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Oct 27, 2025 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
[🧵 Thread] Islām and the Shape of the Earth

“Earth” can mean two things:

[1] the celestial planet as a whole, or
[2] its ground, surface, and land… ⏬ Image Qur’ān: “He wraps (yukawwiru) the night over the day, and He wraps the day over the night.” This is referring to the alternation of night and day on [2]: the planet as a whole, not just a particular division of land.

This will tell us the shape of the planet, not of the ground. Image
Sep 10, 2025 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
[🧵 Response Thread] Addressing Sh. @YasirAlHanafi

Although Dr. Ḥātim al-‘Awnī’s recent release has seen compelling critiques from competent mashāyikh, many are still duped by the illusion of rigour at play throughout the work. Let us examine this post’s remarks… ⏬ Image • “Ibn Taymiyyah is the first reputable Ḥanbalī to do tafwīḍ al-kayf only.”

Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah’s view involves two aspects:

[1] The meaning (ma‘nā) of divine attributes are discernable.
[2] They have a howness (kayfiyyah), we just do not know it.
Jul 11, 2025 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
[🧵 Response Thread] The True ‘Aqīdah of Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d. 463)

This brother has attempted, like others have before him, to ascribe Ash‘arī leanings to Imām Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr al-Mālikī. If we reconsider his statements cautiously, however, these doubts quickly disappear. ⏬ Image Note: This thread does discuss whether Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr’s views regarding movement (ḥarakah), the seating (ijlās), etc. are correct. Our objective is to only clarify what he did and did not believe in light of his own statements.
Jun 19, 2025 • 39 tweets • 18 min read
[🧵 Response Thread] The True ‘Aqīdah of Imām al-Ṣābūnī (d. 449)

@LeayAlKufi released a thread last year concerning the creed of Shaykh al-Islām Abū ‘Uthmān al-Ṣābūnī wherein he quotes everything *except* al-Ṣābūnī’s own words in his ‘aqīdah book… ⏬ Image • “The mujassimah [Atharīs] didn’t like how al-Ṣābūnī was named ‘Shaykh al-Islām’ [since he was allegedly an Ash‘arī], so they named Abū Ismā‘īl al-Harawī the new ‘Shaykh al-Islām’ to turn the tables.” — Ibn al-Subkī

Shocking! But is the story true?
Jan 16, 2025 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
[🧵 Thread] The True ‘Aqīdah of al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr (d. 774)

Sa‘īd Foudeh, the leader of contemporary Ash‘ariyyah, challenges the one who asserts Ibn Kathīr was Ash‘arī to demonstrate he believed in doctrines specific to Ash‘ariyyah such as kalām nafsī and the like… ⏬ Image Watch as Sa‘īd Foudeh goes back and forth with his fans… Image
Oct 18, 2024 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
[🧵 Response Thread] Exposing @LeayAlKufi’s trainwreck. Image What Mr. Kūfī tried to distort is al-Baghawī’s words in his tafsīr concerning divine knowledge of tensed facts. He thought he did something—did he?
Oct 10, 2024 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
[🧵 Thread] The Logical Problem of Ash‘ariyyah/Māturīdiyyah

Does Allāh right now know what you are doing? If the Ash‘arī or Māturīdī says “No,” they blaspheme. If they say “Yes,” this conflicts with the central pillar upon which their entire theological framework rests. ⏬ Image [Note: This is a complicated subject which the average Muslim shouldn’t worry about. Turn back here and carry on with your day. ❤️]
Aug 16, 2024 • 86 tweets • 32 min read
[🧵 Thread] The ‘Aqīdah of Imām al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321)

For many centuries, Ash‘arīs and Māturīdīs have claimed a monopoly on al-‘Aqīdah al-Ṭaḥāwiyyah and have ascribed its author to their own creed. This ascription is based on questionable reasoning at best… ⏬
Image The text of al-Ṭaḥāwiyyah was intended to represent the beliefs of the Salaf—there is no basis to restrict its scope of interpretation to a specific claimant of Ahl al-Sunnah (namely, the Ḥanafī Māturīdiyyah).
Aug 9, 2024 • 30 tweets • 14 min read
[🧵 Response Thread] Turning This Lebanese Into Jam…

This ignoramus made a fool of himself the second time around even more than the first. He fixated on tertiary points instead of the central ideas in my original response because he knew he stood no chance.
Image The suspect starts this one by running around with the same “negation of kayf” mind games. This is a case of the famous Ash‘arī polemical strategy of sneakily drawing conclusions from premises they don’t follow from.
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Aug 5, 2024 • 33 tweets • 12 min read
[🧵 Thread] Response to Recent Ash‘arī/Atharī Debate

This is my rebuttal to the arguments brought by “lebanese.jam” during his TikTok ‘aqīdah debate in favour of the Salaf being upon tafwīḍ al-ma‘nā. Image Argument #1: Ibn ‘Abbās said the ḥadīth of the qadamayn (two feet) is mutashābih, which entails that he did tafwīḍ of its meaning.
Aug 5, 2024 • 15 tweets • 9 min read
[🧵 Thread] The Salaf & Tafwīḍ al-Ma‘nā

Attached below are 35 slides clarifying of the misattribution of tafwīḍ al-ma‘nā to the Salaf from ten different angles… ⏬ Image What is Tafwīḍ al-Ma‘nā?
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Apr 20, 2024 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
[🧵 Thread] #ClassicalPureShafiiyyah Mention of the classical Shāfi‘ī scholars of Yemen who opposed the Ash‘arī ‘aqīdah…⏬
Image [Introduction] The historian Bāmakhramah (d. 947), an Ash‘arī Shāfi‘ī scholar, makes mention of the ‘aqīdah of the famous Atharī Shāfi‘ī Imām al-‘Imrānī (d. 558) being widespread amongst the scholars of Yemen. Image
Mar 28, 2024 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
[🧵 Thread] What did the Salaf really believe about al-‘Uluww?

