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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…
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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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Aqeeda
IMĀM ‘ALĪ AL-QĀRĪ (D. 1014 AH) MENTIONED THE WAY OF THE SALAF BEING TAFWĪḌ AL-MA’NĀ, AND IT BEING THE WAY OF IMĀM ABŪ ḤANĪFA
Imām ‘Alī al-Qārī (d. 1014 AH) in his Ḍaw’ al-Ma’ālī li-Bad’ al-Amālī (pp. 33-34) mentioned the way of the Salaf…
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Aqeeda
IMĀM AS-SUBKĪ (d. 771 AH) ON THE ʿAQĪDA OF IMĀM AṬ-ṬAḤĀWĪ (d. 321 AH)
Imam Tāj ud-Dīn as-Subkī (d. 771 AH) mentioned the following with regard to the famous creedal (ʿAqīda) treatise by the…
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Fiqh
Is Salatul Taraweeh 8 or 20 rak’ats in Ramadan?
The following treatise by Dr. Abul Hasan Hussain Ahmed is probably the most in-depth research and defence in English of…
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Refutations
“Salafi” scholars who authenticated al-Bayhaqi’s narration for 20 rak’ats Taraweeh
Assalamu alaikum With regard to the famous narrations for the validity of 20 Rak’ats of Taraweeh in Umar ibn al-Khattab’s…
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Refutations
Salat al-Tarawih from I’la al Sunan of Sh. Zafar Ahmed Uthmani
The following is an English translation of the chapter regarding Salatul Tarawih as found in the 18 volume work known…
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Fiqh
Authenticity of a du’a at iftar time
Is the following du’a (supplication) said at the breaking of the fast (iftar) weak (da’eef) or not and can one…
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Aqeeda
The Divine Attributes: Ahlus Sunnah vs. Mujassimah
The following introductory essay delineates the basic creedal differences between Ahlus Sunnah wa l-Jamā’ah and the contemporary Salafiyyah on the…
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