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Ahl Al-Hadith | Maliki | BA in Theology | BA in English literature, Critic of Kalam and Philosophy.
Mar 17 29 tweets 5 min read
Ibn Tumart was a direct student of your "master" al-Ghazali. He was influenced by al-Juwayni and baqillani, and authored Kalam books is support of Ash'arism, which his gang enforced in the regions they deemed Mujassima; slaughting Merrakesh from the first to the last.

1/28🧵 Ibn Tumart traveled to East, where he absorbed Ash‘arī theology and became thoroughly convinced of its doctrines and principles. Upon returning to the Maghreb, he called the people to adopt this creed, declaring those who opposed it not only misguided but outright disbelievers.
Mar 13 34 tweets 6 min read
Imam al-Bukhari said:

As for the act of reciting (tilāwah), people differ in its abundance and deficiency, in increase and decrease. It is said: "So-and-so has a beautiful qirā’ah (recitation)," but not "[a beautiful] Qur’an," for the Qur’an is the speech of the Lord—

1/30🧵 Image exalted is His mention—whereas reciting is the action of the servant. The distinction between the two is manifest and is only obscured to one whose heart Allah has blinded, one whom He has neither granted success nor guided to the path of rectitude.
Mar 13 15 tweets 3 min read
After @Haqiqatjou, by the grace of Allah, has been humiliated by everyone who refuted him, he is resorting to projecting his own insecurities and situation onto his opponents. So, he said Wahhabis are attempting to rebrand themselves as Ahl al-Hadith wa al-Athar.

1/15🧵 Image 1. I do not know a single individual whom this lowlife could identify as a Wahhabi, or even Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab himself, to have initially said that they were attempting to create a new creed or a new methodology for their followers,
Mar 13 18 tweets 3 min read
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi reported with his chain:

"al-Khaffaf, said in Bukhara: 'One day, we were in the presence of Abu Ishaq al-Qaysi, accompanied by Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Marwazi. The mention of Muhammad ibn Isma‘il al-Bukhari arose, whereupon Muhammad ibn Nasr said:

1/18🧵 'I heard him say: Whoever claims that I have stated that my utterance of the Qur’an is created is a liar, for I have never said such a thing.' I then said to him [ibn Nasr]: "O Abu ‘Abdullah, people have spoken much on this matter.' He replied:
Mar 11 7 tweets 2 min read
Humans both love and detest conflict, the latter of these feelings being what they are mostly aware of, while the former manifests itself in their actions, not necessarily in their epistemic awareness.

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One may never be successful in ending conflict; thus, the aim is directed toward shifting people from one side to another in the hope of saving them from falsehood to truth. The evaluation of this success is not immediate, nor is its fruit—perhaps part of it is—
Mar 11 18 tweets 3 min read
Imam al-Bukhari said: “Whoever claims that I have said: ‘My utterance of the Qur’an is created,’ is a liar, for I have never said this.” (Sharḥ al-Uṣūl, Lalakai, 2/396)

Ibn Taymiyyah Said: “Some with ulterior motives falsely attributed this statement to al-Bukhari.

1/18🧵 Image However, it has been reliably transmitted from him with an approved chain of narration that he said: ‘Whoever claims that I have said: My utterance of the Qur’an is created, has lied.’”

(Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā, 12/572)
Mar 9 23 tweets 4 min read
The Prophet (S) said: "The most hated of men in the sight of Allah is the twisted argumentative, the contentious disputant."

And said: "There are four traits, whoever has them is a pure hypocrite, and whoever has one of them has a trait of hypocrisy until he abandons it:

1/23🧵 Image when entrusted, he betrays; when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a covenant, he breaks it; and when he disputes, he becomes wicked."

(Bukhari and Muslim).

The twisted argumentative, and contentious disputant (al-aladd al-khasim) is one who is characterized by obstinacy
Mar 7 34 tweets 6 min read
What is the Salaf's stance on the Jahmiyyah, and those inflicted by some of their heresies?

Shaykh al-Islam said: "The transmitted tradition from the Salaf and the imams is to declare general Takfir upon the pure Jahmiyyah—those who categorically deny divine attributes.

1/30🧵 Image While the essence of their doctrine is that God neither speaks nor is seen, nor is He seprate from creation. He possesses neither knowledge nor power, neither hearing nor sight, and in fact claim the Qur’an is created, and the inhabitants of Paradise will not see Him—
Mar 2 5 tweets 1 min read
Love is the strongest mover of hearts towards The Beloved of Truth.

Shaykh al-Islam said: "It is necessary to emphasize a principle that moves hearts toward Allah, Exalted is He, making them seek His refuge, and thereby reducing or entirely eliminating their afflictions,

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by His power and might. We say: Know that the driving forces that move the hearts toward Allah are three: love, fear, and hope. The strongest of these is love, for it is sought and wanted in and of itself, as it is desirable both in this world and the Hereafter. T
Feb 25 5 tweets 1 min read
Ibn Taymiyyah said:

"knowledge that God, the Exalted, is above His creation is more ingrained in natural disposition, more evident in the revealed law, and more firmly established among the Salaf and the leading Imams of the ummah than the knowledge of His being seen.

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The Jahmiyyah would conceal their denial of this reality, instead outwardly reject vision and similar doctrines, using such denials of vision and the claim of the createdness of the Qur'an as a means to [establish] their hidden belief in negating God's existence above the Throne.
Feb 24 15 tweets 3 min read
Maturidis stated that denial of takwīn (origination) and the claim that creation (khalq) is identical to the created (makhlūq) necessarily entails KUFR, as it nullifies the role of Allah, and implies the world is eternal and not His creation.

