Aqeeda
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The Salaf al-Ṣāliḥīn: Definition, Merit, and the Question of the Generation [al-Qarn]
Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah,…
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Imām Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī (d. 974 AH) on Chains of Transmission, Creedal [ʿAqīda] Integrity, and the Authority of the Four Madhhabs
The Shāfiʿī scholar known as Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī[i] (d. 974 AH) made the following remarks in his Thabat…
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The problematic nature of Al-Radd ‘alā al-Zanādiqa wa-l-Jahmiyya attributed to Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
The treatise entitled “The Refutation of the Heretics and the Jahmiyya” [“Al-Radd ʿalā al-Zanādiqa wa-l-Jahmiyya”] attributed to Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal…
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Doctrinal Transmission in the Ḥanafī School: Manuscript Testimonies Attributing al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya to Imām Abū Ḥanīfa and His Two Companions
Unveiling the True Origins of al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya For over a millenimum, al-ʿAqīda al-Ṭaḥāwiyya has occupied a central position within Sunnī…
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Al-Fiqh al-Akbar: Scholars who authenticated it as a work of Imam Abū Ḥanīfa and the Mu’tazila rejection
The attribution of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar to Imam Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nu’mān ibn Thābit al-Kūfī (d. 150 AH) represents one of the…
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Imām Abū Ḥanīfa’s Autograph Copy of al-Fiqh al-Akbar: The 6th Century Manuscript Discovery and Fifty Attestations of his Authorship
This study undertakes a comprehensive examination of one of the most contested questions in Islamic intellectual history: the authorship of…
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The Scholars who affirmed al-Fiqh al-Akbar was by Imam Abū Ḥanīfa
There are two separate transmissions [riwāya] of the treatise called al-Fiqh al-Akbar. One of these transmissions belongs to Imam Abū…
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Exposing the Forgery of Sharḥ al-Sunna Attributed to al-Barbahārī by Shaykh al-Azharī
Introduction The attribution of some Islamic texts has long been a contentious issue in scholarly circles, with significant implications for…
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Sulṭān al-ʿUmayrī and his Critical View of the Book “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH)
This article represents the third instalment in our series examining the controversial work “Sharḥ al-Sunna” attributed to the 4th-century Ḥanbalī…
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Zubair ʿAlī Zaiʾī (d. 2013) on the Sharḥ al-Sunna ascribed to al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH)
In continuation of a previous article on this site entitled: Al-Albānī on the Ḥanbalī: Al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH) and his…
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