اللَّهُAllahبِهِin itمِنْfromكِتَابٍBookاللَّهِAllahتَعَالَىthe Most HighقَالَsaidاللَّهُAllahعَزَّMightyوَجَلَّand ExaltedلَاnotيُكَلِّمُهُمْHe will speak to themوَلَاand notيَنْظُرَlookإِلَيْهِمْat them
Allah, in His Book, said: "He will not speak to them nor look at them."
وَكَلَامُAnd the speechاللَّهِof Allahوَنَظَرُهُand His gazeوَاحِدٌis oneيَعْنِيmeaningغَيْرَnotمَخْلُوقٍcreatedوَذُكِرَAnd it is mentionedحُسَيْنٌHusseinابْنُson ofعَبْدٍAbdالأوَّلُthe firstقَالَsaidمُحَمَّدٌMuhammadابْنُson ofالْحُسَيْنِAl-Husseinأَبِيmy fatherأَبُوFatherيَعْقُوبَJacobيُوسُفَJosephابْنُson ofأَحْمَدَAhmedابْنُson ofيُوسُفَJoseph
And the speech of Allah and His gaze is one, meaning it is not created.
قَالَHe saidوَحَدَّثَنَاand narrated to usأَبُوAbuحَامِدٍHamedحَدَّثَنَاnarrated to usصَالِحٌSalahابْنُson ofأَحْمَدَAhmedابْنُson ofيَعْقُوبَJacobقَالَsaidسَمِعْتُI heardأَبِيmy fatherيَقُولُsayingسُئِلَHe was askedأَبُوAbuمُقَاتِلٍMuqatilحَفْصٌHafsابْنُson ofسَالِمٍSalimوَأَنَاand Iحَاضِرٌpresentعَنْaboutخَلْقِthe creationالْقُرْآنِof the QuranفَقَالَHe said
And Abu Hamed narrated to us that Salah bin Ahmed bin Jacob said: I heard my father saying: Abu Muqatil was asked, while I was present, about the creation of the Quran, and he said: The Quran is the speech of Allah, not created.
فَقَالَSo he saidلَهُto himابْنُهُhis sonسَالِمٌSalimيَاOأَبَتِfatherهَلْIsتَخَيَّرْتَyou chooseعَنْaboutأَبِيmy fatherحَنِيفَةَHanafiفِيinهَذَاthisبِشَيْءٍanythingفَقَالَSo he saidنَعَمْYesكَانَHe wasأَبُوAbuحَنِيفَةَHanifaعَلَىonهَذَاthisعَهْدِيmy pledgeبِهِwith himمَاwhatعَلِمْتُI knewمِنْهُof himغَيْرَother thanهَذَاthisوَلَوْand ifعَلِمْتُI knewمِنْهُfrom himغَيْرَother thanهَذَاthisلَمْnotأُصَحِّبْهُI would accompany him
So his son Salim said to him: "O father, did you select about Abu Hanifa anything regarding this?" So he said: "Yes, Abu Hanifa was on this, as far as I knew nothing other than this from him, and if I had known any other than this, I would not have accompanied him."
قُلْتُI saidفِيinهَذَاthisكُلِّهِallإِبْطَالٍrefutationلِمَاfor whatعُزِيَwas attributedبَعْضٌsomeالْمُحَدِّثِينَof the narratorsإِلَىtoأَبِيAbuحَنِيفَةَHanifaوَمُحَمَّدٍand Muhammadابْنِson ofالْحَسَنِAl-Hasanمِنْfromالْقَوْلِthe statementبِخَلْقِabout the creationالْقُرْآنِof the Quran
I said that all this is a refutation of what some narrators attributed to Abu Hanifa and Muhammad bin al-Hasan regarding the statement of the creation of the Quran.
وَكُلُّAnd allمَاwhatرُوِيَhas been narratedعَنْaboutأَبِيAbuحَنِيفَةَHanifaمِنْfromهَذَاthisالْقَبِيلِclass/categoryفَيَنْبَغِيit should beأَنْtoيُحْمَلَbe understoodعَلَىonأَنَّهُthat heكَانَhe wasيَقُولُsayingإِنَّthatقِرَاءَتَنَاOur recitationالْقُرْآنَof the Quranوَكِتَابَتَنَاand our writingلَهُto itمَخْلُوقَةٌis createdكَمَاasأَفَادَhe informedفِيinالْفِقْهَthe jurisprudenceالأَكْبَرِthe greater
And all that has been narrated from Abu Hanifa about this should be understood as him saying that our recitation of the Quran and our writing for it are created, as he informed in the greater jurisprudence.
فَفَهِمَSo some understoodبَعْضُsomeالنَّاسِof the peopleمِنْfromكَلَامِهِhis speechأَنَّthatأَصْلَthe originالْقُرْآنِof the Quranالَّذِيwhichهُوَisصِفَةٌattributeاللَّهِof Allahتَعَالَىthe Most Highمَخْلُوقٌcreatedعِندَهُin his viewأوorشَدَّدَsome stressedعَلَيْهِupon himالمُشَدَّدُونَThe straitenedوَمَنَعَتُوهُAnd they prevented himمِنْfromهَذَاthisالَّفْظِwordسَدًّاas a barricadeلِلْبَابِto the doorوَكَذَاAnd soعَلَىonمُحَمَّدٍMuhammadكَمَاasشَدَّدَsome reinforcedبَعْضُهُمْsome of themعَلَىonالْبُخَارِيِّal-Bukhariفِيinقَوْلِهِhis sayingلَفْظِيmy wordsبِالْقُرْآنِwith the Quranمَخْلُوقٌcreated
Some of the people understood from his speech that the origin of the Quran, which is an attribute of the Most High Allah, is created in his view, or some stressed him and prevented him from this word as a blockage to the door. And so it was with Muhammad, as some reinforced their positions against al-Bukhari in his saying: 'My words with the Quran are created.'
