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Aqeeda
Al-Ṣaffārīnī on Delegation of Meaning [Tafwīḍ al-Maʿnā] of the Divine Attributes [Ṣifāt of Allāh]
Imam Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṣaffārīnī (d. 1188 AH) was a distinguished Ḥanbalī scholar of the Atharī[i] creed from…
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Aqeeda
The Sayings of the Imams al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321 AH), Abū Zurʿa al-Rāzī (d. 264 AH) and ʿAbdullāh ibn Muṣʿab (d. 184 AH) on Disparaging the Companions [al-Ṣaḥāba]
The integrity [ʿadāla] of the Companions [al-Ṣaḥāba] occupies a central place in the methodology and creed [ʿaqīda] of the People…
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Aqeeda
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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Aqeeda
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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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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Sunna
Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī (d. 1176 AH) and his classification of the books of Hadith
The famous Indian Hadith scholar known as Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī mentioned the following in his Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha (1/230-234):…
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Aqeeda
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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Aqeeda
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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Aqeeda
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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Fiqh
The Raf’ul Yadayn Debate: A Historical Encounter Between Shaykh al-Kawtharī and Dr. al-Hilālī
This account presents a fascinating intellectual exchange between two prominent scholars of the 20th century regarding one of the most…
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