Do Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah affirm the attribute of a knee for Allah, and did Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, or Ibn Baz, or Ibn Uthaymeen state this attribute, and is the narration from Mujahid: "David will say on the Day of Resurrection: Bring me closer, and it will be said to him: Bring him closer, so he will draw near until he touches His knee," مرفوع (marfūʿ) to the Prophet, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him?
What the questioner mentioned about Mujahid was narrated by Al-Darimi and Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hanbal with different wordings. These narrations from the great Tabi'in (followers of the Prophet's companions) were not transmitted from the Prophet, peace be upon him, and perhaps they transmitted them from the Children of Israel.
The attributes of Allah are tawqifiyyah (revealed and not subject to human reasoning). Nothing is affirmed for Him except what He affirmed for Himself or what His Messenger affirmed for Him, and nothing is negated from Him except what He negated from Himself or what His Messenger negated from Him. Statements concerning the chapter of Names and Attributes should not be based on strange sayings or singular narrations.
Inductive reasoning has shown that the affirmation of creed is limited to authentic texts, while refuting the people of sects necessitates invalidating the opponent's speech. This explains the presence of certain phrases in books of refutation, such as "Naqd Al-Darimi" (Refutation by Al-Darimi).
Accordingly, the "attribute of the knee" has not been established in any verse or authentic , so it is not affirmed for Allah the Almighty, nor is it negated from Him, due to the absence of its negation. This attribute was not affirmed by the two Shaykhs of Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Al-Qayyim, nor by contemporary scholars like Ibn Baz and Al-Uthaymeen.
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