Millions of pounds are spent every year by people on beauty products throughout the world with the hope to enhance their beauty or erase some of the unwanted features the may have on their face and other parts of the body. The pressure to spend on beauty products in this ... Read More »
Most scholars of kalām used the story of Ibrahim and how he argued with his people about God as the solitary Qurʾānic evidence for the proof of the existence of God through the proof of the createdness of accidents. The Ahl al-Ḥadīth, on the other hand, never accepted this proof in the first place, much less ascribe it to the great patriarch Ibrahīm, the ‘Friend of God’, led by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah. In this article, the different theological implications of this story as understood by these two groups will be discussed. Read More »
In reading the various seasonal polemics these days on the Mawlid, I have come across those who, of all people, quote Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taimiyyah as a supporter of the Mawlid. They even provide two quotes three pages apart from one of his books, separated conveniently by an ellipses […]. I thought to explore this topic further in a reply which turned into such a beautiful reading that I thought I would share it with you so that maybe more justice could be done to his wise and beautiful words insha'Allah. Read More »
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