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One of the greatest Hanafi authorities on the issue of istigatha and those that make takfir over it.

Imam Khayr al-Din ibn Ahmad ibn Nur al-Din `Ali ibn Zayn al-Din al-Faruqi al-Ramli al-Hanafi (1585-1671)
رحمه الله

Some comments about who the Shaykh is:

Imam Haskafi, the author of the Durr al-Mukhtar and student of Imam Khayr al-Din, described him as:

شَيْخِي الْحَبْرُ السَّامِي وَالْبَحْرُ الطَّامِي . وَاحِدُ زَمَانِهِ وَحَسَنَةُ أَوَانِهِ . شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ الشَّيْخُ خَيْرُ الدِّينِ الرَّمْلِيُّ أَطَالَ اللَّهُ بَقَاءَهُ

“My shaykh, the sublime scholar, the satiated ocean, the rarest of his age, and most excellent of his time, the Shaykh al-Islam Khayr al-Din al-Ramli.”

Ibn `Abidin رحمه الله, who quotes Ramli extensively in his commentary, stated:

الْإِمَامُ الْمُفَسِّرُ الْمُحَدِّثُ الْفَقِيهُ اللُّغَوِيُّ الصُّوفِيُّ النَّحْوِيُّ الْبَيَانِيُّ الْعَرُوضِيُّ الْمَنْطِقِيُّ الْمُعَمِّرُ . شَيْخُ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ فِي عَصْرِهِ وَصَاحِبُ الْفَتَاوَى السَّائِرَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا مِنْ التَّآلِيفِ النَّافِعَةِ فِي الْفِقْهِ

“The Imām, Qur’anic exegete, hadith scholar, scholar of law, linguist, Sufi, grammarian… the shaykh of the Hanafis of his age…”

In his work on legal verdicts, entitled Fatawa Khayiryyah (vol 2, pg: 182 Dar al-Ma`rifah ed. 1974), the Imam was asked about those who “state ‘Oh Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir! Oh Ahmad! Oh Rifa`i! Give us something for the sake of Allah!’”

“As for their saying ‘Oh `Abd al-Qadir’ then it is [merely] a call (nida’).

When ‘give us something for Allah’ is conjoined to it then it is seeking something out of the bountifulness (ikraman) of Allah. So what necessitates its impermissibility (hurmatihi)?

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[And the statement] some have passed the verdict of disbelief upon the one who said ‘give us something for Allah’ then there is no reason (wajh) for it. How can this be when they state that a believer does not leave faith except through the denial (juhud) of that which he

entered it through? And their saying [it is] disbelief is a grave matter (`azim) for the verdict of disbelief is not passed against a Muslim on that which there is disagreement upon, even [if the difference is established] by a weak narration (bi riwayat dh`aifah).

And we seek refuge in Allāh that disbelief be found in this."

Not here to debate or entertain anyone just an interesting find! 😅