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Wahhabi/salafi said:
Quote:
“Al-Mulla ‘Ali Qaari (may Allaah have mercy on him), who said, after
quoting Ibn Hajar Al-Haythami's accusations against them and his criticism of
their ‘aqeedah:
I say: Allaah protected them – i.e., Ibn al-Qayyim and his Shaykh Ibn Taymiyah – from this abhorrent accusation. The one who studies Sharh Manaazil al-Saa’ireen by Nadeem al-Baari al-Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ansaari, who is the Shaykh of Islam according to the Sufis, will clearly see that they were among Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah and are indeed among the awliya’ (close friends of Allaah) of this ummah. Among what he said in the book mentioned was the following:
“These words of Shaykh al-Islam highlight his position as a prominent scholar of Ahl al-Sunnah, and his status among scholars, and it demonstrates that he is innocent of what his Jahami enemies accused him of, that he likened Allaah to His creation, as they usually accused the scholars of hadeeth and Sunnah, just as the Raafidis accuse them of being Naasibis, and the Naasibis accuse them of being Raafidis,, and the Mu’tazilah accuse them of being anthropomorphists. That is a legacy of the enemies of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who accused him and his companions of having invented a new religion. And this is a legacy of the scholars of hadeeth and Sunnah from their Prophet, that the people of falsehood give them offensive labels.
May Allaah sanctify the soul of al-Shaafa’i, who said when he was accused of being a Raafidi:
If being a Raafidi means loving the family of Muhammad, then let the two races (of mankind and jinn) bear witness that I am a Raafidi.
May Allaah be pleased with our Shaykh Abu’l-‘Abbaas ibn Taymiyah when he said:
If being a Naasibi means loving the family of Muhammad, then let the two races (of mankind and jinn) bear witness that I am a Naasibi.
May Allaah forgive the third – Ibn al-Qayyim – when he said:
If being an anthropomorphist means affirming the divine attributes and regarding them as being above the interpretation of a liar,
Then praise be to Allaah, I am an anthropomorphist; bring your witnesses.”
Mirqaah al-Mafaateeh by al-Mulla ‘Ali Qaari (8/146, 147).
Reference(s): Volume 8 Mirqaah al-Mafaateeh by al-Mulla ‘Ali Qaari
Online Version
--I say: Allaah protected them – i.e., Ibn al-Qayyim and his Shaykh Ibn Taymiyah – from this abhorrent accusation. The one who studies Sharh Manaazil al-Saa’ireen by Nadeem al-Baari al-Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ansaari, who is the Shaykh of Islam according to the Sufis, will clearly see that they were among Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah and are indeed among the awliya’ (close friends of Allaah) of this ummah. Among what he said in the book mentioned was the following:
“These words of Shaykh al-Islam highlight his position as a prominent scholar of Ahl al-Sunnah, and his status among scholars, and it demonstrates that he is innocent of what his Jahami enemies accused him of, that he likened Allaah to His creation, as they usually accused the scholars of hadeeth and Sunnah, just as the Raafidis accuse them of being Naasibis, and the Naasibis accuse them of being Raafidis,, and the Mu’tazilah accuse them of being anthropomorphists. That is a legacy of the enemies of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who accused him and his companions of having invented a new religion. And this is a legacy of the scholars of hadeeth and Sunnah from their Prophet, that the people of falsehood give them offensive labels.
May Allaah sanctify the soul of al-Shaafa’i, who said when he was accused of being a Raafidi:
If being a Raafidi means loving the family of Muhammad, then let the two races (of mankind and jinn) bear witness that I am a Raafidi.
May Allaah be pleased with our Shaykh Abu’l-‘Abbaas ibn Taymiyah when he said:
If being a Naasibi means loving the family of Muhammad, then let the two races (of mankind and jinn) bear witness that I am a Naasibi.
May Allaah forgive the third – Ibn al-Qayyim – when he said:
If being an anthropomorphist means affirming the divine attributes and regarding them as being above the interpretation of a liar,
Then praise be to Allaah, I am an anthropomorphist; bring your witnesses.”
Mirqaah al-Mafaateeh by al-Mulla ‘Ali Qaari (8/146, 147).
Reference(s): Volume 8 Mirqaah al-Mafaateeh by al-Mulla ‘Ali Qaari
Online Version
Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari (d. 1014AH) on ibn Taymiyya’s prohibition of travelling to visit the
Prophet’s grave (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam):
“Amongst the Hanbalis, ibn Taymiyya has
gone to an extreme by prohibiting travelling to visit the Prophet (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam), just as others have gone to the opposite extreme in saying:
the fact that the visiting is a pious deed is known with certainty and he who
denies this is an unbeliever.
