How much could a man have hated the Prophet (s) so much to go to such deceitful lengths to weaken a hadith which honors the Prophet (s) so magnificently, and showing that Tawassul through him is Acceptable!
Ibn
Taymiyya said in his book
"al-qaida al-jaleela fit- tawwasali
wal-waseela", with commentary of Dr. Rabi'a bin Hadi
'Umayr al-Mudkhali, professor in the Islamic University of Madinah
al-Munawwara, on page 166, para 493:
"...and like that is the
hadith that is narrated by 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam from his father
from his grandfather from 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab
(ra), marfu'an and mawqufan 'alayh, that when Adam (as) has committed
the sin, he said, 'O Lord! I ask you for the sake of Muhammad [bi haqqi
Muhammad] to forgive me.' He subhanahu wa ta'ala said, 'How did you
know Muhammad?' He said, 'because when you created me with Your Hands and blew
into me from Your Spirit, I raised my head and I saw on the legs of Your Throne
written, 'laa ilaha ill-Allah Muhammadu Rasulullah' so I knew You would
not put next to your name except the one who is the most beloved to You.' He
said, 'you have said the truth, O Adam, and if it were not for Muhammad, I
would not have created you.'" [law laa Muhammadan maa khalaqtuk].
And Ibn Taymiyya
continues:
"And this hadith is
narrated by al-Haakim in his Mustadrak, from the hadith of 'Abdillah bin
Muslim al-FiHree, from Isma'il bin Salama. And Haakim said, 'and it is the
first hadith I have mentioned from 'Abdur-Rahman in this book. And Haakim
says that it is sahih. And it is related by Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Aajuri,
in the book 'ash-Shari'ah' mawqufan on 'Umar from hadith 'Abdillah
bin Isma'il bin Abi Maryam mawqufan from 'Abdur Rahman bin Zayd bin
Aslam."
And we see here that Ibn
Taymiyya is here presenting a hadith that was verified and certified
by al-Haakim as authentic [sahih] and that is the hadith which related from
Allah that "If not for Muhammad I would not have
created you [O Adam]". And this opposes the many objections to such
hadith like the similar hadith of Jaabir which is related about Allah that he
said, "law laak maa khalaqtul khalq" -
"If not for you [O Muhammad] I would not have
created any of the Creation."
Ibn Taymiyya now goes
into a lengthy discussion of the authenticity of the hadith which he just
stated was authentic according to al-Haakim.
He attempts, through
various arguments and demonstrations
by way of similar cases, that this hadith is weak because
al-Haakim is not as strong as some other scholars.
Let us examine here some of his arguments.
And on page 172, para 506 Ibn
Taymiyya says, in support of his
reasoning for weakening the sahih hadith of al-Haakim:
"Muslim has narrated
that 'Allah has created soil on Saturday'. And some people who have more
knowledge than him disputed that, like Yahya ibn Ma'een and Bukhari and others
and they clarified that this was wrong and it was not the words of the Prophet
(saws). And the proof is with them, because it has been proved by the Book and
the Sunnah and the Consensus [ijma'a] that Allahu ta'ala has created the
heavens and earth in six days and His last creation was Adam and his creation
was on Friday. And this hadith that has been disagreed upon indicates that He
created that in seven days. And it has been narrated a more authentic isnaad
than this that the beginning of creation was on Sunday."
Regarding Ibn Taymiyya's Statement regarding the
hadith of Yahya bin Ma'een
It is
important to note that in
the footnote on this paragraph, by Dr. Rabi'a bin Hadi 'Umayr al-Mudkhali,
professor in the Islamic University of Madinah al-Munawwara, says,
"I could not find the words of Yahya bin
Ma'een about this hadith after I researched it."
The professor gives another footnote about this, saying:
"al-Bukhari in al-Taarikh al-Kabeer,
1/1/413/414, in the biography of Ayyub ibn Khalid, 'and Isma'il ibn Ummayya
narrated from Ayyub ibn Khalid al-Ansaari from 'Abdullah ibn Raf'i from Abi
Hurayrah (ra) from the Prophet (saws) said, "khalaq-Allahu at-turbata yawm
as-sabt" - ["Allah created soil on Saturday"]'. And some of them
relate it from Abi Hurayrah from Ka'b and that is more authentic"
Finally, Dr. Rabi`a bin Hadi `Umayr al-Mudkhali
gives a third footnote, saying:
"I did not find a hadith marfu` that is an
exact quote that the beginnning of creation was on Sunday.
But there are aathar from Ibn `Abbas, Ibn
Mas`ud and `Abdullah ibn Sallaam that have been mentioned by Ibn Jareer in
his Tareekh, 1/47. And the athar of Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud, in it there
is Isma'il ibn Abdur Rahman as-Saddi, trustworthy? but he was accused of being
Shi`i.
And regarding the athar of Ibn Sallaam, in
its isnad Abu Ma`ashar, Najeeh bin Abdur Rahman as-Sindi is weak
[da`eef] and in it 'Abdullah ibn Saalih. I did not know who he is, and I think
he is the writer of Layth, and if he is then he is weak [da`eef]...."
