Category: Heretic Sects
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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 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…
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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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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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People Have Claimed That the Qur’an Cannot Be Understood Except by Scholars
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People have claimed that the Qur’an cannot be understood except by scholars, and that no one can understand the Qur’an except the scholars. This is manifest misguidance and a lie against Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And it is an invention against Allah, Mighty and Majestic, since Allah, Mighty and Majestic,…
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Refuting the Proofs of al-Murji`ah
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The Origins of the Disagreement The disagreements within all sects and their deviation from the right path lies behind the fact that they have not committed their minds to the essence of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, as taught by the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam to his Companions and…
