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Leaving aside the antagonistic rhetoric, this response highlights the inadequacy of late salafi theology.
The entire post is premised on the understanding that one should adopt the salafi methodology is these regards, namely, to affirm the apparent meaning of an attribute while negating the kayfiyat. This raises a number of problems
Firstly, what does it mean when one takes the apparent meaning of things.Vernacularly speaking, all words are given specific meanings along with their specific connotations.Hence, taking a lexically established vernacular definition requires one to adopt its attached connotations
By negating that specific meaning of a word, one also negates that given connotation. In this way, one may affirm the terms itself, while negating its meaning, and thereby negating its connotations.
Ex: Affirming the literal meaning of "hand" for Allah entails affirming its attached connotations. By rejecting the affirmation of the literal meaning of hand, we then reject its attached connotations.
My response to the Shaykh: https://t.co/tMgcFww9Rs https://t.co/EBA62i2ZyV
— EBN HUSSEIN \U0001f3f3\ufe0f\U0001f3f4 (@EbnHussein1424) November 2, 2020
The entire post is premised on the understanding that one should adopt the salafi methodology is these regards, namely, to affirm the apparent meaning of an attribute while negating the kayfiyat. This raises a number of problems
Firstly, what does it mean when one takes the apparent meaning of things.Vernacularly speaking, all words are given specific meanings along with their specific connotations.Hence, taking a lexically established vernacular definition requires one to adopt its attached connotations
By negating that specific meaning of a word, one also negates that given connotation. In this way, one may affirm the terms itself, while negating its meaning, and thereby negating its connotations.
Ex: Affirming the literal meaning of "hand" for Allah entails affirming its attached connotations. By rejecting the affirmation of the literal meaning of hand, we then reject its attached connotations.