Are the Ash’aris the majority of the Ummah historically?
Q. Are the Ash’aris who are linked to the creed of Ahlus Sunna wal Jama’a as expounded by Imam Abul Hasan al-Ash’ari (d. 324 AH) the majority of the Ummah historically?
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The Ash’aris were always dominant and not a minority as claimed by the…
Did Imam al-Dhahabi write “al-Nasiha al-Dhahabiyya” to Ibn Taymiyya?
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A brother from Birmingham, UK, had once asked:
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I have recently read an article by abu rumaysah claiming that hafidth dhahabi did not write the nasee’ha. This is what he says:
“On the book ‘Naseehah adh-Dhahabiyyah’:
A book ascribed to adh-Dhahabee in…
The Correct Meaning of the Statement “When a Hadīth Is Authentic, It Is My Opinion”
The following is an excerpt from our abridged translation of the masterpiece, Athar al-Hadīth al-Sharīf fī Ikhtilāf al-A’immah al-Fuqahā’, by the Syrian Hadīth scholar, the teacher of our teachers, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwāmah. There were numerous requests for an…
Imam Abu Hanifah and his connection to the Sahabi: Ibn Mas‘ūd (ra)
The following is a short treatise linking the Ḥanafī Madhab, one of the great schools of jurisprudence established during the time of the Salaf, to one of the great Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, ‘Abdullāh Ibn Mas‘ūd, and for the most part this treatise also serves as an answer…
Imām Abū Hanīfa and The Statement of Imām al-Bukhārī “Some People Say”: Between Fact and Fiction
In recent times, there has been great confusion between two distinct concepts: Ikhtilāf [legitimate disagreement] and Khilāf [illegitimate disagreement]. Many misinformed people, for lack of Suhbah (companionship) of traditional scholars and spiritual guides, read the differences of the Salaf and misinterpreted their Ikhtilāf as Khilāf. Undoubtedly…
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