Presented here is a comprehensive series of articles on the important issue of how to understand the Names and Attributes of Allâh SWT, which have been prepared by brother Abû Rumaysah.

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Refutation of the Ash'arî 'Aqîdah

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The Names and Attributes of Allaah

The Position of the later Ahlus Sunnah on the Names and Attributes of Allaah by Abû Rumaysah - Then later on when the bid’ah of ta’weel appeared and then became widespread by way of the Mu’tazila and then the Ash’arees, the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah began to say that ‘we take the Attributes of Allaah literally’, meaning we take them upon their face value without ta’weel, or tashbeeh, and these narrations shall follow...

An Analysis of the Ash'aree claims against Ahlus Sunnah Concerning this Topic by Abû Rumaysah - The falsehood of the claim of Nuh Keller, " 'literalism' has never been accepted as an Islamic School of thought...

Did The Salaf Practice Ta’weel? by Abû Rumaysah - Kabbani states on (pg. 31) that 'many of the pious Salaf, including the Four Imaams and the imams of hadith, such as Bukhari, to apply ta'weel in its proper place...

Al-Juwaynee (d.438) on the Names and Attributes of Allaah by Abû Rumaysah - He writes "Know that, for a short time, I was confused about three matters..."

Imaam al-Haramayn al-Juwaynee on ta’weel. by Abû Rumaysah - The famous Imaam al-Haramyan, Abu Ma’aanee al-Juwaynee, like his father before him, also left the way of ta’weel and declared it to be forbidden...

On al-Haafidh ibn al-Jawzee by Abû Rumaysah - Kabbani and others quote this great scholar as a proof against the Hanbalees that their stance regarding the Names and Attributes of Allaah is in fact disbelief and open anthropomorphism (tajseem) by using his book ‘Daf Shubah at-Tashbeeh’, but what they conveniently overlook is that the Hanbalee scholars in general, and other scholars, rejected the stances of ibn al-Jawzee on this issue and took a severe stance against him.

On Imaam an-Nawawee and His Student ibn al-Attaar by Abû Rumaysah - Kabbani quotes (pg. 32) from Imaam Nawawee that ta'weel was the way of the Salaf in the case of necessity, and otherwise the way of the salaf was to relegate the meanings of the Attributes to Allaah (tafweed). In what has preceded it is clear to the reader that this is far from the truth ...

A comparison of the ta’weels of the Mu’tazila to the ta’weels of the later Ash’arees. by Abû Rumaysah - A Good Summary of the Main Points.

The Position of the Salaf on Istawaa and Further Replies to Kabbani by Abû Rumaysah - We now quote extracts from the book of Imaam al-Bukhaaree, ‘Khalq Af’aal Ebaad’ concerning this topic. All the narrations are authentic according to the research done on this work by the great hadeeth scholar Badr al-Badr (RH), and are from the Sahaabah or those who came soon after.

Over the Hadeeth of Nuzool by Abû Rumaysah - Regarding the Hadeeth about Allah Descending in the last Third of the Night.

Why Is It That Allah May Want What He Dislikes? by Saleh as-Saleh - The knowledge about al-Qadaa' and al-Qadar (Taqdeer) is the focal point of the Muslim's creed. People sought and still seek to know about this subject of fate. The author has highlighted a question that is posed by many individuals with respect to Fate in Islam, and provided a conclusive answer from the methodology of the Companions of the Prophet.