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Shaykh Sālih bin Fawzān al-Fawzān on how to unite the Ummah and a refutation of those who cause doubts in ‘Aqīdah & Tawhīd.(Like Akram Nadwi)
Akram Nadwi a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford has Made the most outrageous and ridiculous claims about those that put emphasis on having the correct aqeedah and the importance of learning the correct aqeedah.His comments can be heard here
From his outrageous claims and doubts that he put forward are:
1.There was no aqeedah in the time of the Sahaba and tabieen!
2The word Aqeedah is not in the quran or the sunnah
3.We(The Muslims) do not need aqeedah!
4.99% of Muslims do not have an aqeedah!
5.You can attain paradise without having an aqeedah!
6.Aqeedah has come to divide the Muslim community!
7.Aqeedah is not going to do the Muslims any good
Shaykh Sālih bin Fawzān al-Fawzān refutes these doubts put forward by Akram Nadwi and his likes and renders his doubts futile
PART 2 – Were The 4 Imaams Mufawwidhah With Regards To The Sifaat of Allaah
Part 2- Were The 4 Imaams Mufawwidhah With Regards To The Sifaat of Allaah
Based on the article of Hafidh Muhammad Zubair
Further Additions/ Modifications and Translated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari.
A Hanafi scholar published an article, discussing the names and attributes of Allaah and in the article the hanafi scholar attempted to rebuke the Salafis and portrayed that we are stauch in this issue. We, however without going into the polemics at this moment in time and wanting to address the issue of whther Salafis are staunch or not would like to focus and concentrate on rectifying a fundamental mistake the hanafi scholar mentioned in which most of the current day hanafis are engrossed in.
The Hanafee scholar has cited 3 positions of Ahlus Sunnah with regards to the Asmaa Was-Sifaat of Allaah and he asserts the postion of the majority of Ahlus Sunnah ie companions, the taabieen the taba taabieen, the 4 Imaams with regards to the Asmaa Was-Sifaat of Allaah was that they did tafweedh (ie relegated the meaning of these names and attributes to Allaah alone) in other words let alone them ie Ahlus Sunnah mentioning the kayfiyyah ie the howness of these names and attributes they did not even believe in the arabic linguistic meaning of these names and attributes whether they were real ie haqeeqi or majazi ie metaphoical.
The Hanafi scholar writes,
(1) The First Position
The position of the majority of Ahlus Sunnah is these texts are from the mutashaabihaat ie unclear or ambigious texts and the meaning of which only Allaah knows. So after they have been affirmed and accepted their real or metaphorical meaning cannot be mentioned or specified. So in reality they are mutashaabihaat in terms of their meaning and the kayfiyyah ie howness, ie the Quraanic Ayah, “nobody knows their meaning except Allaah.” So this position is what we known as the position of tafweedh and this is the position of the earlier scholars of Ahlus Sunnah and the 4 Imaams.
(SUMMARY: THE MEANING (ma’ana) IS UNKNOWN AND THE HOWNESS (kayfiyyah) IS UNKNOWN (of the attributes)
(2) The Second Position
The texts about the sifaat are left to their real meaning and reality and accepted and the meaning of these sifaat is accepted just as it befits Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. So the meaing is affirmed but the howness of the sifaat is unknown as to how the sifaat is. The well known and famous statement, “al-Istiwaa Ma’loom Wal- Kayf Majhool Was-Suwaal Anhu Bidah.” (al-Istiwaa is known and the howness is unknown and questioning about them is an innovation) and “al-Iitiwaa Ghair Majhool Wal Kayf Ghair Ma’qool Wal-Eemaanu Bihi Waajib.” (al-Istiwaa is not unknown, the howness has not been mentioned and believing in it is obligatory.) These 2 statements are from Imaam Maalik and his teacher Rabee’a bin Abdur Rahmaan.
