Category: Asharis
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Abdul Rahman as-Sa’di about the Mu’tazilites and Asharis
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Abdul Rahman as-Sa’di (1390 A.H.) claims that groups like the Mu’tazilites and Asharis cannot be automatically subject to takfeer because, according to him, they do not willfully reject the truth. He states in Tawdeeh al-Kafiyah as-Shafiyah, pp. 245-246: Whoever rejects what the Messenger brought, or rejects any part of it…
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The Asharis claim about the Quran
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The Asharis claim the Quran is a Quotation of the Quran which – they believe- is not on earth Ibn al-Hanbali said: ‘Then they [Asharis] mentioned the expression and quotation, The Shariah didn’t come with nor did anyone from the Salaf of the Sahabah, Tabieen and fuqahaa of the Muslims,…
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The Lafdhiyya (Those who say that our recitation of the Qur’an is created)
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We have already discussed other kufr statements from Abū Ḥanīfah. But this kafir Abu Hanifa also had some kufr views about the Qur’an. He said: “His attributes are eternal, they have not been originated or created, and who says that it is created or originated is a disbeliever in Allah…
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The Ash‘aris: The Sect That Rejected the Attributes of Allah
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The Ash‘aris are a group named after their leader, Abu’l-Hasan al-Ash‘ari. In order to understand the beliefs associated with the Ash‘ari school, it is necessary to look at the intellectual development of al-Ash‘ari himself and, more importantly, at the theological roots from which the school emerged. Abu’l-Hasan al-Ash‘ari passed through…
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Ibn al-Uthaymeen about the Asharis and Maturidis
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Ibn al-Uthaymeen asserted that anyone who declares takfeer upon the Asharis or Maturidis would only do so due to their lack of knowledge. He said: “I believe that you are aware that no one excludes the Ashʿaris and Maturidis from the fold of Islam except someone who is either ignorant…
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Ibn ‘Uthaymeen about an-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar
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Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said, discussing an-Nawawi and Ibn Hajar: “Is it valid to think of these two men, and others like them, as being Ash‘aris, and can we say that they were among the Ash‘aris? The answer is no, because the Ash‘aris have their own madhhab, with its own understanding of…
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Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani about Iman
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Ibn Hajar claimed that deeds do not belong to al-Imaan. He sclaims that deeds are only a condition for perfection of imaan, and he attributes this kufr statement to the Salaf. (see Fath al Bari 1/46) However, according to ijmaa deeds are Shart sihha (condition of validity) and not shart…
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Ibn Hajar about Istiwa
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According to the kafir Ibn Hajar al Asqalani, believing in Al-Rububiyya is enough to be a Muslim, but if someone believes that Allah is in heaven, then he is still a kafir because they consider it anthropomorphism. Ibn Hajar said: When the kafir acknowledges the unity of Al-Rahman, he is…
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The Tajahhum of adh-Dhahabi
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Abu Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh said: “I said to al-Aʿmash: ‘What is the matter with the tafsīr of Mujāhid being different?’ — or something similar to this. He said: ‘He took it from the People of the Book.’” (al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā, al-ʿIlmiyyah edition, 6/20; al-Dhahabi also mentioned it in al-Siyar) Al-Dhahabi originally…
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al Bajuri claims that the Qur’an is created
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Ibrahim ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bajuri was an Egyptian-Ottoman scholar and a rector of al-Azhar University. He lived between 1784 and 1860 Miladi and authored over 20 works and commentaries. Al-Bajuri said in his commentary on al-Jawharah, p. 95, regarding the statement of al-Jawharah: “So every text that indicates…
