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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 My threads…]

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

2 months

What do Ash‘arīs believe about qadr? 😂

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@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] The ‘aqīdah of the authors of the six books of ḥadīth… ⏬

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Were the majority of scholars Ashʿarī?] Thought I’d respond to the common argument that many Ashʿarīs resort to: “But… but… the majority of the scholars were Ashʿarī!” Well, let’s begin with the Salaf…

Umar Elhashmi

@umarelhashmi

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The Aqeedah of Islam, represented by the vast majority of scholars from every generation for 1,400+ years, is in accordance with the Qur’an, Sunnah, and the Salaf, upon the qawaa’id compiled by the Ashaa’irah and Maturidiyyah. Ahlulsunnah has been Asha’irah for centuries:

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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[🧵The ʿAqīdah of Imām al-Bukhārī (d. 256)] (1) His statements on the Kalām of Allāh (2) His description of Al-Īmān (3) His affirmation of Al-ʿUluww bil-Dhāt (4) His maḏhab on Al-Asmāʾ wa al-Ṣifāt (5) Addressing common objections (6) Can he be ascribed to the Kullābiyyah?

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Animals refuting the Ashā‘irah 😂

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

1 month

#ClassicalPureHanabilah | #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah “Allāh speaks when/if He wills.” • Imam Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal • Imām Ibn Mandah al-Aṣbahānī • Imām Abū Ismā‘īl al-Harawī • Imām Abū Sa‘īd al-Dārimī • Imām Abū Bakr Ibn Khuzaymah

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] What did the Salaf really believe about al-‘Uluww? Did they believe Allāh is above the Throne with His Essence, or that He is only “above” His creation figuratively in terms of status and domination? Below are various ways to prove that they affirmed the former… ⏬

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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What do Ash‘arīs believe about the Qur’ān? 😬

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

1 year

[🧵 On affirming a ḥadd (demarcation) for Allāh…] It’s reported that ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak (d. 181) was asked, “How do we know our Lord?” He replied, “He is above the Throne […] separate from His creation.” He was then asked, “With a ḥadd?” so he said, “(Yes), what else?”

بدر الدين

@D1mashqi

2 years

The issue is that Ibn Bāz differentiates between "Hadd" and Baynūniyyah or Fawqiyyah. What is your تبرير for this now?

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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PDF: Ibn Taymiyyah and Ḥulūl al-Ḥawādith Link:

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Allāh knows best. Keep the Muslims of Palestine, Afghanistan, China, and all places in your du‘ā’s.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 The belief of the Salaf regarding Al-Istiwāʾ] This is a chronological list of +30 statements of the Salaf and some scholars who came after them, in regards to Al-Isitiwāʾ, with some notes on their authenticity. Please let me know if you notice any mistakes.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Affirming that Allāh created Ādam with His Hands…] These are some of the most embarrassing Jahmī-influenced taʾwīlāt I have ever seen, all done to negate the fact that Allāh created Ādam ﷺ with His Hands. Firstly, let's see what the Ṣaḥābah say about Ṣifah al-Yad…

Umar Elhashmi

@umarelhashmi

1 year

The verse of the Qur’an: “Oh Iblees! What prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with my two Hands?” The phrase ‘done with my own two hands’ is simply a reference to an act being a direct and immediate act done by the doer with no intermediary. A person who

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[Response 🧵] The meaning of al-istiwā’ upon the Throne. I recommend listening to @Hassan_maturidi ’s video before reading.

Hassan.

@Hassan_maturidi

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Refutation of wahabi on Istiwa

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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PDF: The ʿAqīdah of Imām al-Dāraquṭnī (d. 385) Link:

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn Abī al-Ḥasan al-Ḥanbalī (d. 602) saw the Prophet ﷺ in a dream. He said, “O Messenger of Allāh! Is the Allāh’s Speech with letters and sound?” The Prophet ﷺ said, ❝Is speech possible without letters and sound?!❞ 📚 al-Dhayl ‘alā al-Ṭabaqāt, vol. 3, pp. 92–93

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Meanwhile Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ash‘arī...

بدر الدين

@D1mashqi

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وإذ قال الله يا عيسى إني متوفيك ورافعك إلي Allāh told ‘Isā Ibn Maryam: “I will raise you to me” This has to mean that Allāh is attributed with a direction, right? Well, in the Hadīth of the Mi‘rāj (in al-Bukhārī), the Prophet ﷺ said that he met ‘Isā in the second heaven...

