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The Unreliability of Ibn Baṭṭa al-ʿUkbarī: Critical Analysis of a Source Frequently Cited in Contemporary Salafī Literature
This comprehensive study examines the scholarly assessment of Ibn Baṭṭa al-ʿUkbarī’s (d. 387 AH) reliability as a transmitter through a…
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Ibn Bāz (d. 1999), Sulaymān ibn Siḥmān (d. 1930) & al-Fawzan on the Term “Wahhābī” as an Ascription to the Way of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792)
The designation “Wahhābī” represents a complex historical and theological marker within Islamic intellectual discourse, primarily referring to adherents of Muḥammad…
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Al-Ḥayda wal-Iʿtidhār Attributed to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī (d. 240 AH)
الحيدة والاعتذار للكناني Al-Ḥayda wal-Iʿtidhār [The Evasion and Apology] Attributed to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kinānī (d. 240 AH) Compiled by: الشيخ…
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Al-Albānī on Ibn Baṭṭa (d. 387 AH):
In contemporary Salafī theological discourse, several editors have undertaken critical editions and publications of doctrinal works authored by the 4th/10th…
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The Foundations of the Sunna Attributed to Imām Aḥmad: Weak (ḍaʿīf) chain of transmission, not authentic
أصول السنة المنسوب للإمام أحمد ضعيف الإسناد لا يصح The Foundations of the Sunna (Usul al-Sunna) Attributed to Imām Aḥmad:…
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The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī and al-Albānī
فضل ليلة النصف من شعبان عند ابن تيمية وابن رجب الحنبلي والألباني The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to…
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Examples of the interpretations [Ta’wīlat] of Imām Aḥmad regarding the (Qur’anic) verses and Hadiths on the divine attributes (of Allah).
نماذج من تٲويلات الٳمام ٲحمد لآيات وٲحاديث الصفات. Examples of the interpretations [Ta’wīlat] of Imām Aḥmad regarding the (Qur’anic) verses…
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Sunni Criticism of Using Weak and Problematic Ḥadīths to Establish Allah’s Attributes in Contemporary Salafi Works
ما الفائدة من تبيين وإخراج الأحاديث الضعيفة والمنكرة والموضوعة في كتب عقائد الحشوية والمجسمة وإظهارها، وقبل ذلك بيان انقطاع أسانيد…
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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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