Sahih al-Bukhari – The Book of Tawheed - Lesson 5 (10/12/16)
Today we covered:
Recap:
• The importance of Tahweed
The focus of the following chapter is the names and attributes of Allah
• Why was this verse the heading of the chapter?
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Invoke Allâh or invoke the Most Beneficent (Allâh), by whatever name you invoke Him (it is the same), for to Him belong the Best Names. (Al-Isra 17:110)
• A description of each narrator in the chain
• What is a “Mukhadhram”?
• Principle: every name of Allah has an attribute (Sifah), but not every Sifah has a name.
• All the names of Allah are perfect in every sense with no deficiency whatsoever.
• We describe Allah with what He described Himself (in the Qur’an & Sunnah)
o We affirm what everything Allah affirmed for himself (Ithbaat)
o We Negate from Allah everything which Allah has negated for himself
• There are four basic rules (mentioned by Shaykhul Islam in al-Waasitiyyah):
o We do not do Ta’teel (rejection), we do not reject the names and attributes of Allah
o We not not do tahreef (distortion) we do not change or distort what Allah has informed us of in the Qur’an & Sunnah
o We do not do Takyeef (give descriptions), we do not attempt to give descriptions [of our own]
o We do not do tamtheel (trying to compare Allah to the creation)
• Who are the Mu’attilah and the Mushabbihah?
• What are the beliefs of the people of innovation?
• Many examples to aid further understanding were given throughout the lesson.
Next week: How many names does Allah have?
Benefit: To gain further understanding when we discuss the chains, follow our “Bayqooniyyah in the Sciences of Hadith” lessons on LearnAboutIslam: http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2016/01/18/al-mandhomah-al-bayqooniyah/
The English translation of the hadiths and all the audio are available on: www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/bukhari
Recorded at the Salafi Centre of Manchester on 10/12/16 and streamed live on SunnahRadio.Net