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[Thread 🧵] “Ashʿarīs/Māturīdīs are the majority of the Ummah”? No. Ibn ʿAsākir (d. 571) indicated that the majority of the common Muslim population, across all countries and all of history, were not Ashʿarī.

Tariq yahya ❤

@Sirro360

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Do salafis actually believe they are the majority of this ummah? 😭🤡

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵The ʿAqīdah of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241)] (1) His statements regarding the Kalām of Allāh (2) His description of Al-Īmān (3) His affirmation of Al-ʿUluww bil-Dhāt (4) His methodology on affirming Al-Asmāʾ wa al-Ṣifāt (5) HIs condemnation of Kalām and the Mutakallimīn

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[Thread 🧵] The misattribution of “al-Fiqh al-Akbar” to Abū Ḥanīfah. Included: Imām Abū Ḥanīfah’s creed in the original Fiqh al-Akbar.

أبو يوسف

@truthunveilled

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𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙡-𝙁𝙞𝙦𝙝 𝘼𝙡-𝘼𝙠𝙗𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙗𝙪 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙖𝙝 (𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚) [🧵]

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Asrār Rashīd's claim: "Istawā" has 8 meanings, and one cannot restrict it to any specific meaning. Abū al-'Āliyah (d. 93): "Istawa" means Irtafa' (Elevated). Mujāhid (d. 103): "Istawā" means 'Alā (Rose). Al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad (d. 170): "Istawā" means Irtafa' (Elevated). ...

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[Thread 🧵] Pre-Taymiyyan scholars affirming “ḥulūl al-ḥawādith.” The affirmation of al-afʿāl al-ikhtiyāriyyah (volitional actions temporally enacted by Allāh) is often falsely pinned as a heresy of Ibn Taymiyyah that was foreign to the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ and the early scholars.

Simsim al-Manṭiqī

@Simsimiyyah

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If the Ash’ari creed is an innovation, then the Athari creed of the Hanabilah and Ibn Taymiyyah is too. When did the Salaf say the speech of Allah is muhdath? When did the Salaf affirm hulul al hawadith? Your creed was an attempt at refuting our creed. That is all it is.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Imām Isḥāq Ibn Rāhawayh affirmed a meaning for Allāh’s descent.

Lubnanix

@Lubnanix

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The Salaf DID NOT believe in a literal descent ⤵️ Ishaq ibn Rahwayh said: The descent is WITHOUT HOW Chain is authentic. Is there a distinction between establishing a modality and affirming the outward meanings of these texts? No.

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[🧵 On the affirmation of the two Eyes (العينين)] Regarding the Āyah: ﴾تجرى بأعيننا﴿, Imām al-Lālikāʾī (d. 418) narrates from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās (d. 68) that he gestured to his two eyes.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn Baṭṭah al-Ḥanbalī (d. 387) said: ❝Do you not realise that Allāh knew of the actions of His servants before they did them […] but He does not see you praying until you pray, and He does not see you performing deeds until you perform them.❞ 📚 al-Ibānah, vol. 2, p. 523

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[🧵 Who are the Jamāʿah?] Regarding the ḥadīth, “A group from my Ummah will continue to fight in upon the truth, prevailing until the Day of Resurrection,” Imām Aḥmad (d. 241) said, “If they are not Aṣḥāb al-Ḥadīth, I do not know who they are.” Its isnād is ṣaḥīḥ.

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@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Did Salaf make tafwīḍ of Ṣifah al-Yad?] A thread of statements of the Salaf that contradict the notion of tafwīḍ al-ma'nā.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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A Muslim Jinn which was encountered by Abū Muslim al-Baṣrī (d. 292) recited the following lines of poetry: ❝How can the eyelids of one be at ease while he does not know whether He [Allāh] upon the Throne is pleased with him or not?!❞ 📚 Tārīkh Baghdād, vol. 6, pp. 120–121

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 The praise of the scholars for Ibn Taymiyyah] He is Shaykh al-Islām Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn Taymiyyah al-Ḥarrānī; he was born in 661 Hijriyyah and died in 728, رحمه الله رحمة واسعة.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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PDF: Was Imām Aḥmad (d. 241) a Mufawwiḍ? Link:

