The praised position
Muhammad bin Abd Al-Malik Al-Daqiqi told us that Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Sulayman said: Ibn Al-Fudayl told us that Layth said Mujahid said (about the words of Allah): “Your Lord may give you a Praised position” (al-Israa17/79) (this means) that Allah will let the Prophet Salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam sit with Him on His throne.” (Al-Sunnah of Abu Bakr Al-Khallal 241)
Only a jahmi kafir denies this hadith
Abu Bakr al-Khilal
Abu Bakr al-Khilal in regards to the hadith of the seating: This Hadith is only rejected by a Jahmi mubtadi’. We ask the grace of Allah from his innovations and deviances. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/231)
He also said: I had heard this Hadith from more than one of our Sheikhs and I never saw anyone object to it. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/232)
Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Ja’far al-Saaghaani
Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Saaghaani said: I don’t know anyone from the people of knowledge who have preceded nor in our time except that he has detested what al-Tirmidhi innovated in rejecting the hadith of Muhammad bin Fudaayl’> Laith > Mujahid regarding his saying (it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station) who said: To seat him upon the throne, thus (its denier) to us is a Jahmi who is to be boycotted, and we warn about him, for indeed Haroun bin Ma’arouf informed us > Muhammad bin Fudaayl’> Laith > Mujahid regarding his saying (it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.) who said: To seat him upon the throne, and it has been reported that Abdullah bin Salam said: to seat him upon the footstool of the Lord Jalla wa Alaa, so it was said to al-Jareeri: If he is upon the footstool of the lord then is he with him? He said: and judges (to), this is what I attest to my master in the wordly life, and more than 80 years have come upon me, I have never known that anyone rejected the Hadith of Mujahid apart from a Jahmi. And the Imams from the horizons have came with it, and the scholars have met it with acceptance, for more than 150 years. As for this Tirmidhi (not the muhadith Abū ‘Īsa Muḥammad ibn ’Īsa as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī) I don’t know him, nor have i known to have seen him with a Muhadith. So it’s upon you, May Allah have mercy with you, to hold unto the Sunnah and to follow. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/234)
Abu Bakr Yahya bin Abi Talib
Abu Bakr al-Khilal said: Abu Bakr Yahya bin Abi Taliib said: I don’t know this non-Arab Jahmi, we don’t know him to be with a Muhadith, nor with anyone from our brethren, nor do I know of anyone who rejected the Hadith of Mujahid: Muhammad (peace be upon him) is to be seated upon the Throne, reported by Al-Khalq > Ibn Fudaayl’> Laith > Mujahid, and the trustworthy Muhadithoun have held unto it, and narrated it to the heads of witnesses, who have not disproved of it, (rather) they’ve met it with acceptance and (are) delighted by it.
As for me, in what I believe to have comprehended since seventy years, I swear by Allah I don’t know of anyone who has rejected it.And none rejects it except every evil Jahmi innovater who calls to the opposite of what our Sheikhs and Imams were upon, May Allah hasten for him his punishment, and take him out of our neighborhoods. For indeed he is a tribulation to whoever has been trailed by him.
So All praise are due to Allah who turned us away from what he was tested with. And what with us All praise is to Allah is that we believe in the Hadith of Mujahid. We say with what it has came with, submit to the Hadith and other than it of which the Jahmiyyah oppose from the vision, attributes, the nearness of Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Him.
This non-Arab al-Tirmidhi had written to me a book by his own handwritting so I gave it to Abu Bakr al-Marouzi (to check it), and in it (he writes) that whoever says (with which) the Hadith of Mujahid (says) then he’s a dualistic Jahmi. And he lied the liar who’s opposed to Islam, so warn about him, and tell about me that whoever says anything contradictory to what I’ve written of it then he’s a Jahmi. Thus if I were able to, I would’ve established it to the people and called upon him until I could defame him so people can be warned of what he invented in Islam. Thus this is my religion which I worship Allah azza wa jal with. I ask Allah to cause us to live and die upon it. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/234)
Ali bin Dawuud al-Quntari
Abu Bakr al-Khilal said > Ali bin Dawuud al-Quntari who said: As for what follows, it’s upon you to hold unto the guidance of Abu Abdillah Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal (May Allah be pleased with him). For Indeed, he’s the Imam of the pious for those after him, and a jab at whoever opposed him. And that this al-Tirmidhi who contested Mujahid by rejecting the favour of the prophet (peace be upon him) is an innovater. And none rejects the hadith of Muhammad bin Fudaayl’> Laith > Mujahid regarding his saying (it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station) who said: To seat him upon the throne, except a Jahmi, he is to be boycotted, not to be spoken to and warned of. And whoever rejects this favour. I bear witness that this Tirmidhi is an evil Jahmi. And 24 years have come upon me and I haven’t seen anyone rejecting this favour apart from a Jahmi. I don’t know him, nor have I ever seen him with a Muhadith, and I detest what he has came with in contesting Mujahid and rejecting the favour of the prophet (peace be upon him): Muhammad (peace be upon him) will be seated upon the throne, and that whoever says (by the likes of) the Hadith of Mujahid is a dualist Jahmi who is not to be buried in the graveyard of the Muslims?! And he lied, the enemy of Allah, and everyone who said his saying is a Jahmi to us, who is to be boycotted and not to be talked to but rather warned of. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/234-235)
