Question:
Was Mansur Hallaj a respected Muslim or was he a disbeliever? What is the evidence that his own teacher, Shaykh Junayd, supported his execution? There are many stories told, but it’s hard to tell which of them are true.
Answer:
Imam al-Qushayri quotes al-Hallaj’s creed in full in the ‘aqida section of his Risala and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham often quoted poetry from his diwan.
“That was a nation that passed on. It has what it has earned and you have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.” (2:134)
Hajj Gibril Haddad
