What is the authenticity of attributing the saying, "No one has ever presented a sound argument from the Qur'an or Sunnah except that it contained an argument against him, if his reasoning was invalid," to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah?
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The saying states that every proof used to support falsehood inherently contains within itself that which refutes it. Ibn al-Qayyim transmitted Ibn Taymiyyah's adherence to this principle, citing the verse, "No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is the Most Subtle, the All-Aware" as evidence for the رؤية (seeing) of Allah, explaining that those who deny the رؤية use this verse to support their falsehood. This principle has been affirmed by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh and Sheikh al-Sa’di.
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