Perhaps the second position is closer to
the truth, for to prohibit something that scholars by consensus deem
commendable is unbelief, since is it worse than prohibiting what is (merely)
permissible, in regards to which there is agreement (i.e. there is agreement
that the prohibition of what is permissible by consensus is
unbelief).”
[Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari al-Harawi, Sharh al-Shifa (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, 2001), 2:152]
[Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari al-Harawi, Sharh al-Shifa (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, 2001), 2:152]
From the above-mentioned
words of Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari,
it seems he has retracted his statements in praise
of ibn
Taymiyya, as Jarh Mufassar (Specified
Criticism) takes precedence over General Tawthiq/Ta’dil (Praise).
Anyone who wishes to object to the above
should know that in his sharh (commentary) on the Shifa of al-Qadhi
‘Iyadh he mentioned his al-Mirqat Sharh al-Mishkat (al-Masabih) in two places
– 1/24 and 1/547.
Also, in the same Sharh al-Shifa, he referred to his sharh (commentary) on Shama-il al-Tirmidhi known as Jam’ al-Wasa-il (1/324, 343 and 2/366). This means that his Sharh al-Shifa is later than his sharh (commentary) on Mishkat al-Masabih and his sharh (commentary) on Shama-il al-Tirmidhi, and thus what he mentioned in it, is his last stance on ibn Taymiyya, as it overrides what he thought about him in the earlier two works named, in which he had praiseworthy remarks for ibn Taymiyya.
Imam Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari It is the scholar who commented al-Fiqh al-Akbar
by Abu Hanifah, he is a pillar of knowledge, a very famous Hanafi scholar. He
used to live in Makkah and this is where he taught and where he died (he
was born in what is today known as Afghanistan).
In his commentary entitled Mirqat
al-Mafatih, Sharh Mishkat al-Masaabih vol.3 p.300, he says:
“A whole group of them [i.e.of the Salaf]
as well as of the Khalaf scholars [i.e. the era that followed that of the
Salaf, until now], said:
“The one who believes in a direction [for
Allah] is a blasphemer (kafir), as has been clearly narrated by al-Iraqi
when he said “This is the saying of Abu Hanifah, Malik, Ash-Shafii, al-‘Ashari
and al-Baqillani””
Imam Mulla ‘Ali al Qari, In his book ‘Ar-Rawdul-‘Azhar fi Sharh al-Fiqh
al-‘Akbar’ said: “The “Uluww” of Allah over His creation embedded in the
meaning of verse 61 of Surat al-‘An’am is indeed an aboveness in status and
domination, as mandated by Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jama’ah and not a physical aboveness ”.
Mulla Ali al-Qari states: “It is obligatory that you believe that your God…is not contained in any place or direction”. (Sharh ayn al-ilm)
He states elsewhere: “Allah is not located in a place, whether above or below, or any other than these, and time is inapplicable to Him, unlike what the mushabbiha and mujassima and hululiyya or incarnationists believe”. (sharh al-fiqh al-akbar)
He also cites al-hafiz Zayn al-din al-Iraqi’s statements that all four imams agree that anyone who believes Allah lies in a specific direction has committed disbelief. (al-qari, sharh ayn al-ilm wa zayn al-hilm 1:34; sharh al-fiqh al-akbar Beirut: Dar al-kutub al-ilmiyya 1404/1984 p57; al-mirqat, cited by kawthari, maqalat p. 321,362)
Mulla ‘Ali Qari states; “فمن أظلم ممن كذب على الله أو ادعى ادعاء معينا مشتملا علىاثبات المكان والهيئة والجهة من مقابلة وثبوت مسافة وأمثال تلك الحالة، فيصير كافرا لا محالة)اهـ.“Who is more unjust than the one that lied about Allah, or claimed something that included affirming (to Him) a place, shape or direction such as facing, distance and the like… Such a person becomes a kaafir (non-Muslim) without doubt (P. 355).” [Sharh Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar, Ali Al-Qari, Dar Al-Basħa’ir Al-Islamiyah, Beirut, 1998.]
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Don't forget to read :
Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari’s al-Mawrid al-Rawi fi Mawlid al-Nabi
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Mullah Ali Qari (ra) said:
Indeed a whole group of them [the early Muslims], as well as later
scholars, said that whoever believes Allah to be
in a particular physical direction is an unbeliever, as al-Iraqi
has explicitly stated, saying that this was the position of Abu
Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi'i, al-Ashari, and al- Baqillani (Mirqat al-mafatih:
sharh Mishkat al-masabih. 5 vols. Cairo 1309/1892. Reprint. Beirut: Dar Ihya
al-Turath al-Arabi, n.d., 2.137)---
(Edited by ADHM)