Here we see that Ibn Taymiyya is building a house of
cards in order to prove that the hadith of al-Haakim "law laa Muhammadan maa khalaqtuk" is weak, through a series of Byzantine arguments whose
major foundation here is seen to be without support. And this is to be seen in
a major scholar to be a tremendous weakness and serious indication of
corruption, and Allah knows best.
We see here that Ibn Taymiyya states that Muslim was wrong based on the fact that "those more
knowledgable than him" disputed it, starting with Yahya bin Ma'een.
SURPISE THOUGH IT MAY BE, we find that YAHYA BIN
MA'EEN DID NOT SPEAK AGAINST THIS HADITH AT ALL!!!
Ibn Taymiyya then tries to show that A HADITH
NARRATED BY Imam Muslim was rejected by other
scholars, "more knowledgable than him"
and that the hadith Muslim narrated as sahih is not so, because Bukhari
rejected it.
We THEN FIND
that in fact, Bukhari NARRATED IT HIMSELF.
On the contrary, the "hadith" "that the beginning of
creation was on Sunday" which Ibn Taymiyya tries to use to support
his argument AGAINST the hadith "Allah created
soil on Saturday" is in fact no hadith at all but is
an athar with no verifiable authenticity!
And these are the words of a Wahabi muhaqqiq!
Now in a further footnote to this discussion of
Ibn Taymiyya, on the hadith of Muslim by the Professor Rabi`a in which he says,
"It was narrated by Muslim in the book 'description
of hypocrites and the laws relating to them'/chapter 'the beginning of
Creation' hadith 27, and Ahmad 2/327, and Ibn Ma'een in at-Tareekh, 3/52
and Bayhaqi in 'al-'asma was-siffaat', page 364."
Here again we see how Ibn Taymiyya was using
misleading arguments against Imam Muslim.
Here it is clearly related by Ibn Ma`een, whereas Ibn
Taymiyya said, "And some people who have more
knowledge than him disputed that, like Yahya ibn Ma`een..."
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Ibn Taymiyya on Use of Lesser Grades of Hadith
for
Encouraging Good Virtues
Ibn Taymiyya said in his book "al-qaida al-jaleela fit-
tawwasali wal-waseela",
with commentary of Dr. Rabi'a bin Hadi 'Umayr
al-Mudkhali, professor in the Islamic University of Madinah al-Munawwara, Page
162, para 478:
"But Ahmad ibn Hanbal and other scholars permitted the
narration [of hadith] regarding the virtues of good what is not sure as long as
it is not known that it is a lie." [laakinna Ahmad ibn Hanbal wa
ghayruh min al-'ulama jawwazu an yurwa fee fada'il al-'aamal maa lam yu'lam
annahu thaabit idha lam yu'lam annahu kadhib.]
Ibn Taymiyya goes into a full chapter of discussion of this
subject from here, Chapter 8 of "al-qaida al-jaleela fit-tawwasuli
wal-waseela", where he presents the views of the majority of the 'ulama of
Islam and he presents his own views of the subject. And Here we will examine
this in detail.
Ibn Taymiyya' Confusion
So we see here that Ibn Taymiyya on one hand is saying, that
Ahmad did NOT use WEAK HADITH for encouraging what is ordered by a shari'ah
ruling AND that whoever said he did was wrong; whereas four paragraphs later he
completely reverses himself and says that Ahmad called a hadith WEAK *and*
he ACCEPTED IT to encourage someone to keep what is ordered by a
shari'ah ruling!
This is a disturbing method which we will see Ibn
Taymiyya employ in numerous other places.
We question here: was it intentional or was he just confused???
We question here: was it intentional or was he just confused???
Here we quote from the muhaqqiq of Ibn
Taymiyya's book, Dr. Rabi'a bin Hadi 'Umayr al-Mudkhali, professor in the
Islamic University of Madinah al-Munawwara, in his footnote on paragraph 423,
where says,
"I didn't find this hadith and I am afraid that
Shaykh ul-Islam's mind has gone to
the other hadith of Abu Hurayra (ra), that says "Allah has
angels wandering on earth, in addition to what is in the record of deeds of the
people; and when they find a group remembering Allah, they call each other
'come unto what you desired' and they come. And they surround them until the
lowest sky. Allahs says, 'what were My servants doing when you left them?' They
say, 'we left them thanking You, praising You and remembering You.'..."
Imam Ahmad, 2/251, Tirmidhi 5/579, 130 Chapter of what has been narrated
regarding what Allah has wandering angels on earth. Tirmidhi said the hadith is hasanan
sahih, #3600, and Ad-Darimi 2/225, hadith #2777"
So we see here, that even today's scholars of Islam, who follow his own school, the
Salafi/Wahabi school, admitted to Ibn Taymiyya's confusion and weakness
in hadith knowledge.
And this is surprising in one who so adamantly accuses countless people of being liars and lying in almost every page of his book.
And this is surprising in one who so adamantly accuses countless people of being liars and lying in almost every page of his book.
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Edited by ADHM
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MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALI (b.1917CE)
ON IBN TAYMIYYA
ON IBN TAYMIYYA
by Dr. Ahmad Hijazi al-Saqqa
Regarding Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim,
Ibn `Uthaymeen
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