Category Archives: Aqidah

Some of the matters or points covered: Those who deviated in the issue of Allāh’s names and attributes are of two types: 1) Mumathilah and 2) Mu’attilah How both groups exaggerated in one aspect and fell short in another aspect. … Continue reading →

Some of the matters or points covered: Further elaboration on the principle: ‘Just because there’s similarity in the name/label, doesn’t mean that there is similarity in the reality’ with evidences provided from 1) Revelation 2) Reason and 3) Sensory perception/observation. … Continue reading →

Some of the matters or points covered: 1) Examples of tafseel (specific mention of names and attributes) to show that this is indeed what the Qur’an has come with and this is how we speak about Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala). … Continue reading →

Some of the matters or points covered: Expanding on the principles regarding affirmation and negation of Allah’s attributes. What Allah affirms for Himself are all attributes of perfection with no deficiencies unlike the creation whose attributes contain deficiencies. All of … Continue reading →

Some of the matters or points covered: Two important foundational principles that form a sound methodology based upon knowledge, wisdom and uprightness. The evidences (textual and by way of reason) supporting this methodology. The meaning of tahreef, ta’teel, takyeef and … Continue reading →

Continued going through the main text, dealing in particular with the issue of talab (making a request) and the difference between it and khabr (imparting information). Listen to the lesson/download here:Lesson 4.mp3

Continued going through the muqaddimah (introduction) in the book and completed it with statements from Ibn Hajr (rahimahullah) and Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) – in the preface of the book ar-Radd ‘ala al-Jahmiyyah – mentioned. Brief biography of Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah … Continue reading →

Continued going through the muqaddimah (introduction) in the book covering a summarized history of how the Ummah split, what basically happened, and how the various sects appeared and the nature of their innovations. The importance of learning about this is … Continue reading →

Some of the matters or points covered: Book is a summarized version of the classical work by Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) where Shaykh Uthaymeen (rahimahullah) has simplified matters by extracting the main essential points made. Two issues discussed in this … Continue reading →