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Jun 8 16 tweets 3 min read
Al-Albānī’s Discourse on the Categories of Rational Judgment Lacks Proper Methodology.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"They [i.e., the Salafīs] reject the sciences of ʿIlm al-Kalām and its study. They also deny the categories of rational judgment [ḥukm ʿaqlī], and— Image
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yet they speak on these very matters without observing their rules and conditions as laid down by Ahl al-Sunnah, and this is due to their estrangement from the orthodox Sunnī method in theology.

Allāh Most High said: “When you received it with your tongues and spoke with your—
Jun 2 7 tweets 2 min read
The Scholars of Islām Judged the Wives of the Prophets to be Immune from Fornication.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"Those who ruled that the wives of the Prophets are infallible with regard to committing fornication (zinā) are the senior scholars. Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn— Image
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Kathīr said in his Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Taḥrīm: “Verily, the wives of the Prophets are protected (maʿṣūmāt) from committing the obscene act (fāḥishah), as a form of honor to the Prophets.”

And he also said [may Allāh have mercy on him] in his Tafsīr of Sūrah al-Nūr: “He—
May 5 12 tweets 4 min read
Sh Muḥammad ʿAwwāmah al-Ḥanafī:

“Yes, among the breaches of trust and the violations of fairness is altering and tampering with the texts of the scholars, just as happens with some people of desires. And the last one I have come to know who has fallen into this pitfall is— Image
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Ustādh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʾūṭ, may Allāh have mercy on him. {¹}

This was in the book al-Adhkār by al-Imām al-Nawawī, in the edition he recently published in the year 1409 AH. For Imām al-Nawawī, may Allāh Almighty have mercy on him, said at the end of the Adhkār of the Book—
Apr 26 18 tweets 4 min read
Question: Some people say: “I find certain actions from some Ṣūfīs that are questionable.” What do you say about that?

Dr. ‘Abd al-Ghaffār: I say: "There is a difference between the principle and adherence to the principle. If someone from a non-Muslim land were to witness the— Image
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actions of certain Muslims, at first glance, he might immediately conclude that their religion is false, simply due to the misconduct of some individuals who have deviated from the divine commands.
Moreover, much of what is directed against the noble Ṣūfīs is either an—
Apr 21 28 tweets 6 min read
Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ʿĀmūh al-Ḥanafī writes: “The author [i.e., Muqbil] does not know the science of Uṣūl al-Fiqh, even though knowledge of Uṣūl al-Fiqh is necessary for anyone who takes on the task of issuing fatwā. It is a means to understanding the Qur’ān Image
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and the Sunnah. In audio tape “As’ilat Abū Ẓabī”no. 3, the Shaykh was asked about the best concise book in Uṣūl al-Fiqh. He referred the question to one of his students and then said: “As for me, I haven’t read in Uṣūl al-Fiqh except the notebook (mudhakkirah) of al-Shanqīṭī,
Apr 21 11 tweets 2 min read
Regarding the Head of Our Master al-Ḥusayn رضي الله عنه (Brief Summary):

Shaykh Muḥammad al-Sayyid al-Ḥanbalī al-Azharī: Firstly: The presence of the blessed head in Cairo is tawātur (mass-transmitted) among the general population of Egypt, and even more so among the— Image
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Ṣūfiyyah in particular. And what is mass-transmitted is not in need of an isnād (chain of transmission).

Secondly: Many historians have mentioned this, including Ibn Muyassar, al-Qalqashandī, al-Sā’iḥ al-Harawī, Ibn Iyās, Sibṭ Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Maqrīzī, and al-Sakhāwī.
Apr 20 13 tweets 3 min read
Conditions for a Muftī among the Ahl al-Ḥadīth.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"As for the one who claims that his contemporary shuyūkh are from the Ahl al-Ḥadīth whom people must follow, we respond to him with the words of the Imām of the Ahl al-Ḥadīth, Imām— Image
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Aḥmad, while not prohibiting taqlīd (blind following) of such scholars, but with the condition that they meet the prerequisites outlined by the scholars.

Imām Aḥmad said: “A man is not a faqīh until he has memorized four hundred thousand aḥādīth.” Ibn Shāqilā objected when—
Apr 18 5 tweets 2 min read
Why have miracles (karāmāt) become more frequent in later times?