Ibrahim al-Harbi
Abu Bakr al-Khilal said > Ibrahim al-Harbi who said: What we know, say by and go with regarding the path of whoever contested Mujahid and erred him, except discipline and entrapment, Haroun bin Ma’arouf informed us > Muhammad bin Fudaayl’> Laith > Mujahid regarding his saying (it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station) who said: To seat him upon the throne, and I hope his station with Allah Tabaraka wa Ta’ala to be more than that. And whosoever rejected what Mujahid said about the seating of the prophet (peace be upon him) above the Throne and other than it then he lied, and I don’t think I ever knew this Tirmidhi who denies the Haidth of Mujahid in a discussion or other than a discussion. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/235)
Abu Dawoud al-Sijistaani
Abu Bakr al Khilal > Abu Dawoud al-Sijistaani who said: I view that whoever rejects the Hadith of Laith on the authority of Mujahid that he is seated upon the Throne should be avoided and warned against until he returns to the right. I never thought that anyone who is reminded by the Sunnah would discuss this Hadith, except that we know the Jahmiyyah deny it in retrospect to affirming the throne, thus they deny the matter of the Throne, and say the Throne is greatness. Nevertheless they don’t deny the favour of the prophet (peace be upon him) from him. And this Tirmidhi is a man which I don’t know, and saying has it that our companions mention that they don’t know him in seeking (knowledge), nor have I known him. And Mujahid is viewed greatly in respects to the companions of the prophet (peace be upon him) to Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar (radhiAllahu anhumma) who take mounts from him. I ask Allah to bless us and you with adhering to the Sunnah, and to emulation of the righteous Salaf by Abu Abdillah – May Allah be pleased with him – for indeed has he clarified these innovated matters enough to be emulated by. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/236)
Muhammad bin Ismail al-Salami
Abu Bakr al-Khilal said > Muhammad bin Ismail al-Salami who said: Everyone who thought or is deluded (into thinking) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) isn’t merited from Allah azza wa jal this station in the Hadith of Mujahid then he is a Jahmi to us. And this catastrophe upon the people of Islam is that someone mentions the prophet (peace be upon him) and they don’t collectively give prefrence to him, and if it wasn’t for Abaa Bakr al-Marouzi’s (Rahimahullah) Ijtihad in this it would have been easier to have come down upon us and upon whoever slackened regarding this deviant misguider a punishment, for indeed he’s from the most evilest of Jahmiyyah. He doesn’t care about what he said, (he) said: This is not the Throne of al-Rahman (intended), but rather it’s the throne of Bilqis and some throne of the thrones, like the thrones of mankind (compared to) the throne of al-Rahman. He doesn’t fear if he rejects the favour of the prophet (peace be upon him) so how much to those after him (peace be upon him).
There’s no doubt in his Tajahum, and we are unable to do more than warn and make Dua and making his matter clear. And we oppose those who help him or lean towards those who support him by making takfir of Mujahid, and whoever said with the saying of Mujahid in: (Least he may confer unto you the praisworthy station) who said: He verily seats him upon the throne, so he said: That’s a Kafir! And whosoever says this then he’s a Kafir I heard him say this. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/236)
Abu Al-Abbas Haroon bin Al-Abbas Al-Hashimi
Abu Bakr al-Khilal > Abu Al-Abbas Haroon bin Al-Abbas Al-Hashimi: Whoever rejects the Hadith of Mujahid then I consider him a Jahmi. And whoever denies the favour of the Prophet (peace be upon him) then he’s a zindeeq to me who’s not (to be offered) repentance but killed. Because Allah azza wa jal’ preferred him over all the prophets -upon them be peace.
Take heed against rejecting the Hadith of Mujahid, and it has reached me about him – May Allah defile him – that he denied that Allah azza wa jal’ decends, thus whoever rejects this and the hadith of Mujahid then he’s not to be spoken to nor prayed upon. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/237)
Abu Ali Ismail bin Ibrahim al-Hashimi
Abu Bakr al-Khilal > Abu Ali Ismail bin Ibrahim al-Hashimi: This (person) known as al-Tirmidhi is a Jahmi innovator to us, and whosoever rejects the Hadith of Mujahid has thrown away the favour of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and whosoever rejects the favour of the Messenger is regarded as Kafir apostate from Islam by us. (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/237-238)
Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Hamaad al-Muqri
Abu Bakr al-Khilal: Abu Bakr (al-Marouzi) > Abu Bakr bin Hamaad al-Muqri (the friend of Abu Abdillah Ahmad bin Hanbal) > Ahmad bin Salih al-Misry > Yahya bin Hasan > Ibn Fudayl > Laith > Mujahid: (it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station) who said: ‘to seat him upon the throne’. Abu Bakr al-Khilal > Abu Bakr bin Hamaad al-Muqri: Whoever is reminded of these narrations and is silent regarding them, then he’s suspected. How so then regarding the one who rejects, contests or discusses it? (Abu Bakr al-Khilal’s Sunnah 1/248)