Category: Ibn Hazm

  • 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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    Abraham

    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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    Abraham

    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…