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav and his argument with Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav with regard to Pre-decree.
It is the well-known baaeetb where the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav mentioned that Aadam had a dispute with
Moosaa and oercame him in dispute and then Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav said to Aadam, through you we were sent down
rom Paradise and were caused to lie upon the earth.` So then Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav responded, low do you blame
me or something which was decreed ity thousand years beore I was created` Some people try and use this baaeetb to
deend their own sins.
,\hen they ask us what we say about this baaeetb, then, it is said, we accept it ully and we hear and we obey because it
is authentic rom the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, and we do not reject it and we do not deny the
narration as the Qaaari,,ab do, nor do we employ useless interpretations. Rather, what is correct is that Aadam did not
use the Pre-decree to support his sin because he was more knowledgeable about his Lord and o his own sin. And een
indiiduals rom the belieers, they don`t use Allaah`s Pre-decree to support their sins because that is alse and utile.
And likewise, Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav, he knew better about his oreather Aadam and about his sin, than that he should
blame Aadam or a sin which he repented rom. And Allaah accepted his repentance and chose and preerred him and
guided him. Rather, the blame ,that Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav was attaching to Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav, was just or the
misortune that his descendants were taken out o Paradise. So Aadam used Pre-decree or the misortune not or his
sin, and Pre-decree is an eidence or disasters which strike and this is the best meaning gien to the baaeetb. And that is
what we hae to do with regard to misortune - to submit to Allaah`s \ill in that regard.
And with regard to the statement o Iblees, O My Lord, because of Your having misled me,` rather, le rebuked
him or using Pre-decree as an eidence to deend himsel. le didn`t blame him or acknowledging the Pre-decree and
airming it.
And how ine is the statement o the one who said,
. . | , [ ' , . ' , , ' , . ` . ,
So whateer \ou ,Allaah, wish is, een i I don`t wish it.
And whateer I wish, i \ou ,Allaah, don`t wish it, it doesn`t occur.`
\ith regard to Qaar ,Pre-decree,, \ahb ibn Munabbih said, I examined .tQaar ,Pre-decree, and I became bewildered
and then I examined it and I became bewildered, and I ound that the most knowledgeable o the people with regard to
Qaar ,Pre-decree, are those who withhold the most about it and that the most ignorant o the people about Pre-decree
,.tQaar, are the ones who speak the most about it.`

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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages S0-S2 (Points 3S)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, on 22
nd
November 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
\e airm that Allaah has Ma.bee.ab ,\ish or \ill, and the people hae va.bee.ab ,wish or will,.
|Lidence: Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30 and Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29.[
1he will o the people is subject to and ollows on rom the \ill o Allaah and is not independent o
the \ill o Allaah.
1he Qaaari,,ab and [abari,,ab hae deiated rom two extremes regarding this.
1he Qadariyyah say that man wills his own actions and Allaah has no \ill in this regard.
1he Jabariyyah say that man has no ree will and only Allaah has \ill.
1he deiant people use Allaah`s \ish and \ill as an excuse to support their sins and .bir/. Allaah
rebuked them or this.
Allaah`s \ill or .bir/ to happen in the world is not an excuse or people to do it. It does not mean
that le loes it, is pleased with it or commands it.
In the argument between Moosaa and Aadam `ata,bivv..ataav, Aadam was not using Allaah`s Pre-
decree as an excuse or his sin as he acknowledged it and repented rom it and it was accepted by
Allaah. Rather, Moosaa was blaming Aadam or mankind haing to come down to the earth as a
consequence o the sin.
Iblees tried to use Allaah`s Pre-decree to support his unbelie etc. and Allaah rebuked him or that.
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Lesson 9
3S -,=- .= v -,=- .,-| v, - = ., = , .. - , |=, , , .
3S And His Will is enacted, not the will of the servants, except what He wills for them. So whatever He
willed for them occurs, and whatever He did not will for them does not occur.

1he Lxplanation - Point |35[
Allaah, the Perect and Most ligh has Ma.bee.ab ,.,.o - \ish or \ill, and the serants ,people,
hae va.bee.ab ,wish or will,. loweer, the will o the serants is subject to the \ill o Allaah and it
is not independent, and thereore le, the Perect said,
. . , _ ,
And you will not will unless Allaah wills. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
,Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30,
And le the Perect said,
_ , `.
And you will not will except as Allaah the Lord of the whole creation wills.
,Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29,
So le ,Allaah, appointed or limsel Ma.bee.ab ,a \ill, which is rom lis Attributes, and le made
or his serants a va.bee.ab ,wish or will, which is rom their attributes, and le joined their will to
lis \ill, le the Perect. And this contains a reutation o the Qaaari,,ab and the [abari,,ab. So the
Qaaari,,ab, they deny that Allaah wills the actions o the people and they gie the serant
unrestricted ree will. And they say that the person is independent with his actions and with his will
and with his wish, and this was the position o the Qaaari,,ab rom the Mvtaitab and others.
\hereas the [abari,,ab, they say that the serant has no ree will ,va.bee.ab,, rather, Ma.bee.ab is only
or Allaah, whereas the serant moes about without any choice and without any will, just like the
moements o a machine. So one sect, they go beyond the limits in airming the \ill o Allaah, and
the other sect, ,they, go beyond the limits in airming the will o the person.
And as or the people o the vvvab and the [avaaab, then they airm the two will`s ,the \ill o
Allaah and the will o the people, and they declare that the will o the person is tied to the \ill o
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Allaah, taking this rom the two preious aa,aat. And lis Saying, And you (people) do not will`
contains an airmation o will` or the serants and lis Saying, Unless Allaah wills,` this
contains airmation o \ill` or Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. And the aa,ab contains the act
that the va.bee.ab ,wish or will, o the person is not independent, rather, it is tied to the \ill o
Allaah because he ,the person,, is just a creation rom the creation o Allaah. Allaah created him
and created his will and his wish. And thereore, when one o the people said to the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, whateer Allaah wills and you will` ,... l :l. lo, then he ata,bi.
.ataatv ra..ataav said to him, Have you made me rival to Allaah? meaning: a partner in \ill.
Say: Whatever Allaah alone willed'.
1

