July 9, 2010In the Name of Allah,
I thought to mention some of Muhammad Zâhid al-Kawthari’s infamous sayings so that people may realize to what kind of a man others ally themselves with in terms of friendship, association, appreciation or even recommendation.
I will make use of the Index entitled, ‘Index of Insults of al-Kawthari, and his Lies, and [...]
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May 28, 2010The Ash’aris have a mistaken notion that the texts of the Qur’an and Sunnah concerning Allah’s Attributes promote anthropomorphism. As explained here, the problem lies only in their anthropomorphic minds.
In any case, they hold that believing in the apparent meanings of such texts is a cause of deviation, in fact, of kufr.
The famous 9th-century Ash’arite [...]
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May 27, 2010The following incident is a clear proof that the Ash’aris are at odds with the Aqidah of the Salaf and the Imams of Ahl al-Hadith, such as Imam al-Bukhari. It is for this reason that they imprisoned the erudite Hadith scholar, Abul-Jamal al-Mizzi for reading out Khalq Af’al al-’Ibad, a famous creedal work by Imam [...]
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May 27, 2010The Ash’aris frequently argue that they are the majority of the Ummah, but let us take a look at what one of their greatest Imams, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, had to say in his Ta’wil of the dialogue between Musa, peace be upon him, and Fir’awn:
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February 3, 2010The creed of Imam Ahmad is what’s transmitted, preserved and published in the following literature.
Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Shaybani (d.241)
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December 5, 2008 Hafiz ibn Rajab al-Hanbali states the following in Fath al-Bari (5/97-98), his commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari (not to be confused with the commentary by ibn Hajar of the same title):
The Qur’an has given indication of the same meaning as this hadith in a number of places, such as the verse: “Do they wait except that Allah should come to them in [...]
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April 14, 2008By Abul-Hussein at Ahl al-Hadith
Regarding The Existence Of Metaphor In The Arabic Language
The sound position regarding metaphor is that it is exists in language of the Arabs. This it itself is a general statement that is governed by a qualification. Metaphor exists in the language of the Arabs but it is not to [...]
April 14, 2008By Yasir Qadhi, originally posted at MuslimMatters.org
Note: This is a short essay that I wrote during my Comprehensive Exams as part of the requirements of the PhD at Yale. The question was with regards to atomism and the role that it had on the groups of kal?m, in particular the Ash’arites. I’ve decided to post [...]
February 17, 2008by: Abu Abdallah (sunnipress)
The Salaf al-Salih condemmned Kalâm, very harshly. They are unanimous in their rejection of it, as narrated from the Imams and their students. There is not a single evidence from the righteous predecessors who are known with religious leadership and who took part in Kalâmi discussions or approved of it. Many books [...]
December 2, 2006The reality of the Ash’ari school
Taqi al-Din Ahmad b. ‘Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845)
An excerpt from al-Khitat al-Maqriziyya 4/184-5
The reality of the school of al-Ash’ari – may Allah be merciful with him – is that he followed a way between the negation of attributes, that being the Mu’tazili school, and the affirmation thereof, that being the [...]
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