Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Imam Ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī’s (d. 974 AH) Fatwa on the Ḥanbalī Creed: Distinguishing Between Imam Aḥmad’s Position and Later Interpretations, with Analysis of al-Jīlānī’s al-Ghunya and Response to Ibn Taymiyya

This fatwa addresses the interpretation of divine attributes [ṣifāt] in Ḥanbalī theology, specifically defending Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s position on…