Kitaab Sharh us-Sunnah
by Al-Barbahaaree
Trans. Abu Talhah Dawud Burbank


76: One must have Faith that Allah spoke to Moosaa (alaihis salaam)

To have Faith that it was Allah, the Blessed and Most High, who spoke to Moosa ibn ‘Imraan on the day of Mount Toor and that Moosa heard Allah’s speech: a voice that he heard from Him, not from other than Him. He who says other than this has disbelieved in Allah, the Sublime (the Mighty) [1].


NOTES

[1] Shaikhul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah said, “The reports are abundant from the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam), the Companions, the Tabi’een and the scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah after them that He, the Most Perfect, calls with a voice. He called upon Moosa and will call upon His servants on the Day of Resurrection with a voice. He speaks the Revelation with a voice. It is not reported from a single one of the Salaf that he said, ‘Allah speaks without a voice,’ or without words, nor that anyone denied that Allah speaks with a voice and with words.” (Al-Majmoo’ ul-Fataawa, 12/304-305).

‘Abdulllah ibn Ahmad reports in as-Sunnah (no.532): I asked my father (Imaam Ahmad) about a people who say that when Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, spoke to Moosa, He did not speak with a voice. So my father said, “Rather, your Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, did speak with a voice. We relate these ahaadeeth just as they are reported.”

‘Abdullah ibn Ahmad reports in as-Sunnah (no.535): I heard Abu Ma’mar al-Hudhalee say, “Whoever claims that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not speak, nor hear, nor see, nor become angry, nor is pleased (and he mentioned some attributes) then he is a disbeliever in Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. If you see him standing by a well, throw him into it. This is what I hold as my religion before Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, since they are disbelievers in Allah, the Most High.”

Al-Aajuree says in ash-Sharee’ah (p75), “May Allah have mercy upon us and you. Know that the saying of the Muslims whose hearts have not deviated from the truth and those who were guided to what is correct in the past and the present is that the Qur’an is the speech of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. It is not created, since the Qur’an is from the Knowledge of Allah, the Most High. The Knowledge of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is not created. High is Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, above that. This is proven by the Qur’an, the Sunnah, the sayings of the Companions (radiallaahu ta’aalaa ‘anhum) and the sayings of the scholars of the Muslims (rahmatullaahi ta’aala alaihim). It is not denied except by a filthy Jahmee. In the view of the scholars, the Jahmiyyah are disbelievers.”

Refer to point number 15 of this book, along with the accompanying footnotes.


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