Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibban & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   This is a series of articles on the Modern Mu’tazilites. Read Part 1 HERE In the previous part we talked about a little about Ghamidi and just some of his principles and as the readers would appreciate writing about …

Abu Ruqayyah Farasat Latif   This article is based upon an MA dissertation submitted in September 2006 to Loughborough University. A number of amendments, additions and deletions have have been made by the author. These include deleting the chapter on research methodology, adding a section on ‘pre- Islamic writing tradition’, adding additional footnotes and …

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 …

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 …

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 …