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@mahmud_murrah

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[Thread 🧵] Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (d. 386) on al-‘Uluww. Shaykh al-Mālikiyyah Ibn Abī Zayd famously said when explaining the obligatory beliefs, ❝Allāh, with His Essence (bi-Dhātihī), is above the Glorious Throne, and He is everywhere with His Knowledge (bi-‘Ilmihī).❞

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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PDF: Was Tafwīḍ al-Maʿnā the Way of the Salaf? Link:

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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PDF: Was Imām Aḥmad (d. 241) a Mufawwiḍ? Link:

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn ʿAsākir (d. 571) listed around 90 Ashʿarī scholars. In response, Ibn Mibrad al-Ḥanbalī (d. 909) listed over 400 Atharī scholars who opposed the Ashāʿirah, and he said, “We have seen from our companions more than one thousand, all of whom left them (i.e., the Ashʿarīs).”

Hassan.

@Hassan_maturidi

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Salafis claim the Asharis and Maturidis (Ahlus Sunnah) are not the majority Albani,’know that majority of the Muslims of our time are either Ashari or Maturidi, but will they succeed..’ @umarelhashmi @SufiPostingLs @DrDimashqiah

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵Are the Attributes of Allāh real or metaphorical?] In this thread, I will cover @Lubnanix ’s objections to my thread and his arguments in support of making Jahmī/Muʿtazilī metaphorical taʾwīlāt of the Attributes of Allāh, إن شاء الله.

Lubnanix

@Lubnanix

1 year

@mahmud_murrah Summary of your thread: - Weak opinions like one metaphor imply Allah has literal hands while the other doesn’t imply Allah eats - Hand gestures means nothing as one could make hand gestures about the verse "Allah’s hands is above their hands" while believing it’s a metaphor

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Mention of the classical Shāfi‘ī scholars who affirmed the ascendancy (‘uluww) of Allāh… ⏬

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@mahmud_murrah

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The Jahmiyyah said, “Allāh is everywhere but not inside anything, nor is He with anything, and nor is He outside of or separate from anything.” ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Kinānī (d. 240) replied, ❝You have implied that you worship nothing; something must either be inside or outside!❞

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597) implies that a group of the Salaf narrated the ḥadīth on the descent (nuzūl) of Allāh with alternate wordings based on how they had interpreted the meaning of Allāh’s descent.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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[🧵 Thread] The creed of Imām al-Ṭabarānī (d. 360) This major Palestinian scholar of ḥadīth is only one of many examples which make apparent the Ashā‘irah’s dependence upon scholars many of them would label as being anthropomorphists.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Imām Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241) argues that the Throne is everlasting since Allāh is particularly upon it and will always be so. This cannot be said to be “aboveness in status” since the status of Allāh is “above” every one of the creation, not the Throne alone in particular.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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[Response Thread 🧵] Was Imām al-Bukhārī (d. 256) a Kullābī? Something which is occasionally said in theological discussions is that al-Bukhārī was a follower of Ibn Kullāb (d. ~241), a precursory figure to the Ashʿarī ʿaqīdah. How accurate is this claim?

Lubnanix

@Lubnanix

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Ibn Hajar al Asqalani: As for matters of Kalam, al-Bukhari took most of it from al-Karabisi & Ibn Kullab Fath al-Bari Volume 1, page 506

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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The debates of Ibn Taymiyyah ⚡️

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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@ShamsTameez Did Imam Ahmad's students love him as much as you do?

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Well, well, well... Guess what? This book is inauthentic according to Ash‘arī standards. Its manuscripts are written roughly 900 years after the author’s death, and they don’t have any connected chain to the author! How very ironic indeed.

al-Kūfī

@LeayAlKufi

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Ta’wīl of al-Khalīl b. Ahmad (d. 175), a major linguist from the Salaf, for Hadīth al-Qadam This is what the master of the Arabic language understood from this Hadīth:

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[🧵 Al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) on Al-ʿUluww and Al-Istiwāʾ] This is a topic on which Al-Ṭabarī is very frequently misquoted and misrepresented. I will cover these claims in this thread, إن شاء الله. Firstly, his opinion on Al-Istiwāʾ (the ascending of Allāh)…

بدر الدين

@D1mashqi

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al-Tabarī himself says: And say: His Uluww is that of Mulk and Sultān, not of movement and displacement. والله الموفق.

