Category: Asma wa Sifat

  • Ibn Hazm about some of the Attributes of Allah ta’ala

    Ibn Hazm about some of the Attributes of Allah ta’ala

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    One serious error found in the writings of Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi concerns his understanding of Allah’s names and attributes. In this statement, he treats the meanings of Allah’s names As-Sami‘ (All-Hearing), Al-Basir (All-Seeing), and Al-‘Alim (All-Knowing) as being essentially the same. This contradicts the established principle of Ahl al-Sunnah that…

  • Ibn Hazm about the Qur’an

    Ibn Hazm about the Qur’an

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    Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi was a prominent scholar, yet he fell into serious errors in matters of creed. Among these errors is his statement concerning the Qur’an, in which he distinguished between different meanings of the term “Qur’an” and declared some of them to be created. Such a statement cannot be…

  • Statements of the Salaf on where Allah is

    Statements of the Salaf on where Allah is

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    Wahb bin Jareer said: ‘”The Jahmiyyah are heretics, they think that He has not risen over His Throne.’” (al-Bukhaaree, ‘Khalq Af’aal Ebaad’ 6) Ibn al-Mubaarak said:“We do not say as the Jahmiyyah say that Allaah is on the earth, rather He has risen over His Throne.’” And it was said…

  • The two alleged taweelat of Imam Malik

    The two alleged taweelat of Imam Malik

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    The alleged saying According to Habib Ibn Abi Habib, Malik (may Allâh have mercy on him) said about the Nuzûl: “Allah sends down His command, but He does not move.” [Adh-Dhahabi in As-Siyar A’lam An-Nubala Vol.8 (p105) Ibn ‘Abd al-Barrr in At-Tamhid Vol.7 (p.143) Al-Qadi’ Iyad in Tartîb Al-Madârîk Vol.2…

  • The Asharis claim about the Quran

    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,…

  • The Lafdhiyya (Those who say that our recitation of the Qur’an is created)

    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…

  • The Ash‘aris: The Sect That Rejected the Attributes of Allah

    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…

  • Some points about Tawhid Al-Asmaa wa Al-Sifat

    Some points about Tawhid Al-Asmaa wa Al-Sifat

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    The definition of Tawhid al Asmaa wa’s Sifat: That you affirm everything of the names and attributes that Allah has confirmed about himself and what His Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam has mentioned in the Sunnah – [without interpreting it or distorting or denying it or asking how or…

  • Sayings of the Salaf in Affirmation of the Reality and Apparent meaning of The Names and Attributes of Allah Most High!

    Sayings of the Salaf in Affirmation of the Reality and Apparent meaning of The Names and Attributes of Allah Most High!

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    Hammad b. Zayd (d.179) said: “He Descends a Descending worthy to His Rububiyyah, without how. Without that His Descending is similar to the descend of the creation; without Tashbih and Ta’til. Exonerated is He above what the Mu’attilah say concerning His Attributes and the Mushabbihah with reference to it: High…

  • Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani about Iman

    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…