Dr. ʿAbd al-Ghaffār:

"al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said: That is because the faith (īmān) of the Companions, may Allāh be pleased with them, was strong, so they had no need of any— Image
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additional means to further strengthen their belief. Furthermore, the early period of Islām was full of light, and thus, they were not in need of extra signs. And even if such miracles did occur, they would not have been noticeable, because they would have faded in the radiance—
Apr 16 14 tweets 4 min read
A clear example of the Wahhābī’s disconnection from the chains of scholarly transmission, especially in matters of creed, and the impact this has had on them!

Sh Walīd Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ al-Shāfiʿī:

“The treatise al-Istiwāʾ wa al-Fawqiyyah wa al-Ḥarf wa al-Ṣawt attributed to Ibn— Image
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Shaykh al-Ḥizāmiyyīn, a student of Ibn Taymiyyah, was distorted by some copyists who altered his name from Ibn Shaykh al-Ḥizāmiyyīn to Ibn Shaykh al-Ḥaramayn, and then it was further corrupted into Abī Shaykh al-Ḥaramayn.

Then came the Wahhābī-run Manārīyah Press, which, due
Apr 14 13 tweets 3 min read
Shaykh al-Islām Muṣṭafā al-Ṣabrī:

“Among the statements of the Ustādh whose outer appearance does not conceal its inner content is his saying about himself that he does not incline toward affirming that Imām Abū Ḥanīfah remained upon the opinion from which a narration of— Image
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his retraction exists – namely, the permissibility of reciting (the Qur’ān) in Persian in ṣalāh for one capable of reciting in Arabic. Yet we find him striving to critique the narration of the retraction by saying: “For the narration of the retraction has been attributed at—
Apr 3 11 tweets 3 min read
Question: What is your stance on Shaykh al-Akbar Ibn ʿArabī, and what is your opinion on those who criticize him?

Sh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Shahāwī al-Shāfiʿī:

"Those who criticize Shaykh al-Akbar do not understand his words nor understand his allusions. He was among the most— Image
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diligent in upholding the Sacred Law and following the Sunnah. I read Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyyah under my shaykh, Sayyidī ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Shahāwī, and he fully understood Ibn ʿArabī’s words and intent. Anyone who examines the section Al-Waṣāyā (The Admonitions) will recognize—
Mar 31 13 tweets 3 min read
Sh Walīd Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ:

"Damashqiyyah says that the division of Tawḥīd into Tawḥīd al-Rubūbiyyah and Tawḥīd al-Ulūhiyyah was mentioned by al-Bājūrī in his Sharḥ on Jawharat al-Tawḥīd. He claims that in explaining Al-Ḥamdu lillāhi Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn, al-Bājūrī said: "This— Image
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points to affirming Tawḥīd al-Rubūbiyyah, which leads to Tawḥīd al-Ulūhiyyah, requiring creation to fulfill servitude."

What Damashqiyyah said – and what others blindly followed, as we will see – is nothing but a series of delusions. This statement is not from al-Bājūrī;—
Mar 29 6 tweets 2 min read
From the Letter of Imām Ibn Qāḍī al-Jabal – a Student of Sh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah – Speaking About His Teacher: "His statement – meaning that of al-Qāḍī Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-Ikhmīmī regarding Ibn Taymiyyah – ('He was most critical of the Ashʿarīs') is false, as anyone familiar— Image
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with the Shaykh’s condition and knowledgeable about his writings knows. He revered Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī, frequently mentioning the broadness of his knowledge, the sharpness of his intellect, the abundance of his writings, and the eloquence of his speech.
Mar 19 21 tweets 5 min read
The Veneration of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s Grave by the Ḥanābilah.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was buried in the Bāb Ḥarb cemetery, located in the western part of Baghdād, above the graves of Quraysh in al-Kāẓimiyyah. This cemetery— Image
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is known as "Maqbarat al-Imām Aḥmad" (The Cemetery of Imām Aḥmad) and also as "Maqbarat Bāb Ḥarb." Many Ḥanābilah scholars, pious figures, and saints were buried there, including the Banū Abī Yaʿlā of Baghdād, the Tamīmiyyūn from among the Ḥanābilah, as well as Maʿrūf—
Mar 17 9 tweets 2 min read
How to Descend into Sujūd: With Hands or Knees First?

