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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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Al-Albānī on the Ḥanbalī: Al-Barbahārī (d. 329 AH) and his extremism in ʿAqīda
Introduction: In 1995, some British-based Salafīs published an English translation of an ʿAqīda (Islamic creed) related text attributed to the…
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Imām al-Nawawī (d. 676 AH) on Tafwīḍ and Ta’wīl of the Salaf and Khalaf
Imām Muḥyī al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī (d. 676 AH/1277 CE), the renowned Shāfi’ī jurist and ḥadīth scholar, addressed one…
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Fiqh
The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī and al-Albānī
فضل ليلة النصف من شعبان عند ابن تيمية وابن رجب الحنبلي والألباني The virtues of the Mid-Shaʿbān Night according to…
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Authentication of the Chain of Narration of Imam Mālik’s Interpretation [Ta’wīl] Regarding Divine Descent (Nuzul)
تصحيح بسند رواية الإمام مالك في تأويل النزول Authentication of the Chain of Narration of Imam Mālik’s Interpretation [Ta’wīl] Regarding…
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EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE GROSS ANTHROPOMORPHISTS [MUJASSIMA] IN ISLAMIC HISTORY
In examining the historical trajectory of anthropomorphic interpretations, scholarly attention must be directed toward notable figures and schools who, in…
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THE EXPLANATION OF “FOOT” IN RELATION TO THE HELL-FIRE ACCORDING TO IMAMS AL-BAYHAQĪ (d. 458 AH) AND AL-KHAṬṬĀBĪ (d. 388 AH)
In his seminal work “Kitāb al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt” (The Book of Divine Names and Attributes), the distinguished Shāfiʿī jurist and hadith…
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UNDERSTANDING THE ATTRIBUTES (ṢIFĀT) OF ALLĀH ACCORDING TO IMĀM IBN JAMĀʿAH (d. 733 AH)
The following is from a forthcoming full translation of the named work: “Īḍāḥ al-Dalīl fī Qaṭʿ Ḥujaj Ahl al-Taʿṭīl” (Clarification…
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Refutations
Imām al-Bayhaqī’s Letter to ‘Amīd al-Mulk on Imām Abu l-Hasan al-Ash‘arī
In his comprehensive hagio-biography of Imām Abu l-Hasan al-Ash‘arī (260 – 324 H) Tabyīn Kadhib al-Muftarī, Hāfiz Ibn ‘Asākir (499…
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WHY IMĀM ABUL HASAN AL-ASH’ARĪ (d. 324 AH) COMPILED AL-IBĀNA ‘AN UṢŪL AL-DIYĀNA AND PROOF THAT IT WAS TAMPERED WITH LATER ON
Imām Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī (d. 764H) mentioned the following in two places of his famous work known as al-Wāfī bil-Wafayāt…
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