And when it reached the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav that some people were saying, Just as
Allaah wills and Muhammad wills` , . l :l. lo io>o :l ,. le criticized this and said, Say: what
Allaah wills and then as Muhammad wills' , l :l. lo ,. . io>o :l ,.`
2
So he made his own will
subsequent to the \ill o Allaah by his saying tbvvva ,,., because tbvvva means something
ollowing on in order and something coming ater, whereas the term ra , - and`, necessitates
association.
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1
1he baaeetb is reported by Imaam Ahmad and al-Bukhaaree in his book Al-Adab Al-Murad ,>soIl .>Vl, and Ibn
Maajah and an-Nasaa.ee in his book `Amal al-\awm wal-Laylah ,I,IIl ,,Il _oc,. 1he baaeetb is declared .abeeb by
Shaykh al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah ,>,>Il, No. 139.
2
1he baaeetb is reported by Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad and is declared .abeeb by Shaykh al-Albaanee in As-Saheehah
,>,>Il, No. 136.
3
1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his larger explanation, said:
Allaah the Most ligh said,
. . , _ ,
And you will not will except as Allaah Wills. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
,Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30,
And le also said,
` . _,
And you will not will except as Allaah the Lord of the whole creation wills.
,Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29,
And le the Most ligh said,
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_ _ _ _ \ . _
:
And if We were to send down angels to them, and the dead were to speak to them, and We were to gather
everything in front of them, they would still not believe, unless Allaah willed.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 111,
And le the Most ligh said,
_ . _
And if your Lord had wished, they would not have done it.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 112,
And le the Most ligh said,
_ __ . , _
And if your Lord had wished, then all of those upon the earth would have believed.
,Soorah \oonus ,10,, aa,ab 99,
And le the Most ligh said,
, , _ _ _ ,, : _
, , \
And whomsoever Allaah willed to guide him, then He opens his heart to Islaam, and whomsoever He wills to
misguide then He makes his chest tight and restricted like one who is ascending into the sky.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 125,
And likewise, le the Most ligh quotes Nooh at,bi..ataav when he said to his people,
, _ , _ _ } _ '
And my advising you will not benefit you even though I wish sincere advice for you, if Allaah wishes to
misguide you.
,Soorah lood ,11,, aa,ab 34,
And likewise, Allaah the Most ligh said,
: _ _ __ , _,
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And whoever Allaah wishes, He misguides him, and whomever He wishes,
He places him upon a straight path.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 39,
Along with other eidences proing that whateer Allaah wishes occurs, and whateer le does not wish does not occur.
And how could there be anything within lis Soereignty that le did not wish! And who could be more astray, and who
could be a greater unbelieer than a person who claims that Allaah wished eevaav rom the unbelieer but the unbelieer
wanted unbelie or himsel so the will or wish o the unbelieer oercame the \ill o Allaah, ligh and Lxalted is Allaah
aboe what they say!
But it may be said, A problem here is the saying o Allaah the Most ligh,
| \ : , j _
1hose who worship others along with Allaah, they will say, If Allaah wished we would not have worshiped
others besides Him, nor our forefathers.
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 148,
And the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,
_ _ , _ . u ` , _
And those who worship others besides Allaah, they say, If Allaah wished we would not worship anything
besides Him.
,Sooratun-Nahl ,16,, aa,ab 35,
And le the Most ligh said,
< _. `_ . _ , _ _ _ _ _
And they (the people of shirk) say, If the Most Merciful had wished, we would not have worshipped them
they have no knowledge of that, they do nothing but lie.
,Sooratuz-Zukhru ,43,, aa,ab 20,`
So Allaah the Most ligh rebuked them since they declared that their .bir/ only came about because o the \ish o
Allaah. And likewise, le ,Allaah, the Most ligh, blamed Iblees when he ascribed misguidance to Allaah the Most ligh,
when he said,
_ __ ] _
O my Lord, because You misled me I will certainly make misguidance alluring to them upon the earth and I
will mislead them all.
,Sooratul-lijr ,15,, aa,ab 39,
A number o answers hae been gien to this. lrom the best o them, is that Allaah rebuked them ,the people o .bir/,
because they used lis \ill` and \ish` or lis Pleasure` and lis Loe`, and they said, I le ,Allaah, disliked that and
hated it le would not hae wished it.` So they made lis \ish a proo o lis Pleasure, so thereore, Allaah rebutted
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them. Or, an answer is that Allaah was rebuking them or their belie that the \ish o Allaah is a proo or lis
commanding something. Or, that Allaah is rebuking them in these aa,aat because o their opposing lis Legislation and
opposing lis Commands - that which le sent the Messengers with, and that which le sent the Books down with,
trying to oppose that with lis Pre-decree. So they made Allaah`s \ish something by which to repel lis Commands. So
they mentioned Allaah`s \ish with regards to their actions ,their .bir/, but they don`t mention Allaah`s \ish with regard
to 1arbeea.
Abridged: 1he second text that the people try and use incorrectly in this matter, as Ibn Abil-`Izz mentions, is the baaeetb
that is authentic, regarding Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav and his argument with Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav with regard to Pre-decree.
It is the well-known baaeetb where the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav mentioned that Aadam had a dispute with
Moosaa and oercame him in dispute and then Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav said to Aadam, through you we were sent down
rom Paradise and were caused to lie upon the earth.` So then Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav responded, low do you blame
me or something which was decreed ity thousand years beore I was created` Some people try and use this baaeetb to
deend their own sins.
,\hen they ask us what we say about this baaeetb, then, it is said, we accept it ully and we hear and we obey because it
is authentic rom the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, and we do not reject it and we do not deny the
narration as the Qaaari,,ab do, nor do we employ useless interpretations. Rather, what is correct is that Aadam did not
use the Pre-decree to support his sin because he was more knowledgeable about his Lord and o his own sin. And een
indiiduals rom the belieers, they don`t use Allaah`s Pre-decree to support their sins because that is alse and utile.
And likewise, Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav, he knew better about his oreather Aadam and about his sin, than that he should
blame Aadam or a sin which he repented rom. And Allaah accepted his repentance and chose and preerred him and
guided him. Rather, the blame ,that Moosaa `ata,bi. .ataav was attaching to Aadam `ata,bi. .ataav, was just or the
misortune that his descendants were taken out o Paradise. So Aadam used Pre-decree or the misortune not or his
sin, and Pre-decree is an eidence or disasters which strike and this is the best meaning gien to the baaeetb. And that is
what we hae to do with regard to misortune - to submit to Allaah`s \ill in that regard.
And with regard to the statement o Iblees, O My Lord, because of Your having misled me,` rather, le rebuked
him or using Pre-decree as an eidence to deend himsel. le didn`t blame him or acknowledging the Pre-decree and
airming it.
And how ine is the statement o the one who said,
. . | , [ ' , . ' , , ' , . ` . ,
So whateer \ou ,Allaah, wish is, een i I don`t wish it.
And whateer I wish, i \ou ,Allaah, don`t wish it, it doesn`t occur.`
\ith regard to Qaar ,Pre-decree,, \ahb ibn Munabbih said, I examined .tQaar ,Pre-decree, and I became bewildered
and then I examined it and I became bewildered, and I ound that the most knowledgeable o the people with regard to
Qaar ,Pre-decree, are those who withhold the most about it and that the most ignorant o the people about Pre-decree
,.tQaar, are the ones who speak the most about it.`

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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages S0-S2 (Points 3S)
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nd
November 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
\e airm that Allaah has Ma.bee.ab ,\ish or \ill, and the people hae va.bee.ab ,wish or will,.
|Lidence: Sooratul-Insaan ,6,, aa,ab 30 and Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,ab 29.[
1he will o the people is subject to and ollows on rom the \ill o Allaah and is not independent o
the \ill o Allaah.
1he Qaaari,,ab and [abari,,ab hae deiated rom two extremes regarding this.
1he Qadariyyah say that man wills his own actions and Allaah has no \ill in this regard.
1he Jabariyyah say that man has no ree will and only Allaah has \ill.
1he deiant people use Allaah`s \ish and \ill as an excuse to support their sins and .bir/. Allaah
rebuked them or this.
Allaah`s \ill or .bir/ to happen in the world is not an excuse or people to do it. It does not mean
that le loes it, is pleased with it or commands it.
In the argument between Moosaa and Aadam `ata,bivv..ataav, Aadam was not using Allaah`s Pre-
decree as an excuse or his sin as he acknowledged it and repented rom it and it was accepted by
Allaah. Rather, Moosaa was blaming Aadam or mankind haing to come down to the earth as a
consequence o the sin.
Iblees tried to use Allaah`s Pre-decree to support his unbelie etc. and Allaah rebuked him or that.
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Lesson J0
36 =,, - .=, ,=-, -, . = =, - =, ,=- _,, |=- .
36 He guides whomever He wishes, and protects and keeps safe as a favour upon them, and He misguides
whomever He wishes, and humiliates and puts to trial, from Justice.

1he Lxplanation - Point |36[
Allaah, the One ree rom all imperections, guides whomeer le wishes and le misguides
whomeer le wishes, and this is by the Qaaaa. , Il :ls - Ordainment, and Qaar ,i - Pre-decree, o
Allaah. loweer, le guides those whom le knows are itting to receie guidance and le guides
those who eagerly seek out guidance and who deote themseles to it, then Allaah makes good easy
or him. And le misguides whomeer le wishes by reason o that person`s turning away rom
seeking guidance and good, then Allaah misguides him as a punishment or him or turning away
and or his lack o desire or good. 1his is made clear by lis, the Most ligh, saying,
_ _ _ , _ _ _
As for the one who gives in charity and is dutiful to Allaah and attests to what is true, then
we make easy for him acting in obedience to Allaah.
,Sooratul-Layl ,92,, aa,aat 5-,
So the cause is ound with the serant, and the Pre-decree is rom Allaah, the Perect.
__ _ _ , _ ,
And as for the one who miserly and thinks himself self-sufficient and denies that which is
true, then We make easy for him the path to evil.
,Sooratul-Layl ,92,, aa,aat 8-10,
So the cause is ound with the person, and the Pre-decree is rom Allaah, the Mighty and the
Majestic. loweer, Allaah decreed that or him as a punishment or him.
So Allaah decreed guidance as a aour rom Allaah, the Mighty and the Majestic, and le bestowed
honour upon the person who wishes and desires guidance and desires good. 1hen or him, Allaah
makes the good easy and easy or him to perorm it. And this is or the person`s beneit, it is not or
the beneit o Allaah, the Mighty and the Majestic. And as or misguiding o the misguided people,
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then that is justice rom lim, le the Perect and Most ligh, and as a recompense or them or
their turning away and or their and not turning to good and to obedience to Allaah, the Mighty and
Majestic. le does not wrong them whatsoeer. And thereore we ind in the aa,aat,

And Allaah does not guide the people who are transgressors
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 258,

And Allaah does not guide the unbelieving people
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 264,

And Allaah does not guide the wicked evil-doers
,Sooratul-Maa.idah ,5,, aa,ab 108,
So le made wrongdoing and unbelie and wickedness reasons or the absence o guidance. And
these things are actions o the people or which le recompenses them as justice rom lim, le the
Perect and Most ligh, not as injustice or oppression.

And Allaah did not oppress them but rather they wronged their own souls.
,Sooratun-Nahl ,16,, aa,ab 33,
So it is not beitting or lim, le the Perect, that le should bestow honour upon one with those
characteristics. And likewise, it is not beitting upon lim, le the Perect and Most ligh, that le
should cause the deeds o those who act, to be lost. le, the One ree o all imperections said,
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_ _ _ _ __ ,
_ \ .
Do those people who commit sins think that they will be made just the same as those who
truly believe and perform righteous deeds, in their present lives and after death? Lvil is the
judgement that they make.
,Sooratul-Jaathiyah ,45,, aa,ab 21,
_ _ _ _ ._ _ ,
_ :
And Allaah created the heavens and the earth in 1ruth so that He should recompense every
soul in accordance with what it earned, and they will not be oppressed.
,Sooratul-Jaathiyah ,45,, aa,ab 22,
_ _ j _ . __
Shall we make the Muslims just like the criminals? What is it with you how do you judge?
,Sooratul-Qalam ,68,, aa,aat 35-36,
1his would be oppression, which Allah is ree o. le, the Perect and Most ligh says,
, _ _ __
_ _,
Shall we make those who truly believe and work righteous and correct actions, (shall we
make them just the same) as those who cause corruption upon the earth, or shall we make
those who are dutiful to Allaah just like the wicked folk?
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,ab 28,
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So Allaah, the Perect and Most ligh does not lose the reward o one who works a righteous and
correct action, and le does not punish anyone or something which he did not do and or
something which he did not earn.

