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12 April 2020 • 1.4K views
▪️What is kayfiyyah? Kayfiyyah is the reality of a thing; how something is. ▪️What is takyīf? Takyīf is describing the Kayfiyyah of a thing; discussing how something is. NOTE: EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS HAS A KAYFIYYAH❗️ Sheikh 'Uthaymīn, may Allāh have mercy on him, said: "Some of the scholars have given a nice response; that is: This phrase, ((without Takyīf)), does not mean we negate the fact that they (i.e. Allāh's Attributes) have a Kayfiyyah, rather we affirm that they have a kayfiyyah, however, what is being negated here is our knowledge of the kayfiyyah; because Allāh's ascension over the Throne must have a kayfiyyah, but you don't know (how it is), just as Allāh's descension to the lowest heaven also has a kayfiyyah, but you don't know (how it is). That is because, there is nothing that exists without a kayfiyyah; although the kayfiyyah might be known (to us), or it might be unknown (to us)." [Sharḥul Wāsiṭiyyah pg. 78] So in answer to the question, Yes, Allāh's Attributes do have a kayfiyyah, but we don't know how they are.