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[🧵 Thread] Imām al-Qaṣrī al-Mālikī (d. 608) on Tafwīḍ al-Ma‘nā: He said beginning his Sharḥ Mushkal al-Ḥadīth, “As for the saying, ‘Pass them [i.e. the reports on the attributes of Allāh] as they have come,’ then this can mean one of two things…

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] Was Imām al-Ḥākim al-Nīshāpūrī (d. 405) an Ash‘arī? This is another case illustrating how some Ashā‘irah on this app do actually follow the “everyone is Ash‘arī until (and even if) proven otherwise” motto.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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Many people are not aware that Imām Aḥmad affirmed a ṣawt for the Speech of Allāh in his Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyyah too.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Response Thread] Al-Karābīsī vis-à-vis Imām Aḥmad. These polemics seem to have hardly progressed from 2021. It’s all the same nonsense and historical revisionism—let’s dismantle it… ⏬

Lubnanix

@Lubnanix

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Let's clarify a few things... First of all, al-Karabisi was one of al-Shafi'i’s major disciples and al-Dhahabi described him as "one of the oceans of knowledge" 1/

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[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah All three scholars Ibn al-Subkī said were from the pillars of the Shafi‘ī maḏhab affirmed volitional speech… • Muḥammad Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) • Muḥammad Ibn Naṣr al-Marwazī (d. 294) • Muḥammad Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311)

Muhibbullāh (محب الله)

@IbnSafarAlShafi

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Imām Ibn al-Subkī (d. 771 AH) said: “Imām Ibn Nasr (d. 294 AH), Imām Ibn Jarīr (d. 310 AH) and Imām Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311 AH) are from the pillars of our Madhhab [i.e., the Shāfiʿī Madhhab].” [Tabaqāt al-Shāfiʿīyyah al-Kubrā, 2/251] May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with them.

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[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Mention of the classical Shāfi‘ī scholars of Yemen who opposed the Ash‘arī ‘aqīdah…⏬

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Al-Mu’arrikh al-Ash‘arī al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 855) said the spread of Ḥanbalī creedal works made the majority of great early and later [Yemenī?] fuqahā’ Ḥanbalī in ‘aqīdah, and that the ‘aqīdah of Imām al-Ājurrī was taken up by the major fuqahā’ of Yemen.

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The questioner asked: “There are amongst us the Ash‘arī school who say, ‘Shaykh Shu‘ayb [al-Arna’ūṭ] is an Asharī who is from the Muḥaddithīn of the Ashā‘irah.’” Shaykh al-Arna’ūṭ said: “Wallāhī I am not [Ash‘arī]! I [only] used to be initially.” May Allāh have mercy on him.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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[🧵 Al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) on the Kalām of Allāh…] He is arguably from the worst of the early ʿUlamāʾ you could possibly quote to in support of your ʿAqīdah on the Speech of Allāh. How can you say he is in line with a belief he declares takfīr on?!

Haroun Kanj

@HarounKanj

1 year

The Imam of the Mufassirin,Imam #Tabari is in line with what the #Ash3aris & #M āturidis mention about the speech of Allah most High Below will be a thread mentioning the most important statements the Imam makes in his famous work in #Aqeeda "at-Tabseer fee Ma'ālimi Deen" 🧵 1/14

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Al-Khalīl Ibn Aḥmad (d. 170), the Imām of the Arabic language, could not afford the equivalent of two coins. He would recite the lines of poetry: ❝If you are sparse on wealth, you will not find riches comparable to righteous deeds.❞ 📚 Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, vol. 7, p. 430

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[🧵 The ʿAqīdah of Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah (d. 198)] This short thread is in regards to clearing some of the common misconceptions regarding the phrase, “Its recitation is its tafsīr,” and a general look at the methodology of Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah in regards to the Ṣifāt.

al-Kūfī

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al-Bayhaqī (d. 458) narrates with his chain to the Imām of the Salaf Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah (d. 198) who said: “The description that Allāh has given of Himself in His book– its explanation is its recitation, and it is not upon anyone to explain it in Arabic itself or in Persian.”

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

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Imām al-Buwayṭī al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 231): ❝Allāh will say after the creation perishes, “To whom belongs sovereignty this Day?” But there will be no one to respond, so He will reply [to Himself], “To Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.”❞ 📚 Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfi‘iyyah, vol. 2, p. 164

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Imām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Kinānī al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 240) said: ❝“Verily have We made it an Arabic Qur’ān” [43:3]… Indeed, Allāh made it Arabic because he altered it (ṣayyarahu) into the Arabic language and hence revealed in the language of the Arabs.❞ 📚 al-Ibānah, vol. 2, p. 294

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Here’s an interesting muʿallaq report from Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī (140–210 A.H.): “It is established with evidence that the earth is spherical, and this does not contradict the fact that He spread the earth, because it is a very large expanse (i.e., appears flat on the surface).”

