aqida
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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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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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Refutations
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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AL-ḤĀFIẒ IBN ḤAJAR AL-HAYTAMĪ (d. 974 AH) ON WHAT IS OBLIGATORY TO LEARN AND BELIEVE REGARDING THE ṢIFĀT OF ALLĀH (DIVINE ATTRIBUTES) AND RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS
In his celebrated work al-Fatāwā al-Ḥadīthiyyah, al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (d. 974H) addressed one of the most crucial questions facing…
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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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Aqeeda
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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Refutations
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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Aqeeda
Imam Ali al-Qari (d. 1014 AH) on how to understand the Attributes of Allah
The famous Hanafi scholar known as Imam Ali al-Qari (d. 1014 AH) said in his well acknowledged and respected commentary…
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