Were Imam Abu Hanifah and his companions Murji'ah when they made the statement, 'Iman doesn't increase and decrease'?
It is pretty self evident by what Imam Abu Hanifah meant by this statement as we look at the proofs and explanations his own students give. Let's have a look.
It is pretty self evident by what Imam Abu Hanifah meant by this statement as we look at the proofs and explanations his own students give. Let's have a look.
Imām Abu Yusuf:
"I am a true believer, and I am a believer in the sight of Allah. I do not say: My Iman is like the Iman of Jibrīl & Mīkā'īl a.s."
Imam Muhammad:
It is Makrūh for a man to say: My Iman is like the Iman of Jibrīl. But we do say, I believe in that what Jibrīl &
"I am a true believer, and I am a believer in the sight of Allah. I do not say: My Iman is like the Iman of Jibrīl & Mīkā'īl a.s."
Imam Muhammad:
It is Makrūh for a man to say: My Iman is like the Iman of Jibrīl. But we do say, I believe in that what Jibrīl &
Mīkā'īl believe in. (I.e. the articles of faith). And we do not say: My Iman is like the Iman of Abu Bakr R.a. However, we do say: I believe in that which Abu Bakr r.a. believes in."
The fact that Imam Abu Yusuf and Muhammad state that the Iman is not like the Iman of the angels and Abu Bakr r.a. proves that they meant howness or conviction in the belief and not the beliefs themselves. Whereas, when they said Iman doesn't increase nor decrease, they meant
the articles of Iman do not increase and decrease as Imam Abu Yusuf and Muhammad state, we believe in the same thing as Jibrīl & Mīkā'īl and Abu Bakr r.a.
[Bustān al-'Ārifīn Page 125 - Abu Layth as-Samarqandi]
[Bustān al-'Ārifīn Page 125 - Abu Layth as-Samarqandi]
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