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@mahmud_murrah

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Regarding the Āyah, “And your Lord will come and the angels, rank upon rank” [89:22], Al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Muzāḥim (d. 102) explained it to mean, “Allāh will then descend […] and there will be with Him whoever He wills from among the angels.” Its isnād is authentic.

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn Baṭṭah (d. 387) on Allāh’s temporal Speech: ❝Have you not heard Allāh’s words, “When We will a thing, We say to it not except, ‘Be!’ and it is”? […] Thus, He informed that His willing to create [the object] precedes His command.❞ 📚 Al-Ibānah al-Kubrā, vol. 2, p. 233

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@mahmud_murrah

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Imām Aḥmad heard a man say, “When it is the middle of the night of Shaʿbān, Allāh descends, [but] without movement or displacement.” Imām Aḥmad became angry and said, “The Messenger (ﷺ) had more jealousy for His Lord than you! Say [only] what the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said.”

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Al-Marīsī (d. 218) also accused Ahl al-Sunnah of affirming composite body parts. Al-Dārimī (d. 280) responds, “Rather, this is kufr; none of the Muslims have said this. You constantly repeat terms like, ‘limbs’ and ‘organs,’ and this is useless slander that nobody affirms.”

Salafis Posting Their L's Online

@SalafisLs

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Salafis believe Allah has bodyparts!

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@mahmud_murrah

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When it is said to them, “Fear Allah!” pride takes ahold of them into sin, so sufficient for them is Hell and what an evil resting place! [2:206]

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Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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The creed of Ḥammād Ibn Abī Ḥanīfah (d. 176): He debunked the Jahmiyyah’s beliefs and affirmed that Mūsā (peace be upon him) heard the Speech of Allāh directly, not from a tree or an object/intermediary. The Jahmiyyah resorted to doing tafwīḍ of the meanings of these Āyāt.

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@mahmud_murrah

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Imām Ibn Qutaybah (d. 276) said: ❝We do not doubt that the Qur’ān is in the muṣḥāf in a real sense, not metaphorically like how the people of kalām say, “What is in the muṣḥaf is [only] an expression of the [uncreated] Qur’ān.”❞ 📚 Ta’wīl Mukhtalif al-Ḥadīth, p. 385

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463) stated that the Shāfi‘iyyah denied that Imām al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 204) ever believed that the recited Qurʾān is a quotation (ḥikāyah) of the uncreated Kalām of Allāh.

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@mahmud_murrah

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Al-Khallāl (d. 311) said: Ḥarb ibn Ismāʿīl (d. 280) told us, “I asked Aḥmad (ibn Ḥanbal, d. 241) regarding women coming out (of their houses) for ʿEīd. He answered, ‘I do not like this in our time, for they are fitnah.’”

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@mahmud_murrah

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Shaykh al-Ḥanābliah Ibn ‘Aqīl (d. 513) said: ❝If one says, “Allāh does not speak with letters because each letter is preceded by another,” […] Allāh said “Be!” to [create both] Ādam and ‘Īsā, and it is known that Ādam was before ‘Īsā.❞ 📚 al-Radd ‘alā al-Ashā‘irah, p. 76

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@mahmud_murrah

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Shaykh al-Shāfi‘iyyah al-‘Imrānī (d. 558) said: ❝“The likeness of ‘Īsā with Allāh is like that of Ādam; He created him from dust and then said to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” So Allāh that He said “Be!” to ‘Īsā after creating Ādam.❞ 📚 al-Intiṣār, vol. 2, p. 584

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@mahmud_murrah

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[Neo-Ḥanbalī Kryptonite] Imām al-Marrūdhī (d. 275) mentioned: ❝“The Throne upon which Allāh sits—no [space] remains except of four fingers.” […] Abū Bakr Ibn Abī Muslim said, “The space remaining is for Muḥammad ﷺ to sit.”❞ 📚 Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah, vol. 3, p. 125–126

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@mahmud_murrah

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[Mufawwiḍ Kryptonite] Al-Ḥāfiẓ Asad Ibn Mūsā (d. 212) explained the arrival of Allāh (al-ityān) to mean His descent (al-nuzūl), and he also narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās (d. 68) that he alluded to Allāh’s arrival to mean His coming (al-majī’). 📚 Kitāb al-Zuhd, pp. 43–44

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Al-Dhahabī said he read in the handwriting of Ibn Qudāmah that he heard Imām Abū ‘Umar mention that he said to Shaykh al-Shāfi‘iyyah b. Abī ‘Aṣrūn (d. 585), “A group of the people say you are an Ash‘arī,” and he replied, “By Allāh, I am not an Ash‘arī!”