(SUMMARY: THE MEANING (ma’ana) IS KNOWN AND THE HOWNESS (kayfiyyah) IS UNKNOWN (of the attributes)
(3) The Third Position
This position is to mention a majaazi ie metaphorical meaning for the sifaat away from the haqeeqi ie real meaning as befits Allaah the Majestic and whilst formulating a metaphorical meaning it must be done within an acceptable scope. Ie Yadd (Hand) to mean Qudrah (power), Wajh (face) meaning Dhaat (ie Essence), Istiwaa(rising) to mean Isteela (Conquering). This position is known as the position of Ta’weel ie figuratively explaining and the majority of the later scholars of Ahlus Sunnah adopted this way. It must also be added the metaphorical or majaazi meaning that is explained for the meaning of these sifaat they are yaqeeni ie certain or Qat’i ie definitive and nor do the people of ta’weel have firm conviction in the aqeedah of these meanings, rather they hold them to be from the level of Dhann ie uncertainty, conjecture and possibly. So they do say Yadd (hand) means Qudrah (ie Power) and they do this taweel but they also say this explanation is just a possibilty or uncertain.
(SUMMARY: THE MEANING (ma’ana) IS FIGURATIVLY EXPLAINED IE TA’WWEL AND THE HOWNESS (kayfiyyah) IS UNKNOWN (of the attributes). As the Imaams of Ahlus Sunnah this ta’weel is in essence and reality denying the meaning so this aqeedah should also be understood as THE MEANING (ma’ana) IS UNKNOWN AND THE HOWNESS (kayfiyyah) IS UNKNOWN (of the attributes).
The hanafi scholars goes onto differ with the opinion of another well known hanafi scholar, ie Shaikh Abdul Hayy Lucknowi who said the second position was the position of the Scholars of Ahlus Sunnah and the third position as the madhab of the later mutakallimeen ie those who were upon theological rethoric. Shaikh Abdul Hayy Lucknowi goes onto say,
“There are a number of positions on this from the scholars, one position is of taweel that istiwaa means isteela and yadd means qudrah ie power and wajh means dhaat ie essence so and so forth and this is the well known adopted position of the later mutakallimeen ie those into kalaam. The second madhab is the meaning and the howness are unknown and the third position is that the meaning is known but the howness is unknown, and so from these positions the truth (the Haqq) is with the third position we have mentioned and this was the madhab of the companions, the taabieen and imaams of ijtihaad, hadeeth and fiqh ie the mujtahideen, the muhadditheen and the fuqaha and the Muhaqqieen Usooliyyeen ie the researching scholars of principles.”
The Hanafi scholar says, “The truth is the position of the majority of the scholars was the first position ie of tafweedh (no meaning and no howness) and this is well known and famous as the position of tafweedh and this is the best and the most comprehensive madhab.” the hanafi scholar goes onto say, “Allamah Ibn Tamiyyah and Allamah ibn Qayyim were staunch and ardent in this issue however the salafis and the ghair muqallideen consider only themselves to be upon the truth and this is what they deem to be the position of Ahlus Sunnah and in this manner consider everyone else to be upon misguidance and falsehood, etc….”
The position of the hanafi scholar is is in total contradiction to the truth whereas the statement of Shaikh Abdul Hayy Lucknowi conforms to the truth that the companions, taabieen and the 4 imaams were not upon total tafweedh rather they believe and accepted the meaning of the sifaat and stopped at the howness of them.
I would like to before we discuss this issue in great detail talk about why the muqallideen say it is haram to do taqleed of the 4 Imaams in Aqeedah. So the hanafis abandon the taqleed of Imam Abu Haneefah in Aqeedah and in order to save themselves from the accusations of abandoning their Imaams Aqeedah they offer all sorts of explanations and answers.
Those who have consulted the books of Islaam and history will realise and come to know that staunch taqleed of the imaams started after the 4th century and what followed with this was the atmosphere of debates and argumentation between the followers of the Imaams, for example such arguments and debates between the hanafis and shaafiees have continued for centuries. Over time the shaafiees spread and prospered in malysia and indonesia and the hanafis spread and gained notoriety.
