The 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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The Creed of Imam Ahmad and His Early Followers
February 3, 2010
Ibn Rajab Comments on Imam Ahmad’s Supposed Ta’wil of Allah’s Coming
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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Muhammad Mukhtar Shinqiti: A Principle Of Athari Creed, On Metaphorical And Literal Meaning In The Arabic Language
April 14, 2008
By 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 [...]
The Role of Atomism on the Groups of Kalam
April 14, 2008
By 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 [...]
Censure of Kalam: A Consensus of the Ages
February 17, 2008
by: 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 [...]
How Ash’arism Spread - al-Maqrizi
December 2, 2006
The 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 [...]
The Orthodox Creed
October 8, 2006
A Study of al-Durra al-Mudhiyya fi ‘Aqidat al-Firqa al-Mardhiyya
(The Luminous Pearl on the Doctrine of Pleasure-endowed Sect)
By al-’Allama al-Shaykh Muhammad al-Saffarini al-Hanbali
Allah praise be to Allah, who gifted us to Islam and guided us to the path of His Prophet SallAllahu ‘alaihi wa-sallam. Surely, without His guidance we would be in complete loss.
May the peace [...]
Ash’aris/Maturidis - Is the Qur’an Speech or Meaning?
September 13, 2006
The statement,
The Maturidiyyah and the Ashaairah are of the opinion that Allah’s Speech refers to the ma’aani (meaning and message) not the sound and letters
is slightly inaccurate.
The Ash’aris and the Maturidis believe that Allah speaks without sound and letters. However, they both believe that Allah’s Speech is Ma’nan Wahid and not Ma’aani. Meaning, Allah’s Speech [...]
On Allah’s Eye and Tafwidh of Tahdid (definition)
August 27, 2006
In the section affirming belief in the attribute of al-‘Ain, Im?m as-Saf?r?n? says:
“…rather, we assent and submit and comply and believe in all of that and affirm it with the affirmation of existence and not the affirmation of ‘howness’ or Tahd?d (giving it a precise meaning).”
Im?m as-Saf?r?n? does not say explicitly “Without giving it a [...]
On Allah’s Hands
August 27, 2006
Im?m as-Saf?r?n? says in explanation of his own words:
al-H?fidh al-Bayhaq? said: ‘ the earlier generation of scholars (the Mutaqqadim?n) of this Ummah did not explain what appeared in the Ay?t of Akhb?r (the Sif?t not known without textual affirmation) in this area, all the while they possessed belief that All?h is One and that it [...]
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