You will not be recompensed except for that which you used to do.
,Sooratus-Saaaat ,3,, aa,ab 39,
So the actions, all o them, whether good or bad, are rom the person, and the recompense is rom
Allaah out o lis laour and Justice.
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1
1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his longer explanation, commenting about this point, said:
1his contains a reutation o the Mvtaitab with regard to their saying that it is obligatory upon Allaah that le must
always do what is most beneicial or the person, and this is a question o guidance and misguidance. So the Mvtaitab,
they say, Guidance is rom Allaah and it means explaining the correct way` and they say, Misguidance is just calling a
person misguided` and that le, the Most ligh, judges the person to be upon misguidance when the serant himsel
creates misguidance or himsel.` And this is built upon their alse and utile principle - that the actions o the people
are created by them. And the proo or what we hae stated is the proo o Allaah, the Most ligh ,addressing the
Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav,,
; . _ _ ,
You do not guide those whom you love should be guided, but rather Allaah guides whomever He wishes
,Sooratul-Qasas ,28,, aa,ab 56,
So i guidance was just explaining the correct way, it would not be correct or guidance to be denied or the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav in this aa,ab because he showed the correct way to those whom he loed and those whom he
hated.
And le the Most ligh said,

And if We wished We would have given every soul its right guidance
,Sooratul-Sajdah ,32,, aa,ab 13,

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37 ,, .,,, -,=- _, -= -|=- .
37 And all of them fluctuate within His Will, between His Iadl (Iavour) and His `Adl (Justice).

1he Lxplanation - Point |3[
None o the serants escape luctuating within the \ill o Allaah, between lis aat ,laour, upon
those who obey lim, and the people o good, and between lis `.at ,Justice, upon the people o
unbelie and .bir/. And this is what beits lis \isdom and lis Greatness, le the One ree o all
imperections - that le does not gather together between those things that are opposites to each
other and between those things which conlict ,with each other,. Rather, le places all things in
their due places and thereore rom lis Names is .ta/eev ,the All-\ise, and rom lis Attributes
is .ti/vab ,\isdom,. So .ta/eev ,the All-\ise, means the One who places all things in their
due places. So le puts lis aat ,laour, upon the people who obey lim and le places
punishment upon the people o unbelie and sins. 1his is lis laour ,aat,, le the Perect, and lis
Justice ,`.at,.
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; : .
Allaah misguides whomever He wishes and He guides whomever He wishes
,Sooratul-Mudaththir ,4,, aa,ab 31,
And i guidance rom Allaah just meant showing the correct way, which is general to eery soul, it would not be correct
to restrict that by lis \ill. And likewise, le the Most ligh said,

And if it were not for the Iavour of my Lord I would have been one of those brought to the Hellfire
,Sooratus-Saaaat ,3,, aa,ab 5,
And le the Most ligh said,
_ __ , _ , : _
Whomever Allaah wishes, He misguides him, and whomever He wishes, He places him upon a straight path
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 39,
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1ranslator`s side point: Ibn Abil-`Izz rabivabvttaab, in his explanation said regarding this point:
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages S2-S4 (Points 36-37)
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1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
1hose whom Allaah guides, le has pre-decreed guidance or them and those whom Allaah
misguides, le pre-decreed misguidance or them.
Allaah does not randomly select those whom le guides and those whom le misguides, rather, rom
lis \isdom, le guides whoeer deseres guidance and le misguides whoeer deseres
misguidance.
1hose whom le guides, le does so rom lis aat ,laour, and those whom le misguides, le does
so rom lis `.at ,Justice,.




Because they are just as le the Most ligh said,
, _ } }
He, Allaah, is the One who created you, so from you there are unbelievers and from you there are believers
,Sooratut-1aghaabun ,64,, aa,ab 2,
So, whomeer Allaah guides to true aith ,eevaav, then le does so rom lis aat ,laour, and all praise is or Allaah.
And whomeer Allaah misguides, then le does so in accordance with lis Justice and all praise is or lim. And there
will ollow a urther explanation o this meaning iv.baa` .ttaabv 1aaataa urther in the book because the Shaykh ,At-
1ahaawee, rabivabvttaab, he did not gather speech about Pre-decree all in one place, rather he separated it throughout
the book, so I brought it here in accordance with his order.
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38 , ,-- - .==v .=v .
[38] And He is Supreme and Exalted, High above having any opposites or rivals.

1he Lxplanation - Point |38[
Mvtaaativ ,Ula.o,, meaning: ligh limsel ,.li.,, and in lis Status ,.i,, and in Supremacy ,e,
oer haing any opposites and rials. So, atavaaaa ,>li.Vl - rials, they are those who are like, or
those who resemble, and those who are equal. So Allaah, the One ree o all imperections and the
Most ligh, has no equal and le has no one like lim and le has no one resembling lim. So there
is no one who shares with Allaah, no one who resembles lim and no one who equals lim, le the
Majestic and Most ligh. So this is rom lis `|too ,Ic - Lxaltedness, with regard to lis Qaar ,i -
Status, and with regard to lis Qabr , - Supremacy,. And le is .t.tee ,_IaIl - the ligh One,,
le is limsel ligh aboe all created beings. ,And He is High and Lxalted above having any
opposites`, meaning: haing any opponents. So Allaah has no opponents, le is not opposed by
anyone rom lis creation since wheneer le wants an aair then it is not possible or anyone to
object or to preent lis command, le the Perect and Most ligh. And when le wants to gie,
then none can preent, and when le wants to preent then no one can gie.
. ' = ., ..,=' ' _.
1here is none that can withhold what You give and there is none that can give that which
You withhold.
1

Allaah the Most ligh said,
_ _ ,_; , j , _ _ .

1
1his is reported by Al-Bukhaaree as baaeetb 4844 and by Muslim with their chains o narration which go back to
\arraad the scribe o al-Mugheerah ibn Shu`bah who said, Al-Mugheerah ibn Shu`bah dictated to me in a letter to
Mu`aawiyah that the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav used to say at the end o eery obligatory prayer,
., ..,=' ' _ . ,, .,, . _ ,, .- , :' . :,, . -, = . .
, .. ' = - : - _, .
None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah alone, having no partner. Sovereignty is His and all praise
is for Him and He has full Power over everything. O Allaah! None can withhold that which You give and none
can give that which You withhold and none can be benefitted by his riches against You'.
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Whatever mercy Allaah grants to mankind, then none can withhold it, and whatever He
withholds, then none can grant it after Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
,Sooratul-laatir ,35,, aa,ab 2,
So there is no equal or Allaah and no opposite or lim in what le commands and what le
orbids, contrary to the creation, since, with regard to the creation, you ind those who dispute with
them and stand in the way o implementing their commands. So the created beings, all o them,
hae those who share along with them. So the creation resemble each other in knowledge, and in
their names, and in eerything, in their bodies and their characteristics, and they share with each
other in their actions and in their ownership. \hereas Allaah, the One ree o all imperections, no
one resembles lim and no one shares with lim.
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39 v ._ .-=| v .-- .-- v .|- -v .
[39] None can repel His Decree and none can delay His Judgment and none can
overcome His Commands.

1he Lxplanation - Point |39[
So, Allaah is such,
_ ` _ _
When He decrees an affair He merely says to it Be and it is!
,Soorah Maryam ,19,, aa,ab 35,

None can delay His Judgement and He is quick in accounting.
,Sooratur-Ra`d ,13,, aa,ab 41,
So, Allaah the Might and the Majestic, when le decrees an aair then no one is unable to undo it or
to repel it, contrary to a created being since his judgement can be stopped or undone.
And none can overcome His Commands: And when le commands something no one can
oercome lis Uniersal Commands ,that which le decrees will occur in the creation,. But with
regard to lis Legislational Commands ,that which Allaah commanded that should be done, then it
is the case that they may not be implemented and they may be disobeyed, and this is or trial and
testing so that reward or punishment can come as a result o that.
Lnd o explanation o point |39[

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40 - c|=, .- ,| .| : - =- .
[40] We have eemaan in all of that and we are certain that everything comes from Him.

1he Lxplanation - Point |40[
Lerything that has preiously been mentioned rom the beginning o this creed right to its end, we
hold it as our religion beore Allaah and it is not merely speech upon our tongues, rather it is rom
our hearts.
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[41] And that Muhammad is His chosen slave and His selected Prophet and His
Messenger whom He is pleased with.