Did they believe Allāh is above the Throne with His Essence, or that He is only “above” His creation figuratively in terms of status and domination?

Below are various ways to prove that they affirmed the former… ⏬ Image [1] A number of the Salaf affirmed a makān (place) for Allāh.

Ḥammād Ibn Zayd (d. 179) said, “Allāh is in His makān [above the Throne], and He draws near to His creation [i.e. descends] however He so wills.” Image
Oct 17, 2023 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
[Response 🧵] The meaning of al-istiwā’ upon the Throne.

I recommend listening to @Hassan_maturidi’s video before reading. [1] Imām al-Bukhārī quoted from Mujāhid and Abū al-‘Āliyah (students of Ibn ‘Abbās) that they explained “istawā ‘alā al-‘Arsh” to mean ‘alā (ascended) and irtafa‘ (rose) respectively. You instead explained these terms to mean “exaltedness,” “loftiness,” or “grandeur.” Image
Sep 21, 2023 • 42 tweets • 15 min read
[Thread 🧵] The misattribution of “al-Fiqh al-Akbar” to Abū Ḥanīfah.
Included: Imām Abū Ḥanīfah’s creed in the original Fiqh al-Akbar.
The main reason the authenticity of al-Fiqh al-Akbar is a highly contested topic revolves around its listing of tenets that creedal proponents of Ahl al-Ḥadīth deny, such as Allāh’s actions being timeless/pre-eternal or excluding ḥurūf (letters) from Allāh’s uncreated Speech. Image
Sep 9, 2023 • 22 tweets • 11 min read
[Response Thread 🧵] Was Imām al-Bukhārī (d. 256) a Kullābī?

Something which is occasionally said in theological discussions is that al-Bukhārī was a follower of Ibn Kullāb (d. ~241), a precursory figure to the Ashʿarī ʿaqīdah. How accurate is this claim? This claim is apparently based exclusively on Ibn Ḥajar’s words, “As for theological issues, [al-Bukhārī] took most of it from al-Karābīsī and Ibn Kullāb.” He provided no source for this, so it is either to be accepted with supporting evidence or rejected with opposing evidence. Image
Aug 30, 2023 • 81 tweets • 28 min read
[Thread 🧵] Response to this individual’s false ascriptions.

This certain Badr al-Dīn has falsely ascribed many scholars to the heretical belief that Allāh’s Speech and words are entirely eternal (qadīm) and are said by Him endlessly. Let’s take a look at some case studies. Note: A considerable portion of this thread is based on Shaykh Karīm Ḥalmī’s work and also the article of brother Bassām Zawādī.

#1:

#2: ia902504.us.archive.org/25/items/20220…
drive.google.com/file/d/1iiCi0N…
May 29, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
[🧵 On the affirmation of the two Eyes (العينين)]

Regarding the Āyah: ﴾تجرى بأعيننا﴿, Imām al-Lālikāʾī (d. 418) narrates from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās (d. 68) that he gestured to his two eyes. Image And elsewhere in his Sharḥ Uṣūl Iʿtiqād (2/65–66), Imām Abū al-Qāsim al-Lālikāʾī (d. 418) mentions this report of Ibn ʿAbbās (d. 68) under the chapter on the affirmation of the Face (الوجه), the two Hands (اليدين), and the two Eyes (العينين). Image
May 8, 2023 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
[🧵 The ʿAqīdah of Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah (d. 198)]

This short thread is in regards to clearing some of the common misconceptions regarding the phrase, “Its recitation is its tafsīr,” and a general look at the methodology of Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah in regards to the Ṣifāt. This specific wording in which Sufyān ibn ʿUyayanah (d. 198) says not to explain it in Arabic or Persian contradicts other more authentic wordings from him, and this chain can also be said to contain weakness, as you have mentioned.
May 5, 2023 • 37 tweets • 14 min read
[🧵 Al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) on the Kalām of Allāh…]

He is arguably from the worst of the early ʿUlamāʾ you could possibly quote to in support of your ʿAqīdah on the Speech of Allāh. How can you say he is in line with a belief he declares takfīr on?! (1) Firstly, Imām al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) does affirm that the Qurʾān is uncreated… but which Qurʾān is he talking about? This is an important question that requires an answer on your part, since the Ashāʿirah don’t believe in just one.
Apr 29, 2023 • 70 tweets • 20 min read
[🧵 Al-Ṭabarī (d. 310) on Al-ʿUluww and Al-Istiwāʾ]

This is a topic on which Al-Ṭabarī is very frequently misquoted and misrepresented. I will cover these claims in this thread, إن شاء الله. Firstly, his opinion on Al-Istiwāʾ (the ascending of Allāh)…
…and for the belief of the Salaf in general regarding Al-Istiwāʾ, one may refer here.