Archive for October, 2006
Maturidis Believe the Quran is Created
Abu’l-Yusr al-Bazdawi (d.493), a major Maturidite, said in his book Usul al-Din:
The Speech of Allah, the Exalted, is present with Him, and likewise the speech of every speaker.
And these Surahs which have an ending and beginning, countability and parts:
It is not the Speech of Allah, the Exalted, literally.
Rather, it is composed (manzûm), Allah the Exalted [...]
Usool as-Sunnah – Humaydi (d. 219AH)
Usool as-Sunnah
by: Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn az-Zubair al-Humaydi (d. 219AH)
[Basmalah]
Biography of the Author
Name and Lineage:
The Orthodox Creed
A Study of al-Durra al-Mudhiyya fi ‘Aqidat al-Firqa al-Mardhiyya
(The Luminous Pearl on the Doctrine of Pleasure-endowed Sect)
By al-’Allama al-Shaykh Muhammad al-Saffarini al-Hanbali
Allah praise be to Allah, who gifted us to Islam and guided us to the path of His Prophet SallAllahu ‘alaihi wa-sallam. Surely, without His guidance we would be in complete loss.
May the peace [...]
Refutation of as-Subki
A refutation of al-Subki comment’s in al-Sayf al-Saqil:
This is the text from Imam as-Subki that relates to a common claim made by Salafis,
Ibn Qudama’s Censure of the Ash’aris
The great Hanbali Imam Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (d. 620AH) describds his debate with the Ash’aris of his time, over the issue of Quran being the literal word of Allah.
The following are some of the quotes from Ibn Qudama’s rebuttal:
