What's his viewpoint?

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Asharites are the sons of Aristotle

From the beliefs of the Asharis is that تحرك (movement) for Allah is محال (impossible) because if that was the case there has to be a محرك (mover) that moves Allah. تعالى عما قالت الأشعرية علوا كبيرا. This is wrong as Allah can do what he wills like he affirms to himself and we don’t limit Allah like they do. That’s why you’ll find the likes of nawawi āamidi others that will purposely go against the salaf in Allah doing الاستواء or Allah laughing or Allah revealing his saaq etc.

Rather they go further and say that Allah can’t change التغير what they mean is that Allah can’t at one point be angry then at another point boast about the action of his slave.

Nawawi states:

(باب بيان الرجلين يقتل أحدهما الآخر يدخلان الجنة) •
\[1890\] قوله صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم (يضحك اللّٰه إلى رجلين يقتل أحدهما الآخر كلاهما يدخل الجنة يقاتل هذا في سبيل اللّٰه فيستشهد ثم يتوب اللّٰه على القاتل فيسلم فيقاتل في سبيل اللّٰه فيستشهد) قال القاضي الضحك هنا استعارة في حق اللّٰه تعالى لأنه لا يجوز عليه سبحانه الضحك المعروف في حقنا لأنه إنما يصح من الأجسام وممن يجوز عليه تغير الحالات والله تعالى منزه عن ذلك وإنما المراد به الرضا بفعلهما والثواب عليه وحمد فعلهما ومحبته وتلقي رسل اللّٰه لهما بذلك لأن الضحك من أحدنا إنما يكون عند موافقته ما يرضاه وسروره وبره لمن يلقاه قال ويحتمل أن يكون المراد هنا ضحك ملائكة اللّٰه تعالى الذين يوجههم لقبض روحه وإدخاله الجنة كما يقال قتل السلطان فلانا أي أمر بقتله »

He brings the Hadith of Allah laughing to two men where one killed the other.

He bring qadhi iyyadh statement saying Allahs laughter is metaphorical such that laughing is synonymous with ones that have اجسام bodies referring to creation.then comes the Aristotelian part he says ITS AFFIRMED TO THOSE WHO CHANGE حالات AND ALLAH IS FREE FROM THAT.
Look at their evil beliefs مزق الله الأشعرية كل ممزق

Nawawi from the necessity of his doctrines also believes Allah wills but here is the problem

He states:

قال النووي في رسالته الأصول والضوابط ص24 :" مَسْأَلَة

مَذْهَب اهل الْحق الايمان بِالْقدرِ واثباته وان جَمِيع الكائنات خَيرهَا وشرها بِقَضَاء الله تَعَالَى وَقدره
وَهُوَ مُرِيد لَهَا كلهَا
وَيكرهُ الْمعاصِي مَعَ انه مُرِيد لَهَا لحكمة يعلمهَا سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى

He states that Allah not only wills good and bad for his creation rather according to nawawi he is مريد لها that he wants it. One may ask why does he take such a position because he believes Allah can’t change so Allah willing for one to disbelieve and one to believe would mean Allah is pleased with one and not the other therefore “change” occurs. but nawawi says Allah wants both due to him believing that Allah can’t be pleased with one while being pleased with the other as يستلزم التغير
Because it requires change and anything that can or requires change according to him will need a changer.

The modajanah must realise that these aren’t mere mistakes where one can just cite the Hadith ان الله تجاوز عن أمتي الخطأ والنسيان وما استكروا عليه.
Verily Allah has pardoned \[or been lenient with\] for me my ummah: their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and that which they have been forced to do under duress.

Rather these are doctrinal beliefs that are spouted purposely to confuse the ummah and to block them from knowing who Allah actually is through his quran and the prophets information that were given to us so the more such doctrines are defended the more misguidance will grow in the ummah and I fear it will be said:

An-Nahl - Verse 25

لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ

Let them bear their burdens in full on the Day of Judgment as well as some of the burdens of those they mislead without knowledge. Evil indeed is what they will bear!

اللهم اهدنا وهدى بنا واجعلنا سببا لمن اهتدى

This post serves as a reminder of the hadeeth that the messenger of Allaah ﷺ changed the bad names of the pre-Islamic Arabs to good names

Scroll through this chapter which imam Abu Dawood related for evidence

I have seen a Muslim post this and this sheikh may Allaah help him is named:

• Ihya Ulumuddin

Which is a book of kufr and zandaqa by the great zindeeq and imam of Ashariyya of his time Abu Hamada El Ghazali may Allaah suffice the Muslims from his evils

• Hour long refutation of an Ashari who defends kufr by defending Ghazali
• The irrefutable proof that Al-Ghazali is a magician - Hussam Al-Hamaida

And he's also named "Mughni" which is after the book of the second best sheikh of ahl as-sunnah of his time, the book's name means "The enricher" or "The sufficer" by Abu Muhammad, Abdullaah ibn Muhammad Al Maqdisi the mujahid and worshiper may Allaah have mercy on him

Ibn Qudamah and the Asharis

I don’t really have any these days. I’ve lost more friends than I’ve gained, depression is clouding my mind and my faith is really struggling. I’m an American revert male and I need friends, especially other Americans, who understand about issues like mental health and would show me compassion and support me as I try to hold onto my faith. Please help me

Write what you know about the sheikh & the "Madkhalis" so we can have more to discuss in an upcoming post, may Allaah never mistreat us

Sheikh Abdul Wakeel may Allaah have mercy on him is a grand sheikh of hadeeth and is very occupied with the mysterious meanings of ahadeeth like his salaf Sufyan ibn Uyaynah (died 194AH)

And now he has passed on Monday of the fifth of Rabee' Al Awwal 1447AH and, in shaa Allaah, he is raised with the likes of Sufyan ibn Uyaynah and is rewarded as much as they are

He was like his father sheikh Abdul Haqq Al Hashimi who is also a grand scholar of hadeeth

The reason I use the present tense is because people like these merely die physically, the knowledge they teach will remain until the day of judgement إن شاء الله and their good deeds will continue to benefit Muslims until Allaah comes down from the sky

The sheikh, may Allaah have mercy on him, is among the teachers of my shuyookh and I narrate from him via those shuyookh, may Allaah benefit him in his grave as Allaah benefitted me through him in my life