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Al-Maqrizi and the "tawhid al-rububiyyah" of the Jahili Arabs

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Did Imam Al-Maqrizi (d. 845H) claim that the Jahili Arabs believed Allah was their Lord? Salafis seem to suggest so. Continue reading →

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Was `Isa (as) crucified?

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Certain modern scholars believe that `Isa (as) died and was resurrected and will come again. Continue reading →

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Maturidiyya on Rewards and Punishments

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

What reasoning do our Muslim brothers of the Maturidi Aqeedah give for saying that Allah punishing the good and rewarding the bad if He so wishes would be absurd? Continue reading →

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aqeeda

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Taher Siddiqui

In time I had hoped that my husband would also take baya but instead he has become interested in Shia doctrines. Continue reading →

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Is Wahabism kufr?

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Taher Siddiqui

The Wahabis have some terrible beliefs about Allah (like anthropomorphism and ascribing limitations and defects) and make horrific insults against Rasool Allah (sallah Allahu aleyhi wasalam) ,essentially degrading him to the status of any old person and forbidding great love for him (na’uthubillah). Continue reading →

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Shirk of the Mushriks

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q25:3 says the disbelievers as those who takes idols or that which is created and harmless as “gods”. But what makes an object a “god/ilah” ?… Continue reading →

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Pre-eternity

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

1)What is the difference between azalijun (pre eternal) and qadimijun (ancient)?… Continue reading →

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Study of Islamic Theology

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

With regards to the tripartite of Islamic Theology ilahiyyat, nubuwwat and sami’at could you refer me to classical texts [earlierst sources] and to the scholars to studying under?… Continue reading →

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imam abu hanifah weak in hadith

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: salaam, why did imam bukhari critisise imam abu hanifah as being weak in hadith or is this a forgery on imam bukharis name..thank you for your time Continue reading →

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Sunni in Shia family

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

I was a shia before I took bayyah with Maulana Shaykh Nazim in 2001 and became a sunni. I didn’t tell my parents, as they would have been very disturbed. Continue reading →

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