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah The Ash‘arī and Shāfi‘ī scholar Bāmakhramah (d. 947) likewise mentioned that the ‘aqīdah of the famous Atharī and Shāfi‘ī Imām al-‘Imrānī (d. 558) was predominant amongst the scholars of Yemen.

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@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Between the students of Imām al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 204) and the creed of al-Ḥusayn al-Karābīsī… ⏬

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@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Mention of the classical Shāfi‘ī scholars who affirmed the ascendancy (‘uluww) of Allāh… ⏬

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@mahmud_murrah

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[Mufawwiḍ Kryptonite] Al-Ḥāfiẓ Asad Ibn Mūsā (d. 212) explained the arrival of Allāh (al-ityān) to mean His descent (al-nuzūl), and he also narrated from Ibn ‘Abbās (d. 68) that he alluded to Allāh’s arrival to mean His coming (al-majī’). 📚 Kitāb al-Zuhd, pp. 43–44

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Muḥammad Ibn Aslam (d. 242) said: ❝Allāh said: “Do they await but that Allāh arrives to them,” and He said, “And your Lord will come and the angels…” so whoever denies Allāh’s descent has denied the Book of Allāh and the ḥadīth of the Messenger ﷺ.❞ 📚 Kitāb al-Ṣifāt 1029

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Ḥāfiẓ al-Maghrib Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463) rebutted proponents of divine timelessness and affirmed the possibility of Allāh performing non-eternal volitional attributes, such as al-istiwā’ upon the Throne. 📚 al-Tamhīd, vol. 5, p. 147

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@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn Fūrak (d. 406) criticizes Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Khuzaymah (d. 311) for affirming non-eternal particulars of Allāh’s Speech:

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Al-Ḥākim transmitted authentically that Ibn Khuzaymah said, “Some of these ignorants (i.e. the Kullābiyyah) claimed that Allāh does not repeat His Speech—they do not understand the Kalām of Allāh!” This demonstrates that Ibn Khuzaymah believed Allāh speaks sequentially.

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Imām al-Lālakā’ī (d. 418) said: ❝All creation will perish, but Allāh’s words never finish. […] When (ḥīn) His creation perishes, He will say, “To whom belongs sovereignty today?” Then, He will answer Himself, “To Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.”❞ 📚 Sharḥ al-Uṣūl, p. 220

al-Kūfī

@LeayAlKufi

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al-Lālikāʾī: Kalāmullāh is from Ṣifāt al-Dhāt, and whoever claims otherwise is a Kāfir. Question to Salafīs: Is Kalāmullāh from Ṣifāt al-Dhāt? Or did you lie, as usual, when you claimed al-Lālikāʾī was upon your creed?

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Abū Ya‘lā al-Ḥanbalī (d. 458) said: ❝Will is an attribute of Allāh’s Essence which newly occurs with the occurrence of its conditions […] if [the particulars of] His willing were eternal, it would entail the eternality of that which is willed.❞ 📚 Ibṭāl al-Ta’wīlāt, p. 697

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@mahmud_murrah

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Allāh knows best. Keep the Muslims of Palestine and Afghanistan and all places in your du‘ā’s.

