Manners Concerning Allaah's Aayat (and Ahadeeth)

[the Divine Pre-decree], both its good and its evil.
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15 To affirm the ahaadeeth related to it and to have Eeman (faith) in them. It is not to be said, “Why?” or “How?” It is [but] attestation [to the truthfulness of such ahaadeeth] and having Eeman (faith) in them.
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16 And whoever does not know the explanation of a hadeeth and [whose] intellect [does not have the capacity] to make him understand it, then that would be sufficient [i.e., to just merely affirm the ahaadeeth and have Eeman (faith) in them] since [everything from the religion] has been perfected for him. And it is necessary for him to have Eeman (faith) in it and to submit to it, such as the hadeeth of the as-Saadiq al-Masdooq (the truthful, the believed)* and whatever is similar to it in the matter of al-Qadar.
* Meaning the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)
And about the Ru`yah (the believer’s seeing of Allaah in the Hereafter), Imam Ahmad (rahimahullaah) said:
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18 Certainly, it is obligatory upon him to have Eeman (faith) in them and not to reject a single word from them nor from other [such] ahaadeeth which have been reported by reliable, trustworthy narrators.
Note: Foundations of the Sunnah; 2nd Edition, pp. 13-16, English Translation.
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Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) [url=http://www.salafitalk.net/st/uploads/LUI63IkhtilaafAnswers.doc]said in his highly beneficial sharh of Lum’atul I’tiqad[/url]:
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There is no role for ijtihaad (personal deduction, striving to reach what is correct) in the fundamentals of the religion because [url=http://www.aqidah.com/creed/]’Aqeedah is tawqeefiyyah[/url] (restricted to that which is contained in the Qur`aan and the authentic Sunnah)…It is built upon tasleem (submission to) and inqiyaad (compliance) with what is contained in the Book of Allaah and in the Sunnah of His Messenger sall Allaahu ‘alaiyhi wa sallam.
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Ponder upon the following hadeeth – baarak Allaahu feekum.
Allaah’s Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) [url=http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=8&Topic=4188]said[/url]:
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“Four will have proofs (in their favor) on the Day of Standing: (1) A deaf man who could not hear anything; (2) a fool (who could not understand anything); (3) a feebly old man; and (4) a man who died in the fatrah (the period between Prophets). As for the deaf man, then he will say: ‘My Lord, Islaam came and I did not hear anything.’ And as for the fool, then he will say, ‘My Lord, Islaam came and the children were throwing dung at me.’ And as for the feebly old man, then he will say, ‘My Lord, Islaam came and I did not understand anything.’ And as for the one who died in the fatrah (period between Prophets), then he will say, ‘My Lord, no Messenger from you came to me.’
So He (Allaah) will take oaths from them that they will obey Him (in what He is about to request from them), so it (an order) will be sent to them: ‘Enter the Fire!’ And verily by Him in whose Hand is my soul, if they entered it, it will be cool and soothing.” (Musnad of Ahmad, no. 16301, authenticated by Albanee, rahimahumullaah)
Allaah will test these four by commanding them to enter the fire. Those who obey Allaah will be rewarded, finding the fire to be “cool and soothing” – in total contrast to what one’s intellect may incline toward, but (SubhanAllaah!) in complete agreement with the Truthfulness of Allaah and His commands.
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Allaah’s Promise is the Truth, and whose words can be truer than those of Allaah? (Of course, none). (An-Nisa`, ayah 122)
The shahid (reference point) here is that it is upon us to submit to Allaah’s commands – the aayat and ahadeeth He sent down – not having any doubts about them, nor preferring our intellect to His commands.
Giving preference to one’s intellect above the reports from Allaah [Qur`an and authentic Sunnah] is in imitation of Iblees (may Allaah curse him) who gave preference to his intellect and disobeyed Allaah’s command to prostrate to Adam, saying (what means) “I am better than him (Adam); You created me from fire, and him You created from clay.” (Al-A’raf, ayah 12)
It is not possible that having Eeman in Allaah’s commands (the greatest of them being [url=http://www.tawhidfirst.com/monotheism/]Tawheed and the freeing oneself from Shirk and Bid’ah[/url]) leads to evil. And it is not possible that denying and distorting His aayat and the ahadeeth leads to good.
As Imam Az-Zuhree (rahimahullaah ta’aala) said:
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MinAllaahi al-bayaan. (From Allaah is the clarification).
Wa ‘ala rasullihi al-balaagh (Upon His Messenger is to bring us the message).
Wa ‘alayna at-tasleem (And upon us is to accept it, submit).
Allaah, subhanahu wa ta’aala, said (what means):
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The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allaah (His Words, the Qur`an) and His Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), to judge between them, is that they say: “We hear and we obey.” And such are the prosperous ones (who will live forever in Paradise). (An-Nur, ayah 51)
Subhanak Allaahuma wa bihamdika ash-hadu anlaa illaaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk
If I said anything correct, then it is from Allaah (subhanahu wa taa’ala), and if I erred, then that is from me and shaytan.