TO BE CONTINUED…
PART 1 – Were The 4 Imaams Mufawwidhah With Regards To The Sifaat of Allaah
Part 1- Were The 4 Imaams Mufawwidhah With Regards To The Sifaat of Allaah
Based on the article of Hafidh Muhammad Zubair
Further Additions/ Modifications and Translated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari.
The scholars have divided Tawheed into 3 categories, Tawheed al-Uloowhiyyah, Tawheed ar-Ruboobiyyah and Tawheed Asma Was-Sifaat
With regards to Tawheed Asma Was-Sifaat the Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jama’ah ie the companions, taabieen, taba taabieen, the four Imaams and the scholars of hadeeth is that they believe and affirm the real (haqeeqi) meaning of the Asmaa Was-Sifaat (names and attributes) of Allaah as they have been mentioned in the Quraan and Sunnah and they do not describe how they are ie their kayfiyyah. For instance Ahlus Sunnah affirm the attribute of Yadd (hand) for Allaah as has been mentioned in the Quraan and they also affirm that it is real (haqeeqi) and they also affirm its linguistic meaning. Ahlus Sunnah also say asking how the attribute is or to liken the attribute to the creation has been ordained to be an innovation.
In opposition to the Aqeedah of Ahlus Sunnah is the methodology adopted by the people of Ta’weel who make ta’weel of the Asma Was-Sifaat and they do so by giving the real meaning of these attributes a metaphorical meaning. For example Ahlus Sunnah say Allaahs Yadd means his Hand a real hand without asking how the hand is or likening it to any other hand or likening it to the hand of the Creation. The people of ta’weel whilst contradicting the well established belief of Ahlus Sunnah, say Allaahs Yadd or hand means Qudrah ie power and not a real hand, thereby denying the real meaning and not affirming this attribute of Allaahs Essence.
From the sects that resort to Ta’weel (figurative explanation) are the mu’tzilah, the ashaa’irah (asharees) and the matureediyyah (matureedees). The Asharees and Matureedees deny the meaning of yadd ie hand and hence do not affirm this attribute infact they reject it. They make ta’weel of some of the Sifaat Fi’liyyah and deny the real meaning and take a metaphorical meaning. For instance the Ashaa’irah and the Matureediyyah deny the speech of Allaah therefore the Quraan is the inner speech of Allaah or ie Allah’s kalaam subsists within Himself and therefore deny Kalaam lafdhee of Allaah.
The people of taweel have furthered into another offshoot and that is the people of tafweedh who present some metaphorical meaning for the Sifaat of Allaah but totally deny the meaning of the Arabic words ie they say we do not know what Yadd means etc and they return the meaning of these Sifaat to Allaah and say no linguistic meaning should be mentioned for these words which have been used for the Sifaat of Allaah. The deobandees, as the bareilwees over the years have lied on Imaam Abu Haneefah and tried to establish that his position was that of taweel and tafweedh. They did this just to establish that they were Muqallids of Imaam Abu Haneefah in Aqeedah and furoo.
In reality Imaam Abu Haneefah was free from the shackles of taweel and tafweedh and most of the deobandees hanafees are essentially the Muqallids of Abul Mansoor Matureedee and some of Abul Hasan al-Asharee. So was Imaam Abu Haneefah or the rest of the Imaams from those who did tafweedh or were they from amongst the Mufawidhah?…
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The Teachings Of A Najdee Part 1 – Barailwee Ahmad Raza Khan
RADD ALAL QUBOORIYYAH MIN KALAAM AHMAD RAZA KHAN IMAAM FIRQATUL HINDIYYAH BRAILWEEYYAH.
PART 1.
by Ahlul Hadeeth | 09/12/2012 · 3:57 am
Compiled by Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari
We still have today those that claim they have pure faith in Allaah yet they leave not the beliefs and ways of there salaf, the likes of abu lahb, Ja’ad Ibn Dirham, Mansoor al-Hallaaj, Ibn Arabi and most recently Habib Ali Jiffy, Saqqaaf, Kawthari etc.