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Ibn Mandah mentions from Muḥammad Ibn ‘Īsā: ❝[When Allāh wills to create an object and commands it, “Be!”], it answers His call [i.e. comes into existence] quickly, before [Allāh] finishes saying the letter nūn of the word “Kun.”❞ 📚 Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, p. 805

ابو مارية

@Taymiya_

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Ibn Mandah Al Hanbali [395 AH] رحمه الله voyait que La Parole d’Allah est un attribut d’action, ainsi Allah dit une parole après ne pas l’avoir dite La preuve se trouve dans l’un de ses titres dans son kitab at-tawhid ⬇️

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@mahmud_murrah

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Shaykh al-Islām Qiwām al-Sunnah (d. 535) was a mufawwiḍ? When commenting on Ibn ʿUyaynah's words, “Its recitation is its explanation,” Qiwām al-Sunnah said, “It is upon its apparent meaning (ẓāhir) and it is not permissible to alter it to a metaphorical meaning via taʾwīl.”

al-Kūfī

@LeayAlKufi

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Qiwām al-Sunnah: "Affirming the attributes stems from affirming the essence, and affirmation of the essence is an affirmation of existence." In other words: affirmation of the attributes are a mere affirmation of existence, and we do not know what they mean. #Salaf īLs

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@mahmud_murrah

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[🧵 Thread] What makes an Ash‘arī an Ash‘arī?

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@mahmud_murrah

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@LeayAlKufi Well, well, well. Can you please provide the isnad for this book? Just to be consistent with your own standard of scrutiny with respect to book transmission and authentication? Thanks. Here is what the muhaqqiq says, for reference.

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@mahmud_murrah

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Abū Isḥāq al-Zajjāj (d. 311) affirms that the amazement (ta‘ajjub) of Allāh at something He disapproves of is something temporal which occurs with the occurrence of the object of said amazement.

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@mahmud_murrah

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Muḥammad Ibn Aslam (d. 242) said: ❝Allāh said: “Do they await but that Allāh arrives to them,” and He said, “And your Lord will come and the angels…” so whoever denies Allāh’s descent has denied the Book of Allāh and the ḥadīth of the Messenger ﷺ.❞ 📚 Kitāb al-Ṣifāt 1029

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@mahmud_murrah

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Regarding the Āyah, “And your Lord will come and the angels, rank upon rank” [89:22], Al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn Muzāḥim (d. 102) explained it to mean, “Allāh will then descend […] and there will be with Him whoever He wills from among the angels.” Its isnād is authentic.

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@D1mashqi @akbereo You’re quite literally assuming other’s intentions.

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Preceding Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Ḥanbalī al-Shīrāzī (d. 536) affirms that Allāh’s Will (Irādah) is eternal as an attribute with non-eternal particulars. 📚 al-Risālah al-Wāḍiḥah, pp. 538–539

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Abū Ya‘lā al-Ḥanbalī (d. 458) said: ❝Will is an attribute of Allāh’s Essence which newly occurs with the occurrence of its conditions […] if [the particulars of] His willing were eternal, it would entail the eternality of that which is willed.❞ 📚 Ibṭāl al-Ta’wīlāt, p. 697

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Imām Abū al-Muẓaffar al-Sam‘ānī al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 489) said: ❝Wāil Ibn Dāwūd (c. 150) said, “‘Allāh spoke to Mūsā with [direct] Speech’ recurrently, with one instance of Speech followed by another.”❞ 📚 Tafsīr al-Sam‘ānī, vol. 1, p. 503

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@mahmud_murrah

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Imām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Kinānī al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 240) said: ❝“Verily have We made it an Arabic Qur’ān” [43:3]… Indeed, Allāh made it Arabic because he altered it (ṣayyarahu) into the Arabic language and hence revealed in the language of the Arabs.❞ 📚 al-Ibānah, vol. 2, p. 294

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@abuatiyyah_ 😂😂😂 You just needed any excuse to push your agenda that Ibn Rajab was a mufawwid, huh? Refutation:

Ibn Rajab: On T’awil and Dhawahir Indicating Tashbih

dispelling the myth that Imam Ahmad made “t’awil”. Ibn Rajab successfully deconstructs this myth into a baseless innuendo against Imam Ahmad. The second major portion of ibn rajab…

theboriqeenotes.com

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Early Shāfi‘ī fuqahā’ who defended the report of the seating of the Prophet (ṣall Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) on the Throne: • Abū Isḥāq al-Bāhilī (d. 310) • Abū al-‘Abbās b. Surayj (d. 306) • Abū ‘Alī b. Khayrān (d. 320) • Zakariyyā al-Sājī (d. 307)

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463) stated that the Shāfi‘iyyah denied that Imām al-Shāfi‘ī (d. 204) ever believed that the recited Qurʾān is a quotation (ḥikāyah) of the uncreated Kalām of Allāh.

