Compiled and Annotated by Dr. Muhammad Aslam Mubarakpuri Translated by Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Question: Shaykh Shawq Nimawi quoted in Athar al-Sunan [1] that Allamah Ibn Taymiyyah graded the hadith of Qulatayn as weak [2], whereas in the Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyyah he graded it authentic [3], therefore is the …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers – Part 35 – Part C – Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid’ah of Mawlid – What did he really say!!!
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibban & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Some people attribute the following to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah “This is Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s opinion about Mawlid from: “the Collected Fatwas,” (“Majma’ Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya,”) Vol. 23, p. 163: “fa-t’adheem al-Mawlid wat-tikhaadhuhu mawsiman qad yaf’alahu ba’ad an-naasi wa yakunu …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers – Part 34 – Part B – Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid’ah of Mawlid – What did he really say!!!
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Some people attribute the following to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah “This is Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s opinion about Mawlid from: “the Collected Fatwas,” (“Majma’ Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya,”) Vol. 23, p. 163: “fa-t’adheem al-Mawlid wat-tikhaadhuhu mawsiman qad yaf’alahu ba’ad an-naasi wa yakunu …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers – Part 33 – Part A – Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (728H) Demolishing the Bid’ah of Mawlid – What did he really say!!!
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari The people of innovation and the ardent proponents of Mawlid al-Nabi often mention in support of their view a statement of Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah which they firstly take out of context and secondly misquote by only citing the …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers – Part 32 – The Legal Status of Mawlid Gatherings – Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri (1337H)
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri was born in 1260/1844 in Mau in Northern India. He studied with numerous Scholars. He was under the tutelage of the Indian Hadith Master, Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Delhi (1320H) who he also …
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