1he Lxplanation - Point |41[
1he Shaykh ,At-1ahaawee, rabivabvttaab, haing mentioned at the beginning o his speech what it is
obligatory to know regarding Allaah, the Perect, and what it is obligatory to hold as creed and belie
that le is the Rabb ,Lord and Nurturer,, the One desering o all worship to the exclusion o
eerything else, and that le possesses the Attributes o Completeness and Perection and the
Characteristics o Splendour and Majesty which le has always had and always will hae as lis
Characteristics, haing explained that and clariied it, he moed on to that which it is obligatory to
beliee and hold as creed with regards to the Messenger ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav. And his saying,
And Muhammad is His chosen slave . this is joined on and attached to the irst speech in
this treatise: We say with regard to Allaah's 1awheed, holding as our creed, by the 1awfeeq
of Allaah, we say that Allaah is one having no partner . to the end. 1hen he said, And that
Muhammad . to the end o it ,this point,. So it is obligatory to hold this as our creed, just as we
bear witness or Allaah, o lis Diinity and Sole Right to worship, then we likewise bear witness or
the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, with arRi.aatab ,Messengership,. And thereore, the two
.babaaaab`. are always ound together inseparably.
And that Muhammad . ,.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, - this was his name: Muhammad ata,bi.
.ataatv ra..ataav, by which he was well known, just as occurs in the Qur.aan,
, _ _ _ . . _
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but rather he is the Messenger of Allaah.
,Sooratul-Ahzaab ,33,, aa,ab 40,
And in lis saying,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And they truly believe in whatever was sent down to Muhammad and it is the 1ruth from
their Lord then He will wipe away their sins and correct their affairs.
,Soorah Muhammad ,4,, aa,ab 2,
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And in the saying o Allaah the Most ligh,

Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, and those who are with him.
,Sooratul-lath ,48,, aa,ab 29,
And there occurs the name Ahmad ,io>l, in the Qur.aan in the saying o Allaah the Most ligh
quoting `Lesaa `ata,bi..ataav,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
,
O Children of Israa.eel! I am the Messenger of Allaah to you, attesting to what came before
me from the 1awraat and giving you glad tidings of a Messenger who will come after me,
his name will be Ahmad.
,Sooratus-Sa ,61,, aa,ab 6,
And he ,.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, has names which occur in the Sunnah and they are mentioned
by Ibnul-Qayyim in his book: [ataa.vt.fbaav ,,lVl :V>,.
And becoming acquainted with the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is one o the obligations
o the religion and it is one o the undamentals o Islaam. And Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abdil-
\ahhaab said in his 1hree Principles, 1he irst undamental is knowledge about Allaah, and the
second is knowledge about lis Prophet, and the third is knowledge o the religion o Islaam, with
the proos.`
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So just as it is obligatory upon you to know about Allaah, then likewise, it is obligatory
upon you to acquire knowledge o lis Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, and knowledge and
awareness o the religion o Islaam, with its proos. 1hese are the three undamental principles and
these are what the dead person will be asked about when he is placed in his grae.
And his saying, (And Muhammad is) His slave, so he was the slae o Allaah, the Mighty and
the Majestic. And he has no share whateer, o diinity or right to worship and he had no share o
Lordship ,Rvboobi,,ab, whatsoeer. Rather, he is the slae o Allaah and lis Messenger. le was
one commanded with lis Commands, he was one orbidden rom whateer le orbade and he was

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one who coneyed the Message rom Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. And this contains a
reutation o those who go beyond the limits with regard to him ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav. Because,
there are those people who go beyond the limits with regard to the Messenger ata,bi..ataatv ra.
.ataav and they gie him something rom Lordship or rom the right to worship, and they call upon
him along with Allaah and this is going beyond the limits ,Ic - gbvtoo, - and Allaah`s Reuge is
sought - just as the Christians went beyond the limits with regard to .tMa.eeb `Lesaa ibn Maryam,
that they said that he was the son o Allaah, or that they said that he was Allaah, or that they said
that he was one o a trinity.
So in his saying: he was Allaah's chosen slave, this contains a reutation o gbvtoo ,going beyond
the limits,. So he was an `aba ,slae, and eeryone upon the earth and in the heaens are slaes o
Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. le the Perect said,
__ _ _ _
Lveryone in the heavens and upon the earth will come to the Most Merciful One as a slave.
,Soorah Maryam ,19,, aa,ab 93,
So the angels are slaes.
__ _ _ _ ; _
Rather, they are honoured slaves. 1hey do not precede Him in speech and they act upon
His Command.
,Sooratul-Anbiyaa. ,21,, aa,aat 26-2,
And the Prophets and the Messengers are slaes ,o Allaah,, just as le the Perect said about Nooh
ata,bi..ataav,

He was a thankful slave.
,Sooratul-Israa. ,1,, aa,ab 3,
And le the Mighty and Majestic said,
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So they rejected our slave (Nooh `alayhis-salaam)
,Sooratul-Qamar ,54,, aa,ab 9,
And le said with regard to Daawood,
_ .
And remember Our slave Daawood the one possessing strength. Indeed, he is one who
oft-turned to Allaah.
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,ab 1,
And le said with regard to Sulaymaan,

What a fine slave, he was indeed one turned often to Allaah.
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,ab 30,
And le said with regard to Ayyoob,
_ l ,
And remember Our slave Ayyoob
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,ab 41,
And le said with regard to `Lesaa,
_ _ ) _ _
He was just a slave whom We bestowed Iavour upon, and We made him an example for the
Banoo Israa.eel
,Sooratuz-Zukhru ,43,, aa,ab 59,
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So when it is the case that the Prophets and the Messengers and the angels are all slaes o Allaah
and they are the noblest o the creation, then anyone else besides them rom the .rti,aa. ,beloed
and obedient serants o Allaah, and rom the aatibeev ,righteous people, are so, irst and oremost.
And the most excellent o them is Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, and he is the last o the
Prophets. And Allaah called him a slae in lis saying,
, _ Q _ _ _
And if you are in any doubt about what We sent down to Our slave
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 23,
Meaning, Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. And likewise, le the Most ligh said,

Blessed is the One Who sent down the Criterion to His slave
,Sooratul-lurqaan ,25,, aa,ab 1,

Glorified is the One Who took His slave (Muhammad sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) on the
night journey
,Sooratul-Israa. ,1,, aa,ab 1,
And the station o `vbooai,,ab ,seritude to Allaah - being a slae, is the highest o leels, and there
is nothing more noble than seritude to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.
And he ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav himsel said,
, _, _. .,~' _,,= . ' .<, ,, . ,_, =
Do not exaggerate in praise of me just as the Christians exaggerated in praise of `Lesaa ibn
Maryam, indeed I am just a slave, so say, the slave of Allaah and His Messenger'.
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And the meaning o al-mustafaa' ,_sLoIl - the chosen one, is: atvv/btaar` ,l.>oIl - the one
chosen, which is rom the word ati.tifaa. ,:lsLVl, which means: ati/bti,aar ,l,.>Vl - choosing and
preerring,. le, the Most ligh said,
} _ _ _ _ _ \
_ _ _ _ ._ __
And remember Our servants, Ibraaheem and Ishaaq and Ya`qoob, possessors of strength
and insight. We chose them by granting them special remembrance of the Home of the
Hereafter. And they are with Us, from the chosen, the best.
,Soorah Saad ,38,, aa,aat 45-4,
So, atvv.tafa,v` is the plural o atvv.tafaa` and it means: the chosen one`. In origin, it is vv.tafa`
, o _s. , then the taa.` ,:l., is changed to a taa. ,:lL, to make it vv.tafaa` ,_sLo, to make it easier to
pronounce.
So the term atvv.tafaa` means the chosen one` because Allaah the Perect, chose Muhammad
ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav or Messengership out o all o his people, and Allaah knows best where to
place lis Messengership. So, le does not choose except one that le knows deseres to be chosen
and that he will carry out the duty since this is a diicult and tremendous duty. So Allaah does not
choose except one who is itting or it. le, the Perect said,