Abū al-Muʿīn al-Nasafī said:

1/15🧵 Image "The assertion of most of the Muʿtazilah, as well as all of the Najjāriyyah and the Ashʿariyyah, that takwīn and the mukawwan (that which is originated) are one and the same, is an impossible claim. This is because equating takwīn with the mukawwan is akin to claiming that
Feb 10 23 tweets 4 min read
Those who affirm an essence, life, knowledge, and will for God, though they exist in creatures, but without the implications of creatures are required to extend such principle to all other attributes, or else contradict themselves.

Ibn Taymiyyah said:

1/22🧵 Image "For the apparent meanings of these attributes in the case of a created being are either a contingent substance or an accident subsisting within it. Thus, knowledge, power, speech, volition, mercy, pleasure, wrath, and the like are, with respect to a servant, accidents;
Feb 8 102 tweets 17 min read
A Comprehensive Refutation of The Allegation That Shaykh al-Islām Advocated the Annihilation of Hell.

Opponents of Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) frequently raise the issue of the annihilation of Hell when listing the controversial matters attributed to him.

1/75🧵 Image They present the claim that Ibn Taymiyyah categorically affirmed annihilation of Hell as if it were his unequivocal stance which he held no other besides it. Al-Ḥiṣnī (d. 829 AH) states: "Know that among the criticisms against him is his assertion that Hell will cease to exist,
Jan 27 30 tweets 5 min read
The internal contradiction of the later Ash‘aris’ Equivocal Predication.

It is well known that later Ash'aris deny the rest of attributes after affirming the seven they label as "Sifat al-ma'ani". But have you considered in what way these seven are affirmed?

1/30🧵 Image You may have asked yourself or asked an Ash'ari, invoking some sense in them as to why they reject some of God's attributes due to anthropomorphism, yet you see them affirming meanings that they agree are found in creatures as well, such as: Power, will, knowledge, life, and on.
Jan 25 24 tweets 4 min read
Why are some individuals unfair towards Ibn AbdelWahhab?

The phenomenon of criticizing an individual for their actions or character while simultaneously benefiting from the fruits of their contributions can be described as historical ingratitude or contributory amnesia.

1/25🧵 This refers to the failure to acknowledge or fairly evaluate the role someone played in causing a benefit that is now taken for granted. It manifests as an unfair minimization of their efforts, often accompanied by an erasure of the difficulties they faced in achieving such goal.
Jan 22 15 tweets 3 min read
Ash'ari Sophists ask this question a lot, and I received it many times. Here is my brief answer:

Salam, when you have any discussion, make sure to reflect on what the person is saying, because the answer always lies there. All you have to do is find the inconsistency.

1/15🧵 Image However, it is not befitting for one to argue while trying to find answers on the spot. You should have a foundation first; then you won't have an issue with any questions, inshallah. So I urge you to refrain from fruitless discussions and invest the time to learn.
Jan 21 45 tweets 7 min read
In defense of Sharh al-Sunnah and its attribution to Imam al-Barbahari (D. 329AH). This view is the strongest for several reasons:

First: Imam Ibn Abi Ya'la attributed this book to al-Barbahari in his work Tabaqat al-Hanabilah [2/18]. Ibn Abi Ya'la passed away in 526 AH,

1/42🧵 Image and he transmitted from al-Barbahari through two intermediaries, as evidenced by several reports in the biography of al-Barbahari and elsewhere. The only extant manuscript of the book (the one that includes a chain going to al-Bahili D.275 AH),
Jan 18 32 tweets 5 min read
Why do heretics criticize Ibn Tamiyyah for the categorization of Tawhid when their scholars have done it? What is the real reason for that Hypocritical criticism? And what agenda feels threatened by it, and wishes to be pushed in doing so? This post tackles these points.

1/30🧵 Image It is paradoxical that the critic of Ahl al-hadith regards dividing monotheism into Lordship (Rubūbiyyah) and Divinity (Ulūhiyyah) as an innovation attributable to Ibn Taymiyyah, with their objection being the division itself rather than its substance,
Jan 16 21 tweets 4 min read
After admitting defeat and affirming that istighatha is kufr and shirk akbar, as Salafis say, @Haqiqatjou is completely losing his mind and desperately trying to cover for himself. Now, he claims that he has been agreeing with us all along, but was mocking Ahl al-Sunnah..

1/21🧵 Image for declaring istighatha to be kufr for about three months—supposedly because, according to him, it does not fall under the category of matters that are ma‘lum min al-deen bi darurah!

Have you ever witnessed humiliation greater than this? Does this man have any Haya' left?
Jan 12 15 tweets 3 min read
D. @Haqiqatjou attacks Ibn AbdelWahhab for saying Shirk in His time was worse than pre-Islamic Arabia in some aspects.

Dan also claims Al-Alusi [a contemporary of Ibn AbdelWahhab] is his imam who represents his view on istighatha. Let's read his identical testimony:

1/15🧵 In his commentary on the verse in Surah Yunus:
"It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a favorable wind, and they rejoice in it, there comes a stormy wind and waves come upon them from everywhere,
Dec 28, 2024 19 tweets 4 min read
This is what I call effeminate hypocrisy. It occurs when an individual likes to be put on a pedestal, teach their deviance, spread their views, advocate for them, and thoroughly explain them through hours and hours of courses and podcasts. Yet, when faced with opposition

1/20🧵 and harsh criticism, they resort to a cheap tactic: pointing the finger at the opponent, who is in a reactive position, and invoking a seemingly agreed-upon principle that they themselves unequivocally violated in the first place—thereby activating that reaction.