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Once, a student of knowledge was searching for a reliable explanation of Al-Wāsiṭiyyah that balanced textual evidence with clarity. He came across Al-Fawzān’s Sharḥ in Al-Maktabah al-Shāmilah and began studying it. Halfway through, he noticed that Shaykh Al-Fawzān often referenced Ibn Taymiyyah’s original text and then supported it with Qur’an, Sunnah, and statements of the early generations ( salaf ).

That student later said: “What made Al-Fawzān’s commentary special wasn’t just its scholarly precision, but the living athar (narrations) and stories he wove into it — making abstract theology feel concrete and connected to the pious predecessors.” shrh alqydt alwastyt llfwzan almktbt alshamlt

What fascinated him was that in one section on Allah’s attributes (e.g., al-istiwa’ — ascending the Throne), Al-Fawzān didn’t just repeat the classical position; he told a story about a man who asked Imam Malik, “How did Allah ascend?” Imam Malik lowered his head until sweat dripped, then said: “The ‘how’ is unknown, the ‘ascent’ is not unknown, belief in it is obligatory, and asking about it is an innovation.” Al-Fawzān used this story to teach a core lesson: we affirm what Allah affirms for Himself without asking how (takyeef) or likening Him to creation (tamtheel). Once, a student of knowledge was searching for