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"Contemporary Salafīs exaggerate this issue and stir conflicts in mosques over it, while the majority of scholars and the Ḥanbalī school hold the opposite view. Al-Muwaffaq Ibn– Image
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Qudāmah said: "The first thing that should touch the ground when one goes into sujūd is the knees, then the hands, then the forehead and nose. This is the preferred practice in the well-known position of the madhhab. This was narrated from ʿUmar (رضي الله عنه), and it is the—
Mar 12 24 tweets 5 min read
The Practice of Ḥanbalīs Regarding Tawassul by the Righteous at Their Graves.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"Tawassul through the righteous at their graves has remained a common practice among the Ḥanbalīs and the broader Muslim ummah without being condemned or— Image
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considered a reason for excommunication (takfīr) or the spilling of blood.

1. Ibn Abī Yaʿlā narrates in Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah (2/186) that Shaykh al-Ḥanābilah Rizq Allāh al-Tamīmī said: "I visited the grave of Imām Aḥmad in the company of the judge, al-Sharīf Abū ʿAlī, and I—
Feb 25 12 tweets 3 min read
Sh Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Idlibī:

“As for the second case, it concerns one of the Shāfiʿī jurist scholars, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿĪsā al-Khasruwshāhī, who passed away in the year 652 AH. He was one of the students of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, and Ibn Taymiyyah spoke against him when— Image
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discussing the Ashʿarīs, saying:

"This is why most of their followers are dominated by doubt and uncertainty. As someone narrated to me from Ibn Bādah, he said that he once entered upon al-Khasruwshāhī—who was one of the students of Ibn al-Khaṭīb. He had traveled to Shām and—
Feb 24 8 tweets 2 min read
Sh Muḥammad al-Sayyid al-Ḥanbalī:

"And I say with confidence: The best scholars who dealt with Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah were the later Ḥanbalīs who came after him. Starting from his esteemed student Ibn Mufliḥ, then Ibn Rajab, passing through al-Mardāwī, al-Ḥajjāwī,— Image
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Ibn al-Najjār, Marʿī [al-Karmī], and al-Buhūtī.

They neither dissolved into him, losing their scholarly identities, limiting knowledge to him alone, and revolving entirely around his views, nor did they diminish his rank, deny his contributions, reject his leadership, or—
Feb 12 12 tweets 3 min read
Collective Takbīr on the Two ‘Eids.

Sh Muṣṭafā Ḥamdū ʿUlayyān al-Ḥanbalī:

"Shaykh Hītū quoted some of them as saying: "Collective takbīr in the mosque on the day of ‘Eid is prohibited, to the extent that it has become a riddle among the youth: What is the thing that, if a— Image
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person does it alone, he enters Paradise, but if he does it with a group, he deserves Hell?"

Ibn Qudāmah said: "They openly declare the takbīr on the nights of the two ‘Eids... In summary, it is recommended for people to openly proclaim the takbīr on the nights of the two ‘Eids—
Feb 12 16 tweets 4 min read
Ibn al-Dashtī al-Karāmī, not al-Ḥanbalī:

Some contemporary individuals falsely attribute the author of Allāh Jālis wa Qāʿid (Allāh Sitting and Seated) to the Ḥanābilah— and now even some YouTubers have started spreading this belief. However, this is pure fabrication and— Image distortion for the following reasons:

The Ḥanābilah, such as Abū Yaʿlā and Shaykh al-Imām ʿAbd al-Qādir, explicitly attributed this belief to the Karāmiyyah, while the Ḥanābilah themselves affirm only ʿulū.

The Ḥanābilah did not include al-Dashtī in their biographical—
Feb 11 6 tweets 2 min read
Al-Imām Abū Nuʿaym al-Aṣbahānī (d. 430 AH) was an Ashʿarī—and who could match him in the science of ḥadīth! Because of this, he would describe the school of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī as the true doctrine of Ahl al-Sunnah, as seen in his biography of Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn— Image Aḥmad ibn Fādhshāh al-Aṣbahānī in Dhikr Akhbār Iṣbahān.

For this, he suffered severe harm at the hands of the Ḥanābilah, who called themselves Ahl al-Ḥadīth!

Their hostility toward him reached such an extent—proven by authentic reports—that he was boycotted and prohibited—