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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Ibn Taymiyyah about the Ash’aris
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Ibn Taymiyyah said: “As for cursing the Imams of the Ash’aris: the one who curses them gets punishment/ta’zir… And the scholars are the supporters of the branches of the religion, but the Ash’aris are the protectors of the foundations of religion.” [Majmu’ al-Fatawa, 4/16] He also said: “The Ash’aris, despite…
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ʿAbd al-ʿAziz ibn Baz about the Ashʿaris
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ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz was directly asked whether the Ashʿarīs belonged to Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah and whether they should be regarded as members of another sect or as disbelievers. His answer was explicit: “The Ashʿarīs are from Ahl al-Sunnah in most matters … and they are not disbelievers. Rather, among…
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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 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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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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Takfeer of the Asharis
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The Aşāirah (Asharis) are disbelievers. The Shaykh of al-’Imam al-Bukhariyy and al-’Imam Muslim: al-’Imam al-Muhaddith Abu Jafar Aḥmad ibn Sinan al-Wasiṭiyy al-Qaṭṭan (d. 259H), said: “Whoever claims that the Qur’an is two things, or that the Qur’an is a hikayah (a telling), then – by Allah, the One besides Whom…
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The roots of the Jahmiyyah
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Imaam Bukaaree said in “Khalq Af’aal il-Ibaad” (p.9): Damurah said: From Ibn Shawdhab: al-Jahm abandoned the prayer for forty days due to doubt. He argued with some of the Sumaniyyah, became doubtful and spent forty days without praying. Khalid Al-Qasri was in Wasit during the day of eid and he…
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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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al-Murji`ah Sect: Its History and Beliefs
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From the linguistic view; Murji’ah comes from Irjaa’ which was mentioned in the Holy Qur’an as in the following verse: “You have a hope (tarjuna) from Allah that for which they hope not (la yarjun).” [Nisa 4:104] This verse was explained as follows: “both you and the Kafireen will suffer,…