Allaah knows best where to place His Messengership
,Sooratul-An`aam ,6,, aa,ab 124,
, -,, _= , 1he term atvv;tabaa` ,-, carries the same meaning as atvv.tafaa` - chosen or
selected.
And the term av^abee` ,_..Il - the Prophet, is one to whom Allaah sent reelation to, reealing to
him Legislation, but he was not commanded to coney that. \hereas, arRa.oot ,U.Il - the
Messenger, is one to whom Allaah reeals Legislation, and he was commanded to coney that. 1his
is the most amous saying which explains the distinction between a Prophet ,^abee, and a Messenger
,Ra.oot,. And the meaning o he was commanded to coney it` is: he was commanded to require
the people to be upon it and to ight them upon what he came with.
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And eery ^abee ,Prophet, had reelation sent to him and he called to Allaah the Mighty and the
Majestic, howeer, he ollowed those Prophets who came beore him and walked upon the path o
those beore him. And he is not singled out with speciic reealed laws - like the Prophets o avv
.raa.eet - they came with the 1arraat and they called to the 1arraat which Allaah sent down to
Moosaa ata,bi..ataav.
,_=' -|,=_, And the term atvvrtaaaa` ,_.,', carries the same meaning as atvv;tabaa and at
vv.tafaa, meaning that Allaah was pleased and satisied with him.
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1ranslator`s Side Point: Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab explained the distinction between a ^abee ,Prophet, and a
Ra.oot ,Messenger, in this way: le said,
Know that eery Messenger ,Rasool, is a Prophet ,Nabee, but not eery Prophet is a Messenger. And they mentioned
a number o dierences between a Messenger and a Prophet, you will see these mentioned in the 1af.eer o Al-Aaloosee
,,, Volume 5, pages 449-450 and in other places. And perhaps the closest saying ,to correctness, is that a
Messenger ,Ra.oot, is one who was sent with a new, reealed Law, whereas a Prophet was sent to conirm Legislation
already present rom beore and o course he was commanded to coney that, since it is known that the scholars, they
are commanded with that ,coneying the message and calling to Islaam,, een more so the Prophets, as will not be
hidden.`
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages S4-60 (Points 38-4J)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, on 6
th
December, 2004
1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
Allaah is ligh limsel ,.li.,, and in lis Status ,.i,, and in Supremacy ,e, oer haing any
opposites or rials.
None can withhold what Allaah gies and none can gie that which le withholds.
None can repel Allaah`s Decree, delay lis Judgment, or oercome lis ,Uniersal, Commands.
It is possible that Allaah`s Legislational Command is disobeyed and not implemented. 1his is or testing the
serants so that reward or punishment may come as a result o it.
\e hold what is mentioned in this creed to be our religion. It is not merely speech on the tongue but is rom
our hearts.
Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is Allaah`s chosen slae, lis selected Prophet and lis Messenger
with whom le is pleased.
Just as we bear witness to Allaah`s Diinity and Sole Right to worship, we likewise bear witness or
the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav with Messengership. 1he two .babaaaab`. are inseparable.
Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav was named Muhammad. le was also known as
Ahmad as mentioned in the Qur.aan and by other names mentioned in the Sunnah.
1he Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav was the slae o Allaah and has no share whatsoeer in
diinity or right to be worshipped.
Lxplanations or the dierence between a ^abee ,Prophet, and a Ra.oot ,Messenger, are:
o A ^abee is one to whom Allaah reealed Legislation but he was not commanded to coney it,
whereas a Ra.oot is one to whom Allaah reealed Legislation and commanded him to coney it.
o A Ra.oot is one who was sent with a new, reealed Law, whereas a ^abee was sent to conirm
Legislation already present rom beore and he was commanded to coney that Legislation.
Lery Ra.oot is a ^abee but not eery ^abee is a Ra.oot.


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4J And that Muhammad is His chosen slave and His selected Prophet and His Messenger whom He is
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1ranslator`s Side Point: Ibn Al-Qayyim rabivabvttaab in his book [ataa.vt.fbaav ,,lVl :V>, made an important point
that with regard to the names o the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, that just as we hae a principle with regard to
the Names o Allaah the Most ligh, that all o Allaah`s Names hae along with them an Attribute ,contrary to what
some o the Mvtaitab and the [abvi,,ab and their like say,, the same point applies to the names o the Prophet
Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav - his names are not just merely names, all his names are also characteristics
ound in him.
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1ranslator`s Side Point: Some o the names o the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav are as ollows:
J. Muhammad (o>o) .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav - the praiseworthy one and also the one who praises
abundantly. Amongst the eidences is the aa,ab,
_ . _ ,
Muhammad is but a Messenger and many Messengers have passed away before him
,Soorah Aal-`Imraan ,3,, aa,ab 144,
And likewise the aa,ab,
_ _ . .
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men
,Sooratul-Ahzaab ,33,, aa,ab 40,
And likewise, in Soorah Muhammad ,4,, aa,ab 2 and Sooratul-lath ,48,, aa,ab 29 the name Muhammad is
mentioned or the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav and in many, many abaaaeetb.
2. Ahmad (o>) - the most praiseworthy one. An eidence or that is one aa,ab in the Qur.aan, in the saying o
`Lesaa `ata,bi..ataav when he oretold o the coming o a Prophet that would come ater him,
, _ _ _
a Messenger bringing glad tidings, who will come after me, his name will be Ahmad
,Sooratus-Sa ,61,, aa,ab 6,
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3. Al-Maahee (q>loI) - the one who eliminates or wipes away, meaning, the one through whom Allaah wipes
away unbelie. 1he eidence or this name is the baaeetb o Jubayr ibn Mut`im raai,.ttaabv avb.
4. Al-Haashir (_al>I) - the irst one to be resurrected and the one ater whom the rest o the people would be
resurrected. 1he eidence is the same baaeetb o Jubayr ibn Mut`im raai,.ttaabv avb reported by Al-Bukhaaree
and Muslim.
S. Al-`Aaqib (u8lnI) - the last Prophet. 1he proo being the same baaeetb.
6. Al-Muqaffaa ( oI a _a ) or Al-Muqaffee (qaaoI) - the one who ollows on rom the preious Messengers
and is the inal one o them. 1he eidence or that is the baaeetb o Aboo Moosaa Al-Ash`aree raai,.ttaabv
avb, reported by Muslim.
7. Nabeeut-1awbah (;g.I q;:) - the Prophet o repentance, the one through whom Allaah opened the gate o
repentance to lis serants. 1he proo being the same baaeetb o Aboo Moosaa Al-Ash`aree raai,.ttaabv avb.
8. Nabeeur-Rahmah (o>_I q;:) - the Prophet o mercy, the one whom Allaah sent as a mercy to the
creation. 1he eidence is the baaeetb o Aboo Moosaa Al-Ash`aree raai,.ttaabv avb.
9. Nabeeul-Malhamah (o>loI q;:) - the Prophet o slaughter or wars, the one sent to ight against the
enemies o Allaah. 1he eidence o this is the baaeetb o ludhayah raai,.ttaabv avb reported by 1irmidhee in
his Shamaa.il.
J0. An-Nabeeul-Mustafaa (_aboI q;.I) - the chosen Prophet. 1he eidence being a baaeetb o `Aw ibn
Maalik Al-Ashjaa`ee raai,.ttaabv avb.
Along with these names, some o the scholars mention that Allaah has described the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
with a number o attributes and titles in the Qur.aan. Amongst the titles gien to the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
in the Qur.aan are:
`.bavttaab ,l i.c, - the slae o Allaah
`aba ,i.c, - a slae
ra.oot ,U., - a Messenger
vabee ,_.., - a Prophet
vvvee ,_ol, - unlettered
.baabia ,il., - a witness,
vvba.b.bir ,..o, - a bringer o glad tidings
vaabeer ,,i., - a warner and a caller to Allaah by lis Permission
.iraa;av vvveeraa ,l,.o l>l., - a shining lamp
ra.oofav rabeevaa , l lo,> . , - compassionate and merciul
vvaba//irav , io l , - one who reminded the people o their Lord
rabvab ,o>, - a mercy
vivab ,oa., - a aor
baaaee ,>l, - a guide
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1hese are titles and attributes mentioned in the Qur.aan with regard to the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav and
other scholars mention many others besides these.
\ith regard to the abaaaeetb that were eidences or the names, they are:
1. 1he baaeetb o Jubayr ibn Mut`im raai,.ttaabv avb who said, Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
said,
_ ~ .-' ' .- .~', ', -' ,- = _ ., ', ,- ,-
_ . ', .
I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad and I am Al-Maahee - the one through whom Allaah
wipes away unbelief, and I am Al-Haashir the one whom the people will be resurrected after me,
and I am Al-`Aaqib the last Prophet.'
Reported by Al-Bukhaaree as baaeetb 3532 and also by Muslim.
2. 1he baaeetb o Aboo Moosaa Al-Ash`aree raai,.ttaabv avb who said,
. , ,, , = _. = ,_ .-' . ' ', .~', .- ' .,-, .
~, _, .,, _, '
Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav used to call himsel dierent names to us. So he said, I am
Muhammad and Ahmad and Al-Muqaffee (the one who came at the end of all the Prophets before)
and Al-Haashir (the first one to be resurrected) and Nabeeut-tawbah (the Prophet of repentance) and
Nabeeur-rahmah (the Prophet of mercy).'
Reported by Muslim.
3. 1he baaeetb o ludhayah raai,.ttaabv avb who said, I met the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav on one o
the paths o Al-Madeenah, so he said,
,-' _, ,- ', ' ', ,, _, ~, _ ', ~' ', - '
I am Muhammad and I am Ahmad and I am the Prophet of mercy and the Prophet of repentance
and I am the one who comes last after the other Prophets and I am the one who will be resurrected
first and the Prophet of wars or slaughter.
Reported by 1irmidhee in his Shamaa.il and declared a.av ,Good, by Shaykh Al-Albaanee.
4. 1he eidence or the last name, An-Nabee Al-Mustaaa` ,the chosen Prophet, is a slightly longer baaeetb. It is
an incident which happened in Al-Madeenah. Shaykh Al-Albaanee declared the baaeetb authentic ,abeeb, in his
checking o Ibn Katheer`s Seerah. 1he baaeetb is reported by Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad rom `Aw ibn
Maalik Al-Ashjaa`ee raai,.ttaabv avb who said,
1he Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam went off one day and I was with him until we entered a
church (synagogue) of the Jews in Al-Madeenah on a festival day of theirs and they disliked that we
should enter upon them. So he, sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said to them,
O company of Jews, show me twelve men who bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped
except Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, and then Allaah will remove the anger
that He has upon them from every Jew beneath the sky.'
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So they were silent, none of them answered him.
1hen he repeated it to them but none of them answered him. So he said, You have refused. So by
Allaah, I am certainly Al-Haashir (the one who will be resurrected first) and I am Al-`Aaqib (the last
Prophet), and I am An-Nabeeul-Mustafaa (the chosen Prophet) whether you believe or whether you
reject me'.
1he companion said, 1hen he departed and I was with him until we had almost gone out (of the
church of the Jews) when a man said from behind us, Remain where you are O Muhammad.' So that
man said, O company of Jews, what sort of person do you know me to be amongst you?'
1hey said, By Allaah, we do not know there to have been any man amongst us who knew the Book of
Allaah better than you do, nor anyone having more religious knowledge than you do, nor than your
father before you, nor than your grandfather before your father.'
He said, 1hen I testify in his favor that By Allaah! He is the Prophet of Allaah who you find
mentioned in the 1awraat.'
So then they said, You have lied' and they rebutted his saying and spoke evil of him.
So Allaah's Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said, You people have lied, your speech will
never be accepted. You have just been praising him as you have done with good, but when he
believed then you declared him to be a liar and you said about him what you said. So you speech will
never be accepted.'
1he companion said, So the three of us went out Allaah's Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam,
myself and `Abdullaah ibn Salaam (the Jew who just entered into Islaam). No one else from the Jews
believed.
And Allaah the Most High sent down concerning him,
_ _ _ _ _ ,_ _ _ _
( .
Say, Do you see, if it is indeed from Allaah and you disbelieve in it, when a witness from Banoo
Israa.eel witnesses to the like of it and he believes in it, but you people reject haughtily." 1hen Allaah
does not guide an unbelieving, wrongdoing people.
,Sooratul-Ahqaa ,46,, aa,ab 10,
Shaykh Al-Albaanee said the baaeetb is abeeb ,authentic,.
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42 -| ,- .,,v ;-, .,v =,= _=' .,,- =_ _'-| .
42 And he (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) is the last of the Prophets and the imaam (leader) of those dutiful
to Allaah and the noblest of the Messengers and the beloved one of the Lord of the whole of creation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |42[
1hese are rom his attributes ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav.
,,v ,- - 1he last (or seal) of the Prophets. 1he meaning o /baatav` ,,- seal, is the
one whom no Prophet will come ater. And the /bitaav ,,l.> - seal, o anything is that which is
placed upon it as a seal upon it so that nothing can be added to that thing and nothing can be taken
away rom it. So Allaah sealed the Messengership with Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. le
the Majestic, in lis lighness, said,
_ ,_ _ _ . . _
And Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but rather, he is the Messenger of
Allaah and the seal (last) of the Prophets.
,Sooratul-Ahzaab ,33,, aa,ab 40,
So there is no need or the coming o any Prophet ater him because the Qur.aan is present and the
Prophetic Sunnah is present and the vtavaa. arrabbaavi,oov ,wise scholars who cultiate the people
upon the correct way, are present - calling the people to Allaah and giing clarity to the people. So
thereore, the religion o Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav will remain until the establishment
o the Last lour. It will not be changed, and it will not be abrogated, and it will not be altered
because Allaah, the One ree rom all imperections, has made it suitable and itting or eery time
and eery place. And as or the reealed laws o the preious Prophets, then they were temporary
or their nations in particular times and then Allaah abrogated those legislated laws rom beore,
with other legislated laws suitable or other nations.

