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The Murjiʾah say “Our Īmān is like the īmān of Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl”

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Mutīʿ said: “Abū Hanīfah said: One should say: ‘I am truly a believer,’ because he does not doubt his īmān. I said: ‘Will his īmān be like the īmān of the angels?’ He said: ‘Yes.’” (Fiqh al-Absat pg. 46) Shaykh Sālih Āl al-Shaykh said in explanation of Al-Tahāwī’s statement: “And…
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The criticism by Imām Ahmad ibn Hanbal against Abū Hanīfah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) الحسين بن الحسن المروزى يقول : ذكر أبو حنيفة عند أحمد بن حنبل، فقال: رأيه مذموم وبدنه لا يذكر Al-Husayn ibn Al-Hasan Al-Marwazī said: Abū Hanīfah was mentioned in the presence of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, so he said: “His opinion is blameworthy (madhmūm) and his person is not to be…
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The criticism by Imām Mālik against Abū Hanīfah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) Mansūr ibn Abī Muzāhim: I heard Mālik ibn Anas mention Abū Hanīfah, and he spoke of him with harsh words, and said: “He plotted against the religion.” He said: “And whoever plots against the religion is not of the religion.” (al-Sunnah 1/248 – Authenticated by Sh. Muqbil & al-Riyāshī) 2)…
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The criticism by Imām Abdullāh ibn al-Mubārak against Abū Hanīfah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1) … A man said to Ibn al-Mubārak while we were with him: “Indeed Abū Hanīfah was a Murji’ who saw (using) the sword [i.e. deemed it permissible to rebel against the Muslim ruler],” and Ibn al-Mubārak did not reject that from him.” (al-Sunnah 1/214. Sahīh – authenticated by Sh. Muqbil…
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Al-Irjā is the Religion of the Kings & on the Irjā of Abū Hanīfah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū ‘Abdullāh Āl-Hamdān mentions: “Al-Nasr ibn Shumayl (d. 204 AH) said: “I entered upon al-Maʾmūn and he said to me: ‘How are you this morning, O Nadr?’ I said: ‘In goodness.’ He said: ‘Do you know what al-Irjāʾ is?’ I said: ‘It is a religion that suits kings — through it…
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The Excellence & Etiquette of Fasting: Two Joys, a Shield, and a Boundless Reward – Hadīth Commentary by al-Mubārakfūrī and Al-Ithyūbī

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Abū Hurayrah narrated from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ): كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ يُضَاعَفُ الْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: إِلَّا الصَّوْمَ فَإِنَّهُ لِي وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ ، يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ : فَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ فِطْرِهِ، وَفَرْحَةٌ عِنْدَ لِقَاءِ رَبِّهِ ، وَلَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ…
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Imām al-Shawkānīs speech on the mawlid (celebrating the Prophet’s birthday)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم “I have not found until now any evidence indicating its establishment from [the] Book [of Allāh], nor Sunnah, nor consensus (ijmāʿ), nor analogy (qiyās), nor any legal reasoning/inference (istidlāl). Rather, all Muslims are in agreement that it did not exist in the era of the best generations, nor those who followed…
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The meaning of taqlīd (blind-following) and its prohibition from the Qur’ān – al-Qurtubī, al-Shawkānī, al-Uthaymīn, Abū Hayyān

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The meaning of taqlīd Imām al-Qurtubī said: “Al-Taqlīd (blind following), according to the scholars, its reality is accepting a statement without evidence. And it is linguistically derived from qilādat al-ba’īr (the camel’s collar/halter), for the Arabs say: “I put a qilādah on the camel” when they put a rope around its…
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The narrations of the 73 sects and their authenticity

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The sādiq al-masdūq (the truthful and believed) Prophet (ﷺ) foretold that his Ummah would inevitably experience division. This division serves as a test for this Ummah and is a condemnation of those who deviate and distance themselves from Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamā’ah, as well (as it being) a warning against division…
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