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Imam Abu Bakr al-Ṭarṭūshī al-Mālikī (d. 520 AH), the Ḥashwiyya and the issue of Istiwā’
Imam Abu Bakr al-Ṭarṭūshī al-Mālikī (d. 520 AH) mentioned the following discourse with regard to an individual who he regarded…
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Imam ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Yāfiʿī (d. 768 AH) on the Doctrinal Positions of the Ashʿarīs, Later Ḥanbalīs, and Literalists [Ḥashawiyya] Regarding the Divine Attributes (Ṣifāt of Allāh)
Imam ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Yāfiʿī (d. 768 AH) said in his work known as Mirʾāt al-Jinān wa-ʿIbrat al-Yaqẓān fī Maʿrifat mā…
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Imam Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī’s (d. 974 AH) Fatwa on the Ḥanbalī Creed: Distinguishing Between Imam Aḥmad’s Position and Later Interpretations, with Analysis of al-Jīlānī’s al-Ghunya and Response to Ibn Taymiyya
This fatwa addresses the interpretation of divine attributes [ṣifāt] in Ḥanbalī theology, specifically defending Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s position on…
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Statements from Imām Aḥmad ibn Hanbal Regarding the Negation of a Limit [ḥadd] for Allāh
“ذكر ما رواه المروذي المتوفى سنة 275 هجري عن الإمام أحمد في نفي الحد عن الله” What (Abu Bakr) al-Marrudhī,…
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Did Imām Mālik ibn Anas state: “Allāh is in the heavens, and His Knowledge is in Every place?”
. الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بيان أن ما…
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Authentication of the Chain of Narration of Imam Mālik’s Interpretation [Ta’wīl] Regarding Divine Descent (Nuzul)
تصحيح بسند رواية الإمام مالك في تأويل النزول Authentication of the Chain of Narration of Imam Mālik’s Interpretation [Ta’wīl] Regarding…
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EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE GROSS ANTHROPOMORPHISTS [MUJASSIMA] IN ISLAMIC HISTORY
In examining the historical trajectory of anthropomorphic interpretations, scholarly attention must be directed toward notable figures and schools who, in…
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THE EXPLANATION OF “FOOT” IN RELATION TO THE HELL-FIRE ACCORDING TO IMAMS AL-BAYHAQĪ (d. 458 AH) AND AL-KHAṬṬĀBĪ (d. 388 AH)
In his seminal work “Kitāb al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt” (The Book of Divine Names and Attributes), the distinguished Shāfiʿī jurist and hadith…
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