Aqeeda
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IMĀM ‘ALĪ AL-QĀRĪ (D. 1014 AH) MENTIONED THE WAY OF THE SALAF BEING TAFWĪḌ AL-MA’NĀ, AND IT BEING THE WAY OF IMĀM ABŪ ḤANĪFA
Imām ‘Alī al-Qārī (d. 1014 AH) in his Ḍaw’ al-Ma’ālī li-Bad’ al-Amālī (pp. 33-34) mentioned the way of the Salaf…
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IMĀM TĀJ AL-DĪN AL-SUBKĪ (D. 771 AH) ON THE PSEUDO-ḤANBALĪS IN HIS TIME AND THEIR FALSE ʿAQĪDA
In his magnum opus Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʿiyyah al-Kubrā (2/16-17), the eminent Shāfiʿī jurist and historian Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī (d. 771/1370) provides…
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IMĀM AS-SUBKĪ (d. 771 AH) ON THE ʿAQĪDA OF IMĀM AṬ-ṬAḤĀWĪ (d. 321 AH)
Imam Tāj ud-Dīn as-Subkī (d. 771 AH) mentioned the following with regard to the famous creedal (ʿAqīda) treatise by the…
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THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HADITHS ON THE DEEDS OF THE UMMAH BEING PRESENTED TO ALLAH’S MESSENGER ﷺ
This study in excess of 700 pages presents a critical analysis of narratives pertaining to some unique attributes conferred upon…
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THE TA’ WIL OF IMAM AL BUKHARI ON THE HADITH OF ALLAH’ S DAHIK (‘ LAUGHTER’): A MANUSCRIPT ANALYSIS OF ITS VALIDITY
The Sahih of Imam Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari (d. 256 AH) is the most significant, illustrious, and most dependable Hadith…
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The Divine Attributes: Ahlus Sunnah vs. Mujassimah
The following introductory essay delineates the basic creedal differences between Ahlus Sunnah wa l-Jamā’ah and the contemporary Salafiyyah on the…
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Answers to doubts over the ‘Aqidah of Imam Abu Hanifah
An Explanation of the Irja’ of Imam Abu Hanifah This issue of irja’ (literally: postponement) with respect to Imam Abu Hanifah –…
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The false attribution of “Juz’un fi-Dhikri I‘tiqād as-Salaf fi-l-Huruf wa-l-Aswat” to Imam al-Nawawi
Abu Bilal Al-Maliki (tr. el-turki): The rule of the people of hadith is: ان كنت مدعياً فالدليل ، وإذا كنت…
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Various Quotes Regarding Allah & His Attributes Ascribed to Imam Ahmad by the ‘Ulema
ON ATTRIBUTING A BODY (JISM) TO ALLAH [The Imam and hadith master (hafiz) Ahmad Ibn Al-Husayn] Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458/1066) relates…
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The Hanafi School’s Link to Sunni Orthodoxy
The following lecture is from part of the day conference on Imam Abu Hanifa & The Hanafi Madhab: The lecture…
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