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| Benefit: Refuting the Habashee Doubts on Ibn Taymiyyah |
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| Thursday, 08 November 2007 | |
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Asalamu Alaykum
Asalamu Alaykum In an attempt to Bring a follower of Abdullah al Habashi followers to the right path i recieved the following response. Please refute the following claims they made, so that I can send it back to the brother Jazak Allah Khair: 1. There is blasphemy in Majmu Al Fatawa, volume number 4, page 374 on the right side, on the 4th line. Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Allaah firmly established himself on the throne and leaves a space beside Him for Prophet Muhammad." 2. Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Angels are the helper of Allaah" and this is clear blasphemy because Allaah does not need anything. The logical prove is the one who needs something is imperfect and the imperfect doesn't deserve to be worshipped. Also in Surat Al-^Imran ayah number 97, Allaah said which means: " Allaah does not need any of the worlds." This means Allaah does not need anything Also ibn taymiyyah said: "The world (by its kind), exists without a beginning" and this is clear blasphemy because Muslims scholars judged as blasphemer the one who believes the world is eternal . Among them are Al-Mutawalli (a Shafi^iyy scholar), Qadi ^Iyad (Malikiyy scholar who dead in the year 544 AH), Ibnu Daqiqil- ^Id( who was famous for teaching both Malikiyy and the Shafi^iyy school and dead 702 AH), and the famous Hafidth Ibn Hajar al-Asqalaniyy. 3. Ibn Taymiyyah is blasphemer by him saying this:"10.1.2 HENCE ALLAAH'S ISTIWAA UPON HIS THRONE MEANS:- That He is above and established upon it in a manner that befits Him.- It is one of His Attributes that pertain to His Actions.- And this is proved by the Book, the Sunnah, and the Consensus of the Salaf. " 4. First of all saying that He is above is blasphemy because The Scholar Abu Mansur al Bagdadiyy who died in the year 429 after hijra in his book Al-Farq Baynul-Firaq conveyed the consensus that Allaah exists without a place, so that means Allaah has no above, or below, in front of, or behind, a left or a right. Also Abu Ja^far at-Tahawiyy (d. 322 AH) wrote a famous book called Al-^Aqidah At-Tahawiyyah he said in this book which mean: "Allaah is supremely clear of all Boundaries, extremes, sides, organs and instrument. The six directions do not contain him, for these are attributes to all created things." This proves that what ibn taymiyyah said is false and blasphemy. Also the Messenger of Allaah Prophet Muhamamd said: O Allaah you are Ad-dhahir, there is not above you and you are al-Batin there is nothing underneat you" and now ur telling me that ibn taymiyyah is not a BLASPHEMER.
Bismillaah, wal-hamdulilaah, was-salaatu was-salaamu 'alaa rasoolillaah, wa ba'd
The person who sent this e-mail has only regurgitated a few old doubts concocted by the Ahbaash. Insha Allah this is a humble effort to shortly address these fallacies and shed some light on the underlying reason for this onslaught. Alhamdu lillaah, books have been written in English and Arabic exposing the deviations of this group so the reader should try and refer back to them for a more detailed account. Why do the Ahbaash declare Ibn Taymiyyah and other scholars to be infidels? The reason is obvious. Ibn Taymiyyah during his lifetime and later through his writings commanded the people to worship Allah alone and shun all forms of Shirk. This treatment is not peculiar to Ibn Taymiyyah and anyone who warns the people about supplicating to the dead and asking for their assistance will be treated in exactly the same fashion. Ask the noble brother Abdul Hafeez, a brother who has been a propagator of the Sunnah for many years in Philadelphia, USA and who is currently the Imam of a well known Sunni Masjid there, about the harm that some of the callers to Tawheed endured in Philadelphia at the hands of the Ahbaash.
Well, the founder of this movement condones and propagates these types of acts so anyone who warns against them is an obstacle in their path. The father of this movement, ‘Abdullah Al-Habashi, who was supposedly the Mufti of Somalia even though most Somalis had never heard of him, said:“The problem with the people who pronounce takfeer upon anyone who practises tawassul and istigaathah with the Prophets and Awliyaa after their death and when not in their presence is their misunderstanding of the verses and ahadeeth that they rely on…”(Al-Maqaalaat As-Sunniyyah 1st edition: 45) He also said:“It is obligatory not to rebuke the Muslim that says: ‘Help, O Messenger of Allah.’ He should not be criticised.” (Ad-Dur Al-Mufeed: 194)
The First Doubt: There is blasphemy in Majmu Al Fatawa, volume number 4, page 374 on the right side, on the 4th line. Ibn Taymiyyah said: "Allaah firmly established himself on the throne and leaves a space beside Him for Prophet Muhammad."
1. This translation is inaccurate to say the least.“..leaves a space beside Him for Prophet Muhammad” is not mentioned anywhere in the quote that they allude to. If they are deliberately adding or twisting words, how can we rely on anything they claim without verification!
2. Let us compare what Ibn Taymiyyah said to what they allege he said: فقد حدث العلماء المرضيون وأولياؤه المقبولون أن محمدا رسول الله يجلسه ربه على العرش“If this is understood, then it (should be known) that reputable scholars and respectable Awliyaa have mentioned that Allah will sit Muhammed upon the throne...” (Majmoo’ Al-Fataawa: 4/374)
3. It can be seen from the above quote that Ibn Taymiyyah was not elaborating on his belief in this issue all he was doing is conveying the opinion of some scholars on this matter. If merely transmitting these words is blasphemy, then they have to accuse other illustrious scholars who committed no crime but relaying this opinion of the same thing and amongst them is Ibn Hajr Al-‘Asqalaani (Fath: 11/435), Ibn Jareer At-Tabari (8/134-135), Adh-Dhahabi (Al-‘Uloo: 2/1180-1182) and others.
4. What does Ibn Taymiyyah actually believe? Ibn Taymiyyah believes that all the ahadeeth about this topic are fabricated and that we should not treat scholarly opinions like we do hadeeth of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). As highlighted by Ibn Taymiyyah this statement is ascribed to Mujaahid, the famous scholar of Tafseer but there is no authentic hadeeth to support this. So do they accuse Mujaahid, the famous Taab’iee Mufassir, who the actual statement was meant to have emanated from, of Blasphemy as well? By Allah, the scholars of the Muslims are not safe from these people’s vile tongues and bloody pens.
Ibn Taymiyyah (Darut Ta’aarud 5/237-238) said: كحديث قعود الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم على العرش رواه بعض الناس من طرق كثيرة مرفوعة وهي كلها موضوعة وإنما الثابت أنه عن مجاهد وغيره من السلف“
Like the hadeeth which mentions the Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) sitting upon the throne. This has been narrated and ascribed to the Prophet by some people with many different chains of narration however they are all fabricated. This has only been authentically relayed from Mujaahid and others from the scholars of the past.”
Ibn Taymiyyah continues:لكن لا بد من الفرق بين ما ثبت من ألفاظ الرسول وما ثبت من كلام غيره“
It is incumbent to differentiate between what has authentically been reported from the words of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and what has been authentically relayed from other than him…”
5 Finally, whether the statement of Mujaahid –about the Prophet sitting on the throne-is authentic or not and some scholars state that it is not, it is impermissible to take this as part of the religion or creed because there is no proof for this in the Qur’aan or the Sunnah. (Mukhtasir Al-‘Uloo: 19-21)
The Second Doubt:
Prepared by Abu Abdullah To be continued insha'Allaah... [1] Quotes and References were taken from the book Firqaatul Ahbaash. |
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