• Is Erdoğan the best president? Here’s what the facts show

    Is Erdoğan the best president? Here’s what the facts show

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    The claim that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the best “Muslim” president or politician is widespread, not only in Turkey but also among people in many other countries. Many people admire him because he speaks openly about Islam and presents himself as a defender of Muslims.  But we should not judge…

  • Monkey Menk and his misguided notion

    Monkey Menk and his misguided notion

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    Ismail ibn Musa Menk, commonly known as Mufti Menk, is a Zimbabwean preacher and so-called scholar, born on 27 June 1975 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He studied Shariah at the so-called Islamic University of Madinah and later specialised in “Islamic” jurisprudence in India. He is associated with the Majlisul Ulama Zimbabwe…

  • 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…

  • Vegetarianism and Islam

    Vegetarianism and Islam

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    Can a muslim be vegetarian? If you search the net, whether it is allowed for muslims to be vegetarian or not you will come across a lot of articles and statements where people advocate and promote vegetarianism and claim, that it is conform with Islam. Like so often in our…

  • 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…

  • Abdul Rahman as-Sa’di about the Mu’tazilites and Asharis

    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…

  • 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 NuzĂťl: “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 TartĂŽb Al-MadârĂŽk 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 AbĹŤ ḤanÄŤfah. 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…