The Importance of Following Scholars and the Disposition of Common Folk | Ibn Qutaybah (213-276AH).
"As for following by example, it is with the distinguished scholars, the early jurists, and the tireless worshippers who are unmatched and whose rank cannot be reached. Like Sufyān al-Thawrī, Mālik Bin Anas, al-Awzāʿī, Shuʾbah, al-Layth Bin Saʾd, and the scholars of major cities;

Ibn Qutaybah’s (213-276AH) Position on Taḥsīn and Taqbīḥ and how it Relates to the Legislation and to the Fiṭrah
Abū Muḥammad said: “And we say: Indeed, Allāh – Exalted and Glorified is He – tests His servants with obligations, in order to know how their obedience or disobedience will be, and to recompense the doer of good and the doer of evil among them —

Ibn Qutaybah’s (213-276AH) Critique of the Mutakallimin and Their Speculative Foundations
Abū Muḥammad said: I have reflected upon – may Allāh have mercy upon you – the doctrine of Ahl al-Kalām, and found them saying about Allāh what they know not.

🧵The Reality of the Polytheistic Arabs | Muḥammad Bin Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (d. 310AH) in his Jamiʾ al-Bayān Abū Jaʾfar said: "I think that what led Mujāhid to this interpretation, and to the ascription of that as addressing the people of the Tawrāh and the Injīl in exclusion to others besides them, is the assumption on his behalf about the Arabs –

🧵 “O’ Sāriya, the mountain!” as Explained by Muḥammad Bin al-Ḥusayn al-Ājurrī (d. 360) in Kitāb al-Sharīʿah “Abū Saʿīd Aḥmad Bin Muḥammad Bin Ziyād al-Aʾrābī narrated to us, he said: ʿAbdul-Karīm Bin al-Haytham narrated to us, he said: Aḥmad Bin Ṣāliḥ al-Miṣrī narrated to us, he said: ʿAbdullāh Bin Wahb narrated to us from Yaḥyā Bin Ayyūb, from Muḥammad Bin ʿAjlān, from Nāfiʾ,

I just wanted to make it clear that I repent to Allah for having giving support to the Ash'ari-Kullabi creed. I have retracted the methodology of Kalam and now adopt the methodology of Ahl al-Athar - إن شاء الله. My insincerity became apparent to me when I used the pious predecessors to support my previous inclinations, but through seeking sincerity I have been honest enought to realize I was wrong, and leave something I have strived and struggled to defend for years.

🧵 Muhammad Bin Jarir al-Tabari Explanation of the the Meaning of Allah's Pleasure and Displeasure in his Jami' al-Bayan [Abū Jaߴfar said:] It is differed upon regarding the meaning of ‘pleasure’ from Allāh - Exalted and Glorified - and some of them said: ‘Pleasure from Him of something is acceptance of it along with commendation and praise.’