Refutations
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UNDERSTANDING THE ATTRIBUTES (ṢIFĀT) OF ALLĀH ACCORDING TO IMĀM IBN JAMĀʿAH (d. 733 AH)
The following is from a forthcoming full translation of the named work: “Īḍāḥ al-Dalīl fī Qaṭʿ Ḥujaj Ahl al-Taʿṭīl” (Clarification…
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Imām al-Bayhaqī’s Letter to ‘Amīd al-Mulk on Imām Abu l-Hasan al-Ash‘arī
In his comprehensive hagio-biography of Imām Abu l-Hasan al-Ash‘arī (260 – 324 H) Tabyīn Kadhib al-Muftarī, Hāfiz Ibn ‘Asākir (499…
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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 PROPHET’S ﷺ TAWASSUL AS IN THE FATIMA BINT ASAD (RA) HADITH: A REPLY TO SALAFIS
Back in September 2017 a website calling itself the Salafi Research institute published an online article entitled: “Dismantling the Proofs…
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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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EXAMPLES OF THE TEACHERS AND DISCIPLES OF IMAM ABU HANIFAH
One of the greatest indications that Imam Abu Hanifah’s opinions in fiqh were informed by an immense knowledge of hadiths,…
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