Ior every people from you, we made a set of revealed laws and a clear way to proceed upon.
,Sooratul-Maa.idah ,5,, aa,ab 48,
And le, the Most ligh said,
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Ior every revealed Book there is a set time period
,Sooratur-Ra`d ,13,, aa,ab 38,
Meaning, each Book ,rom the preious Books, has a set time period.
So the religion o Islaam is complete. It does not need any Messenger ater Muhammad .att.ttaabv
ata,bi ra .attav. And the scholars are the inheritors o the Prophets. So whoeer holds the belie
that there will come ater Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav any Prophet, then he is a
disbelieer in Allaah, outside the old o the religion. And the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
inormed that there were going to come liars, alsely claiming Prophethood ater him. le ata,bi.
.ataatv ra..ataav said,
'-', -- -' =-- +' ,``` ,-'- -- -'-- -- -- ` -'---`' -'=
1here will come after me thirty great liars, each one of them claiming that he is a prophet
and I am the last of the Prophets, there is no Prophet after me.
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So whoeer claims Prophethood, or has Prophethood claimed on his behal, or whoeer ollows
them, then all o them are unbelieers ,/vffaar,. And the Muslims hae ought against them and
hae declared them to be unbelieers. And the last o those whose ollowers claimed that he was a
Prophet in this present time was that Pakistani Qaaai,aavee. And these people ,the Qaaai,aavee, are
called the .bvaaee. as an ascription to his name because his name was Ahmad .tQaaai,aavee , io>l
_.l,>lsIl, and the scholars declared him to be an unbelieer ,/aafir, and they repelled him rom the
lands o Islaam and the declared his ollowers to be unbelieers since this is a denial o Allaah and o
lis Messenger. And their being unbelieers is by consensus o the Muslims, no one disagrees about
this.
So, it is essential that the Muslim beliees that he ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav is the last o the Prophets
and Messengers and he is the leader o those haing taqraa ,those dutiul to Allaah,, meaning, that

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1his is a baaeetb o 1hawbaan raai,.ttaabv avb and the basis o the baaeetb is in abeeb Muslim but this ull wording is
reported by Aboo Daawood and At-1irmidhee, declared abeeb ,Authentic, by Shaykh Al-Albaanee that 1hawbaan
raai,.ttaabv avb said, Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav said,
.,, ., _' .,, , .,. ,, -, ,', _' - - , .
. , ,- ', _ ' ,,, ,, _ ,
1he last hour will not be established until some tribes of my nation join with the mushriks and until they
worship the idols and there will be in my nation thirty great liars, each one claiming that he is a prophet and I
am the seal of the Prophets, there is no Prophet after me'.`
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he is the single example to be ollowed or those who are obedient and dutiul to Allaah, the Mighty
and Majestic.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
1here is indeed a fine example for you in Allaah's Messenger for whoever has hope in Allaah
and in the Last Day.
,Sooratul-Ahzaab ,33,, aa,ab 21,
And as or others besides the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, he is only to be ollowed i he
himsel is ollowing the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. And as or a person who contradicts
the Messenger ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav then it is not permissible to ollow him.
_. _ _ :
Say, If you truly love Allaah then follow me, then Allaah will love you and forgive you your
sins.
,Soorah Aal-`Imraan ,3,, aa,ab 31,
So there is no way towards Allaah except by ollowing the Messenger ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav and
proceeding upon his way.
As or the term: _=' =,= - And he is the noblest of the Messengers, that is him, ata,bi.
.ataatv ra..ataav, he is the noblest o the sons o Aadam just as he ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav said
about himsel,
, , ' ,- .,
I am the noblest of the sons of Aadam, and that is not boasting.
4

By the statement, I am the noblest of the sons of Aadam, and this is not a boast, he
inormed his nation o that as part o giing thanks to Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and also so
that the |vvab ,Nation, should gie thanks to their Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, or this aour -
that le made its Messenger the noblest o the Messengers.

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aaeetb reported by At-1irmidhee and is a baaeetb o Aboo Sa`eed Al-Khudree raai,.ttaabv avb, declared abeeb
,Authentic, by Shaykh Al-Albaanee.
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And the word .a,,ia` ,i,. - the noblest, means atvvqaaaiv ,,isoIl - the oremost one, and at
ivaav ,,lo\l - the leader,. So he is the best o the Messengers `ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav and he is
their ivaav ,leader, and he is at the head o them.
And the term: .,,- =_ _'-| - the beloved one of the Lord of the whole of creation, the
term babeeb` ,.,.>, is a term which has a point o criticism against it because it is not suicient to say
,that the Messenger `ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav is, babeeb` ,the beloed one,. Rather, he is the /bateet`
- the especially close beloed one` o the Lord o the creation ,_,oIlaIl . _,I>,. And /bvttab ,I>, is
more excellent than just vababbab ,.>o - loe, because atvababbab ,loe, is o leels and the highest
o its leels is at/bvttab which is the purest loe. And no one attained this leel except or two men
rom the creation: Ibraaheem `ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav,

And Allaah took Ibraaheem as a khaleel (especially close beloved one)
,Sooratun-Nisaa. ,4,, aa,ab 125,
And likewise, our Prophet `ata,bi. .ataatv ra..ataav, because he himsel inormed about that saying,
- ,- _- = . ,- ,,,,
Allaah took me as an especially close beloved one just as He took Ibraaheem as a khaleel
(an especially close beloved one).
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So it should not be said about him that he is abeebvttaab - a beloed one o Allaah, because this
term is suitable or eery belieer and there is nothing special or the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra
.attav in it. But as or being /bvttab ,an especially beloed one,, then no one ,rom this Ummah,
shares with him in that.
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1he baaeetb is reported by Muslim and is a baaeetb o `Abdillaah ibn Mas`ood raai,.ttaabv avb, that the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav said,
, . - ' _. ,- .-. , _' - . ,- , ,-. ,- =
If I were to take a specially beloved friend from the people of the earth, I would have taken Ibn Abee
Quhaafah (Aboo Bakr) as an especially close beloved friend, however, your companion (meaning himself) is
the Khaleel of Allaah.
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43 ;,-. ,,| =-, _- ;, .
43 Lvery claim to Prophethood after him is erroneous and baseless desires.

