THE SIFAT-I ILAHIYYAH CONCEPTION OF THE AHL SUNNAH ACCORDING TO HIS WORK CALLED MUHAMMAD IBN KUDAMA’S LUMAT AL-ITIKAD AND SALAFIZM
MUHAMMED B. KUDÂME’NİN LUM’ATÜ’L-İTİKÂD İSİMLİ ESERİNE GÖRE EHL-İ SÜNNET’İN SIFAT-I İLÂHÎYYE TASAVVURU VE SELEFÎLİK

Author : Yusuf ÖTENKAYA
Number of pages : 403-412

Abstract

Muhammad ibn Kudamah who is the scholar of the Hanbali fiqh, appears to belong to his predecessor line (Salafizm) in the work called Lumat al-Itikad, a short theological work. In the whole study, it is emphasized that the mind cannot fully reveal the nature of God, therefore it is necessary to adhere to the idea of God in the mind of the companions (ashâb) instead of comment. In this sense, it is necessary to avoid any theory of reason. Muhammad ibn Kudamah chose to believe in such matters without interrogation by acting on the basis of their predecessor method. However, his thinking should not mean that he is an anthropomorphist. His main concern here is not to accept literally texts (nass), but rather to reveal that the mind is insufficient for the nature of God. As a matter of fact, he has always stated that God is higher than other beings. He stated that God is unique in terms of uniqueness (vahdaniyyah). Our main aim in this study is to be able to reveal that the Hanbalis in particular of ibn Kudamah are not anthropomorphist.

Keywords

Ahl Sunnah, Hanbaliyya, Sıfat-ı İlâhiyyah, Salafizm

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