هَذَاThisمَاwhatكُتِبَwas written byعَلَىonهَذَاthisالْمَقَامُstatus/positionالْفَاضِلُthe virtuousالْمَسْجِدُthe mosqueالْمُحَدِّثُthe narratorالأَوْحَدُthe uniqueالْعَلَّامَةُthe scholarالْفَهَّامَةُthe knowledgeableالمَوْلَوِيُّMawlawiحَسَنٌHasanالزَّمَانِof the timeمُحَمَّدٌMuhammadالْحَيْدَرُal-HaidarأَبَادِيٌّAbadiأَدَامَMay he continueاللَّهُAllahفِيُوضَهُHis blessingsوَمَنAnd whoeverأَرَادَwantsالْبَسْطَexpansionفَلْيَنْظُرْlet him lookضَمِيمَةَthe additionهَذَاof thisالْكِتَابِthe bookالَّتِيthatأَلَّفْتُI authoredوَطُبِعَتْand publishedمُسْتَقِلَّةًindependentلِكَلاَمِfor the speechعَلَىonرِوَايَاتِthe narrationsهَذَاthisالْبَابِchapter
This is what was written on this virtuous position at the mosque by the unique narrator, the scholar and knowledgeable Mawlawi Hasan al-Zaman Muhammad al-Haidar Abadi. May Allah continue His blessings upon him. And whoever wants expansion, let him look at the addition of this book, which I authored and published independently for the discourse on the narrations of this chapter.
وAndنَاهِكَjustفِيinعُلُوِّthe elevationشَأْنِstatusالإِمَامِthe Imamالْأَعْظَمِthe supremeمَاwhatخُصَّwas endowed upon himاللَّهُAllahبِهِwith himمِنَofالدَّرَجَةِthe degreeالْعَالِيَةِthe highفِيinالِاجْتِهَادِthe ijtihadفِيinحَتَّىuntilقَالَhe saidالإِمَامُthe Imamالشَّافِعِيُّal-Shafi'i
And just in elevation of the status of the supreme Imam, what Allah endowed upon him from a high degree in ijtihad, until he said: "The people in jurisprudence are dependent on Abu Hanifa."
وَلَقَدَAnd indeedأَكْثَرَmanyالثَّنَاءَpraise.عَلَيْهِupon himإِمَامَthe Imamالْمُحَدِّثِينَof the narratorsالْمُتَقَدِّمِينَthe predecessorsعَبْدُAbdاللَّهِAllahبْنِbinالْمُبَارَكِthe blessedوَرُفَقَاؤُهُand his companionsكَمَاasهُوَit isمُبَسَّطٌwidelyفِيinالْكُتُبِthe booksحَتَّىuntilفِيinكُتُبِthe worksالْعُلَمَاءِof the scholarsالشَّافِعِيَّةِShafi'iكَتَهْذِيبِas the refinementالْكَمَالِthe perfectionلِلْحَافِظِof the guardianالْمِزِّيal-Mizziوَالْتَّذْهِيبِand the gold refinementوَتَذْكِرَةِand the reminderالْحُفَّاظِof the guardiansلِلذَّهَبِيِّof al-Dhahabiوَتَهْذِيبِand refinementالتَّهْذِيبِthe refinementلِلْإِمَامِof the Imamابْنِthe son ofحَجَرٍHajarالْعَسْقَلَانِيِّthe Iraqiوَغَيْرِهَاand others
And indeed, many praise were offered upon him by the Imam of previous narrators, Abd Allah bin Al-Mubarak and his companions, as it is widely stated in books until in the works of the Shafi'i scholars such as al-Tahdhib al-Kamal for al-Mizzi and al-Tadhhib wa Tadhkirah for al-Dhahabi and al-Tahdhib of Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and others.
فَلَاSo do notيُغْرَنَّكَlet it deceive youهَذِهِtheseالرِّوَايَاتُnarrationsالضَّعِيفَةُthe weakالْوَاهِيَةُand feebleبَعْدَمَاafterثَبَتَestablishedخِلَافُهَاthe oppositionمِنَfromالرِّوَايَاتِthe narrationsالصَّحِيحَةِthe authenticالَّتِيthatرَوَاهَاnarrated byالْحَافِظُthe guardianالْبَيْهَقِيُّal-Bayhaqiمَعَwithكَوْنِهِhis beingمُخَالِفًاoppositeلِلْحَنَفِيَّةِto the HanafisفَإِنَّIndeedالْإِعْتِبَارَthe considerationلِلصَّحِيحِfor the authenticالأَكْثَرِthe majorityوَاللَّهُand Allahأَعْلَمُknows betterكُتُبَهُwritten byالْحَسَنِHassanابْنِson ofأَحْمَدَAhmedالنُّعْمَانِيِّthe Na'maniعَفَىHe forgaveاللَّهُAllahعَنْهُabout himوَعَنْand aboutأَسْلاَفِهِhis ancestors
So do not let these weak and feeble narrations deceive you after the established opposition from the authentic narrations that were narrated by al-Hafiz al-Bayhaqi, with his being opposed to the Hanafis, for the consideration should be for the valid majority, and Allah knows best.