1he Lxplanation - Point |43[
1his has preceded in the meaning o his being the seal and last o the Prophets`. So thereore, eery
claim to Prophethood ater him is utile and is unbelie since there will not come any Prophet ater
our Prophet `ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav. And as or `Lesaa `ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav, when he
descends at the end o time, then it will not be upon the basis that he is a Prophet and a Messenger,
nor upon the basis that he is coming with a new reealed Law. Rather, he will come upon the basis
that he is a Mv;aaaia ,>i>o - Reier, or the religion o the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra
.attav, on the basis that he is one ollowing the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav and
he will judge with the Islaamic baree`ab ,Laws,.
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1ranslator`s Side Point: 1here is a narration that Shaykh Al-Albaanee points out is weak in his notes to At-
1ahaawiyyah. It is a baaeetb o Ibn `Abbaas raai,.ttaabv avbvvaa and in it is quoted that the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi
ra .attav himsel said,
,- ., = .,- ', .'
I am the Habeeb (beloved one) of Allaah and that's not boasting.
Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab mentions that this narration is aaeef ,weak,, not authentic. It is weak because it has
the narrator Zam`ah ibn Saalih and also the narrator Salamah ibn \ahraam.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 60-64 (Points 4J (continued)-43)
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th
December 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
1he names o the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav are relectie o his characteristics
and not merely names.
1he Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is the last and seal o all the Prophets.
1he religion o Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav will remain until the establishment o the Last
lour. It will not be changed, abrogated, nor altered because Allaah has made it suitable and itting
or eery time and place.
\hoeer beliees that another Prophet will come ater Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, is a
disbelieer in Allaah, outside the old o the religion.
\hen `Lesaa ata,bi..ataav descends at the end o the time, he will not do so as a Prophet or
Messenger, but as a Mv;aaaia ,Reier, - ollowing the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav and
judging with the Islaamic bareeab.
Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is the single example to be ollowed or those obedient and
dutiul to Allaah, others are ollowed only i they ollow him .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav.
le .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is the noblest and best o the Messengers and is their ivaav.
le .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is the especially close beloed one ,Kbateet, o the Lord o the whole
creation. Besides him, only Ibraaheem ata,bi..ataav attained this status.
Lery claim to Prophethood ater Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is utile and is unbelie.



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44 , =,-,' _, --- - - ;_,| -, .;= _,|, ,=| .
[44] And he (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) is the one sent to the whole of the jinn and to
all of mankind with the truth and the guidance and with light and radiance.

1he Lxplanation - Point |44[
Likewise, this is what it is obligatory to hold as our creed and belie with regard to the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. It is not suicient that we merely beliee that he is Allaah`s Messenger.
Rather, that he is a Messenger to all o mankind, indeed to the jinn and mankind. le the Most
Perect said,

And We have not sent you (as a Messenger) except to the whole of mankind, as a bringer of
glad tidings and as a warner
,Soorah Saba. ,34,, aa,ab 28,
And le also said to him,
, , _ _ _ _
Say, O mankind! I am the Messenger of Allaah to all of you.
,Sooratul-A`raa ,,, aa,ab 158,
So his Messengership was to all o mankind and this was something particular to him ata,bi..ataatv
ra..ataav. So he was a Messenger to all o mankind and obedience to him is obligatory upon the
whole o the creation - their Arabs and their non-Arabs, the black o them and the white o them,
mankind o them and the jinn o them. So, eeryone whom the call o the Messenger ata,bi..ataatv
ra..ataav reaches, then it is obligatory upon him to obey him and to ollow him. So whoeer agrees
that he ,Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, is the Messenger o Allaah to the Arabs in
particular, as is said by a group o the Christians who say that he was indeed the Messenger o
Allaah, but to the Arabs in particular, and they deny that he was a Prophet to anyone else, then this
is /vfr ,disbelieing, in Allaah, the Might and Majestic, and it is a denial o what Allaah the Mighty
and Majestic said and a denial o lis Messenger. So, Allaah said,
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And We have not sent you except to the whole of mankind, as a bringer of glad tidings and
as a warner
,Soorah Saba. ,34,, aa,ab 28,
And le, the One ree o all imperections, said,
_ _
Blessed is the One Who sent down the Criterion (the Qur.aan) upon His slave
(Muhammad sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) so that he should be a warner
to the whole of mankind and jinn
,Sooratul-lurqaan ,25,, aa,ab 1,
So his Messengership is uniersal.
And he, ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav said,
.,, ..- , .`, _ .
A Prophet used to be sent to his own people in particular, whereas I have been sent to the
whole of mankind.
1

Allaah`s Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav wrote letters to the kings o the dierent lands,
calling them to Islaam, so this shows that he was a Messenger sent to the whole o the people o the
earth. And he was commanded with ighting ;ibaaa until the people entered into Islaam, so this
shows that his Messengership ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav was uniersal. So it is obligatory to beliee
that.
So it is obligatory with regard to him ,.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav,, to hold these belies:
Iirstly: 1hat he ,.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, is the slae o Allaah and lis Messenger.

1
aaeetb reported by Al-Bukhaaree as baaeetb no. 335 and 438 and also reported by Muslim with the wording,
,', ,~' .,,
And I have been sent to every red person and black person (i.e. everyone), rom a baaeetb o Jaabir ibn
`Abdillaah raai,.ttaabv avbvvaa.
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Secondly: 1hat he is the last o the Prophets, there is no Prophet ater him.
1hirdly: 1hat his Messengership was uniersal, coering all o mankind and jinn.
And the proo that his Messengership was uniersal to mankind is the aa,aat which hae preceded
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And also the act that the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav wrote the letters.
And as or his Messengership being uniersal to the whole o the jinn, then in accordance with the
saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,
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And (remember) when We sent a group of the jinn to you who listened to the Qur.aan. So
when they attended it, they said (to each other), Be silent in order to listen! So when he
(sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) finished reciting, they (the jinn) went back to their people as
warners (of Allaah's punishment upon those who disbelieve). 1hey said, O our people! We
have heard a Book sent down after (the Book of) Moosaa, confirming the Books which
came before it. It guides to the truth and to the Straight Path. O our people, respond to
the Messenger of Allaah who calls you to obedience to Allaah.
,Sooratul-Ahqaa ,46,, aa,aat 29-31,
Meaning: Muhammad ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav.
And in the saying o Allaah, the Most ligh,
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Say, It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, We have heard
an amazing Qur.aan, it guides to Right Guidance, so we have believed in it.'
,Sooratul-Jinn ,2,, aa,aat 1-2,

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So this proes that his Messengership coered the jinn. So the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
was sent to all o the people o the earth - mankind o them and the jinn o them. So whoeer truly
beliees ,has eevaav, in him, then he will enter Paradise and whoeer does not truly beliee in him
will enter the lire, whether it be rom mankind or rom the jinn. And his saying, (that he was
sent) with light and with radiance, these two words ,avvoor and aaai,aa., hae the same
meaning and the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav was sent with each o these ,light and radiance,.
Allaah the Most ligh said,
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O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and as a bringer of good tidings, and as a warner,
and as a caller to Allaah by His Permission, and as a shining lamp.
,Sooratul-Ahzaab ,33,, aa,aat 45-46,
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1ranslator`s Side Point: Shaykh Al-Albaanee rabivabvttaab said, I say, and rom the misguidance o the Qaaai,aavee. is
their denying the jinn as being a separate creation to humans. And they twist the meaning o all the aa,aat and the
abaaaeetb which clearly state the existence o the jinn, and which state that they are dierent to mankind, in creation.
1hey twist the meaning and instead, they gie the understanding that the jinn are actually mankind themseles, or a
particular group o mankind, they een say that Iblees was an eil person. low misguided these people are!`
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1ranslator`s Side Point: As or the lineage o the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, he was:
Muhammad ,io>o, .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav ibn `Abdillaah ,l i.c, ibn `Abdil-Muttalib ,.ILoIl i.c, |this was
a title and his name was Shaybatul-lamd ,io>Il .,.,[ ibn Haashim ,,.l, |this was a title and his name was `Amr
,oc,[ ibn `Abd Manaaf ,.l.o i.c, ibn Qusay ,_, |this was a title and his name was Zayd ,i,,[ ibn Kilaab ,.V,
ibn Murrah ,eo, ibn Ka`ab ,.a, ibn Lu.ay ,I, ibn Ghaalib ,.Ilc, ibn Iihr ,, ibn Maalik ,:Ilo, ibn An-
Nadr ,.Il, ibn Kinaanah ,.l., ibn Khuzaymah ,o,>, ibn Mudrikah ,io, |this was a title and his name was
`Amr ,oc,[ ibn Ilyaas ,_l,I|, ibn Mudar ,o, ibn Nizaar ,l., ibn Ma`ad ,iao, ibn `Adnaan ,cl.ic,
1his list is taken rom the Abridged Seerah o Ibn Katheer: ,I. ,Ic _I U.Il e,. _ UsIl .
Imaam An-Nawawee said in 1ahdheeb al-Asmaa. wal-Lughaat , :lo.Vl .,i. .laIIl ,, 1his lineage here, there is
consensus o the Ummah o these names here.`
Likewise, Al-Bukhaaree in a chapter heading o his book brings the lineage o the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
with these same names here.
So this is by consensus, the lineage o the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is presered, back to `Adnaan. \ith
regard to the lineage ater `Adnaan then there are dierent sayings. Some o the scholars withhold and say that they
don`t know the lineage in detail any urther than that. Others mention dierent names with dierent numbers o names
in the list and the eriiers rom the scholars say that ater `Adnaan, the lineage is not authentic. All that we know ater
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 64-66 (Points 44)
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1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
It does not suice or us to beliee that the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav was merely
Allaah`s Messenger. Rather, le is a Messenger to all mankind and jinn.
Obedience to him .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav is obligatory upon the whole o the creation as his
Messengership is uniersal.
It is /vfr ,disbelie, to beliee that he .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav was a Messenger sent only to the Arabs.
It is obligatory to beliee that: ,1, he is the slae o Allaah and lis Messenger, ,2, he is the last o the Prophets
and there is no Prophet ater him and ,3, his Messengership was uniersal to all mankind and jinn.
\hoeer truly beliees in him will enter Paradise, and whoeer does not, will enter the lire.