Before you read this treatise you have most likely heard the local Ahlul Shirk Wal Bidah, Brailwee Quboorees (grave worshippers) calling those who stop people circumbulating graves, celebrating Urs, doing the prostration of veneration to the living or dead (sajdah ta’zeemee), celebrating ghiyarvian and the list goes on as “Wahhaabee/najadees/Ghayr Muqallid, Gustaakhe Rasool (disrespectors of the prophet])” !!
However, this treatise will show that the Imaam of the Brailwee sect Ahmad Raza himself has conflicting speech about these very same issues disallowing many of the acts and customs that today’s ignorant brailwee and neo qubooree calls his fellow Muslim a Najdee and Wahaabee over.
To proceed:
TO VISIT THE TOMBS, CIRCUMBULATING AND PERFORMING PROSTRATION OF VENERATION.
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan states:
‘To circumbulate the graves of the pious with the sole intention of tazeem [respect and veneration] is not permissible as the place which is deserving of circumbulation with veneration is the kabah. (Fataawa Ridhwiyyah of Ahmad Raza (4/7)
This is a slap on the neo quboorees of today!
KISSING THE GRAVE/TOMB.
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan states:
‘One should not kiss the tomb’ (Fataawa Ridhwiyyah of Ahmad Raza (4/7)
This is another slap on the neo quboorees!
KISSING THE PLACE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADS (Sallalahu Alayhee Wasallam) GRAVE.
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan states:
“Be aware, refrain from kissing and holding the railings [that cover the prophets grave] as this is against good mannerisms. Instead, stay as far as four foot away from the railings that surround the prophets grave” (Fataawa Ridhwiyyah of Ahmad Raza (10/765)
So Ahmad Raza is the biggest gustaakhe rasool for all those quboorees who fall into excessiveness into venerating the grave of the prophet.
Yes, and another slap!
TO CIRCUMBULATE AND PROSTRATE AT THE PROPHETS GRAVE.
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan states:
“Do not circumbulate the prophet’s grave, do not prostrate at it, nor lower yourself so much so that it is as though one is making rukoo (bowing). The veneration of the prophet is in following him.” (Fataawa Ridhwiyyah of Ahmad Raza (10/769)
Let the neo quboorees repent now whilst he still can!
TO PLACE COVERINGS [CHAADAR] ON THE GRAVES AND TOMBS.
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan was asked about placing the covering on the tomb/grave and he replied,
“when one has a covering present and it is of some use then to utilise it to cover the grave is useless. Instead one should spend the money that was going to be used to purchase the covering to feed the poor.” (Ahkaam Shar’eeat (1/42)
Save your pennies! But without tawheed and negation of shirk a few pennies saved will be of no use!
TO CELEBRATE URS AND THE CUSTOMS (DESIGNATED DAY FOR REMEMBERANCE AND CELEBRATION OF A WALI).
Brailwee Ahmad Raza Khan was asked ,
When celebrating urs of the pious fireworks and lights are lit, food is made by way of benefiting the deceased by reward (Ithaal Thawaab), then to use these acts as adding blessing to the urs. What is the Islamic view concerning this?
He replied,
“To use fireworks is wastefulness, and wastefulness is haram” (Fataawa Ridhwiyyah of Ahmad Raza (24/112)
Where is Allaah? A reply to Mumtaz-ul-Haqq
This video is a Reply to the Deobandi Imam Mumtaz-ul-Haqq who is spreading doubts and Misconceptions about The subject of Where is Allaah?Ali Hasan Khan who is a specialist in the Creed of the Sufis,Refutes and exposes the false creed of Whadatul wajood (Allaah and his existance being united and one) This false creed is being spread by some sufi groups.A manifestation of this belief is That Allah is everywhere and denial that Allaah is Above his Throne.This is the beleif that is being spread by the Likes of Mumtaz-ul-Haqq who accuses the salafis of spreading fitna(Trials and tribulation),because they(the Salafi Scholars) Teach the Muslims the correct creed with regards to the subject of Where is Allaah?
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