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Bayhaqi Q20869 — What renders the testimony of the people

قَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا: هُوَ إِظْهَارُ منْ أَظْهَرَ مِنْهُمْ نَفْيَ صِفَاتِ اللهِ تَعَالَى الَّتِي قَدْ وَرَدَ الْكِتَابُ بِهَا، وَدَلَّتِ السُّنَّةُ الْمُسْتَفِيضَةُ مَعَ إِجْمَاعِ سَلَفِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى إِثْبَاتِهَا، نَحْوَ الْكَلَامِ وَالْقُدْرَةِ وَالْعِلْمِ وَالْمَشِيئَةِ، وَأَنَّ الْأَفْعَالَ كُلَّهَا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى مَخْلُوقَةٌ، فَقَدْ جَاءَتِ الْأَخْبَارُ بِتَكْفِيرِ مُنْكِرِيهَا، وَتَبَرَّأَ سَلَفُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ مَذْهَبِ أَهْلِ الْأَهْوَاءِ فِيهَا.
Some of our companions said: "What is meant by it is the open declaration, by one of them, of the denial of the attributes of Allah Almighty which the Book of Allah has mentioned, and whose affirmation the widely transmitted (mustafidah) Sunnah, together with the consensus of the predecessors (Salaf) of this ummah, has indicated, such as speech, power, knowledge and will; and (likewise the denial) that all actions are created by Allah Almighty. For reports have come declaring those who deny these to be disbelievers, and the predecessors of this ummah declared themselves free of the doctrine of the people of desires (the innovators) in these matters."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / Q20869