`Adnaan, is that `Adnaan was a descendent o the Messenger o Allaah, Ismaa.eel ata,bi..ataav, who was the son o the
Messenger o Allaah, Ibraaheem ata,bi..ataav, who was the son o Aazar. And beyond that we don`t know, except that
Ibraaheem ata,bi..ataav was a descendent o the Messenger o Allaah, Nooh ata,bi..ataav and that Nooh ata,bi.
.ataav was a descendent o Aadam ata,bi..ataav.
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[45] And that the Qur.aan is the Speech of Allaah.

1he Lxplanation - Point |45[
Ater you hae eevaav ,truly beliee, in Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, and you hae eevaav ,truly
beliee, in lis Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, then, you hae eevaav ,truly beliee, that the
Qur.aan is the Speech o Allaah, because this is what the Messenger o Allaah .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra
.attav came with, and Allaah sent down the Qur.aan to him. And this Qur.aan is not rom the
speech o Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav nor is it rom the speech o Jibreel, rather, it is just
the Speech o Allaah, the Mighty and the Majestic. Allaah spoke with it, and Jibreel took it rom
Allaah, and the Prophet ata,bi..ataatv ra..ataav took it rom Jibreel atabi..ataav, and the Ummah
,this nation, took it rom the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav.
So, it is the Speech o Allaah, it originated rom lim, le the One ree o all imperections. Jibreel
did not take it rom .tarb .tMabfoo ,Ls>oIl _IIl - the Presered 1ablet, as the people o
misguidance say. And it is not rom the speech o Jibreel nor Muhammad, rather, it is rom the
Speech o the Lord o the whole o creation. And as or Jibreel and Muhammad ata,biva..ataatv
ra..ataav, then those two were Messengers who coneyed rom Allaah the Mighty and Majestic.
lor speech is said by, and attributed to, the one who initially spoke it, not the one who said it only as
one coneying and transmitting it.
So, those who say that Jibreel took it rom the Presered 1ablet or who say that Allaah created it
within something and then Jibreel took it rom that thing, then whoeer says this is a /aafir
,disbelieer, in Allaah the Mighty and Majestic, who has disbelieed with /vfr which takes them out
o the Religion, as is the saying o the [abvi,,ab and the Mvtaitab and those who ollow their way.
So it ,the Qur.aan, is the Speech o Allaah - its letters and its meanings, Allaah spoke with it as le
wished. So, we describe Allaah with the Attribute o lis haing spoken, and .tKataav ,Speech, is
rom Allaah`s Attributes which are actions ,.ifaatibitfiti,,ab,. And the how` ,/a,fi,,ab, or the
manner in which le spoke with it, then in that regard we say, Allaah knows best about that.` So,
this is just like the rest o lis Attributes, we hae eevaav in them but we do not know how they are.
So the meaning is known but as or how`, then that is unknown to us.
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[46] It originated from Him as something spoken without us knowing how; and He sent it
down to His Messenger as revelation.

1he Lxplanation - Point |46[
Meaning: that the Qur.aan descended rom Allaah, Allaah spoke with it and sent it down. It did not
descend rom someone else besides lim, and it did not originate rom someone other than lim. It
is not as they say, that it originated rom Jibreel or rom the Presered 1ablet or rom somewhere in
mid-air. Rather, it began rom Allaah and Jibreel heard it and he coneyed it to the Prophet
.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav as rab, ,reelation, and the Prophet .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav, he
coneyed it to the people. And i this Qur.aan had been rom the speech o humans then someone
rom the people would hae been able to bring a .oorab the like o it. So, since they are unable to do
this, then this shows that it is indeed the Speech o Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic. le the Most
ligh said,
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And if you are in any doubt about that which We sent down to Our slave (Muhammad
sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam), then bring a soorah like it and call your witnesses besides
Allaah upon that, if you are truthful.
,Sooratul-Baqarah ,2,, aa,ab 23,
And le the One ree rom all imperections and the Most ligh said,
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Or do they say, He forged it? Say, 1hen bring ten soorahs which are forged like it.
,Soorah lood ,11,, aa,ab 13,
So, Allaah rendered them incapable o doing that, een though they were Arabs and eloquent in the
language. And the Qur.aan is in the language o the Arabs and is in the letters which they spoke
with, and they were eager to oppose the Messenger .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav; and i it was within
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their ability to resist and oppose this Qur.aan, they would not hae saed any eorts to do so. So
when they were unable to do that, then this shows that it is indeed the Speech o Allaah, which is
not approached by alsehood rom in ront nor rom behind.
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[47] And the believers attest to it as being the Truth upon that basis.

1he Lxplanation - Point |4[
So those who hae eevaav ,truly beliee, in Allaah and lis Messenger, they beliee that the Qur.aan
is the Speech o Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, and that Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav
was just one who coneyed ,the Message, rom Allaah.
And as or the saying o Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic,
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Indeed, it is the Speech brought by an honourable Messenger (Jibreel `alayhis-salaam)
possessing the strength to do whatever duty he is given, high in status with the Lord of the
1remendous 1hrone.
,Sooratut-1akweer ,81,, aa,aat 19-20,
So what is meant by its being ascribed to Jibreel, is rom the aspect o coneying; since it is not
possible that this Qur.aan is rom the Speech o Allaah ava rom the speech o Jibreel. Speech does
not come except rom one, so it is not possible to describe it as being the Speech o more than one.
And its being ascribed to Allaah is baqeeqi,,ab ,true and real, and as or its being ascribed to Jibreel,
then ,it is, rom the aspect o coneying it ,tabteegb - ,I..,. And in another aa,ab,
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Indeed it is Speech conveyed by an honourable Messenger and it is not the speech of a poet,
little it is that you believe.
,Sooratul-laaqqah ,69,, aa,aat 40-41,
Meaning: Muhammad .att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav. So its being ascribed to him is an ascription o
coneying ,tabteegb,. So le, the One ree o all imperections, sometimes ascribes it to limsel, and
sometimes to Jibreel and sometimes to Muhammad ,.att.ttaabv ata,bi ra .attav,. And one and the
same speech cannot hae been spoken by more than one. So thereore, its being ascribed to Allaah
is an ascription with regard to its origin and that it is lis Speech, and its being ascribed to Jibreel
and Muhammad is an ascription o coneying.
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At-1a`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At-1ahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Iawzaan al-Iawzaan hafizahullaah
Pages 66-68 (Points 4S-47)
1ranslated by Aboo 1alhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah, on 27
th
December 2004

1ranscribed by Sideeqa Ali
Points discussed in this excerpt include:
1he Qur.aan is the Speech o Allaah and it originated rom lim, it is not created.
One who says that Jibreel took it rom the Presered 1ablet has disbelieed with /vfr which takes
him out o the religion.
It originated rom Allaah as something spoken without us knowing how, and le sent it down to lis
Messenger as reelation.
I the Qur.aan was rom the speech o humans then someone would hae been able to bring a .oorab
the like o it. But they cannot, so this shows that it is indeed the Speech o Allaah.
Jibreel and Muhammad `ata,biva..ataav were just Messengers who coneyed the Message ,Qur.aan,
rom Allaah.
1he same speech cannot hae been spoken by more than one.
\hen Allaah mentions: .Speech brought by an honorable Messenger and .Speech
conveyed by an honorable Messenger, this ascription to Jibreel and Muhammad `ata,biva..ataav
is an ascription o coneying and not o haing originally spoken with the Speech.


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1ranslator`s Side Point: In his larger explanation, Ibn Abil-`Izz goes into great detail in explaining these points and i
you want to see the beauty o the saying o the people o 1ruth about the Qur.aan being the Speech o Allaah: that it
originated rom lim, le spoke with it and its Letters and Meanings are rom lis Speech, then i you read the
explanation and his inclusion o eight ,8, sayings o the people o deiation, then you will urther see the beauty o this
speech.

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