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Why doesn’t the Qur’ān negate direction? Al-Rāzī said: ❝[Negation of Allāh being in a direction] is unacceptable in the minds of the masses; […] da‘wah is to be prioritized via verses allusive of tashbīh alongside general words of tanzīh.❞ 📚 Al-Maṭālib al-‘Āliyah (2/72–73)

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@mahmud_murrah

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Al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (d. 110) said, “A believer is not seen except that he is criticising himself, ‘What was my intention with my words? What was my intention with my eating? What was my intention with my drinking?’ And the heedless go forth without admonishing themselves.” [صحيح]

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@mahmud_murrah

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Upon meeting Ismā‘īl Ibn Ḥammād al-Jahmī (d. 212), who claimed the Qur’ān is created, Imām Abū ‘Amr al-Shaybānī (d. 206) said to him: ❝When did [Allāh] speak it [the Qur’ān]? Before he created it, after he created it, or while He was creating it?❞ 📚 Kitāb al-Sunnah, p. 167

Mahmud Ibn ‘Abidin

@mahmud_murrah

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Ibn Mandah mentions from Muḥammad Ibn ‘Īsā: ❝[When Allāh wills to create an object and commands it, “Be!”], it answers His call [i.e. comes into existence] quickly, before [Allāh] finishes saying the letter nūn of the word “Kun.”❞ 📚 Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, p. 805

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@abuatiyyah_ Where have I seen this before?

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@mahmud_murrah

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Ḥammād ibn Zayd (d. 179) said, “When it is said to the Jahmiyyah, ‘Does your Lord speak?’ they say, ‘No.’ So it is said, ‘Does He have a Hand?’ and they say, ‘No.’ So it is said, […] ‘Does He become pleased or angry?’ and they say, ‘No.’ So it is said, ‘Then you have no Lord!’”

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@abuatiyyah_ May Allah guide you.

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Sa‘īd Foudeh says that Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ash‘arī came to know of Ḥanbalī “anthropomorphic” beliefs after encountering the prominent Shāfi‘ī faqīh and muḥaddith Zakariyyā al-Sājī (d. 307). 📚 Buḥūth fī ‘Ilm al-Kalām, p. 41

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī (d. 277) urges us to stick to the path of Ahl al-Athar and its proponents, such as Imām al-Shāfi‘ī, and that we avoid the books of the people of deviance, such as those of al-Karābīsī, the creed of whom he narrated ijmā‘ against.

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah In the beginning of Tabyīn al-Kadhib, the scribe mentions via Imām al-Karjī al-Shāfi‘ī that Shaykh al-Shāfi‘iyyah Abū Ḥamid al-Isfarayīnī (d. 406) attributed to Imām al-Shāfi‘ī and the scholars of the lands that Allāh audibly speaks with uncreated words.

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@mahmud_murrah

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#ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Al-Dhahabī said he read in the handwriting of Ibn Qudāmah that he heard Imām Abū ‘Umar mention that he said to Shaykh al-Shāfi‘iyyah b. Abī ‘Aṣrūn (d. 585), “A group of the people say you are an Ash‘arī,” and he replied, “By Allāh, I am not an Ash‘arī!”

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“…and their maḏhab was that whoever says, ‘My lafẓ of the Qurʾān is makhlūq (created),’ then he is a Jahmī.” So this is the agreed-upon view of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ across all the lands.

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@mahmud_murrah

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@abuatiyyah_ Smartest Ashari?

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@mahmud_murrah

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@D1mashqi Ibn Jarir al-Tabari explained it to mean “Sight” and also to be referring to the “Eye of Allah.” He affirmed both. Tafsir bil-ilzam, not ta’wil. The Salafi scholars also explained this.

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@mahmud_murrah

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Shaykh al-Shāfi‘iyyah al-‘Imrānī (d. 558) said: ❝“The likeness of ‘Īsā with Allāh is like that of Ādam; He created him from dust and then said to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” So Allāh that He said “Be!” to ‘Īsā after creating Ādam.❞ 📚 al-Intiṣār, vol. 2, p. 584

al-Kūfī

@LeayAlKufi

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Shaykh al-Shāfi'iyyah al-'Imrānī قدس الله روحه says that the Qurān is the Kalām of Allāh which is Qadīm. The Wahhābī Muhaqqiq says that this is Bātil and that none of the Salaf said this and that this is what the Ashā'irah said.

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@AMoalim05 @Yatagurusa "Is this a business move or free?" "Yes."

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