shaykh dr. abul hasan hussain ahmed
-
Uncategorized
Imam Abu Bakr al-Ṭarṭūshī al-Mālikī (d. 520 AH), the Ḥashwiyya and the issue of Istiwā’
Imam Abu Bakr al-Ṭarṭūshī al-Mālikī (d. 520 AH) mentioned the following discourse with regard to an individual who he regarded…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
Imam ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Yāfiʿī (d. 768 AH) on the Doctrinal Positions of the Ashʿarīs, Later Ḥanbalīs, and Literalists [Ḥashawiyya] Regarding the Divine Attributes (Ṣifāt of Allāh)
Imam ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Yāfiʿī (d. 768 AH) said in his work known as Mirʾāt al-Jinān wa-ʿIbrat al-Yaqẓān fī Maʿrifat mā…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
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…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
Statements from Imām Aḥmad ibn Hanbal Regarding the Negation of a Limit [ḥadd] for Allāh
“ذكر ما رواه المروذي المتوفى سنة 275 هجري عن الإمام أحمد في نفي الحد عن الله” What (Abu Bakr) al-Marrudhī,…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
Refutation of Claims that Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241/855) Affirmed a Limit [ḥadd/حَدّ] for Allah
تفنيد ما ذكره ابن أبي داود عن الإمام أحمد في نسبة الحد لله Refutation of what Ibn Abī Dāwūd mentioned…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
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…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
THE INTERPRETATION [TA’WĪL] OF IMĀM IBN ḤIBBĀN (d. 354 AH) OF “FOOT” AS PLACE
Abū Ḥātim Muḥammad ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354 AH/884–965 CE) was a prominent Shāfiʿī scholar,…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
IMĀM TĀJ AL-DĪN AL-SUBKĪ (D. 771 AH) SAID THE FOLLOWING ON TAFWĪḌ, TA’WĪL, TANZĪH AND THE MUJASSIMA
Imām Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī (d. 771 AH) said the following on Tafwīḍ, Ta’wīl, Tanzīh and the Mujassima in his Ṭabaqāt…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
TWO QUOTES FOR TAFWĪḌ AL-MAʿNĀ OF THE ṢIFĀT OF ALLĀH
In Islamic theological discourse, tafwīḍ al-maʿnā (delegation of meaning) concerning Allah’s attributes (ṣifāt) represents a significant methodological approach among traditional…
Read More » -
Aqeeda
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…
Read More »
