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Ibn Taymiyyah on Compulsion: The jurist and the cleric cannot compel people to follow their school of thought
“It is not for the scholar to compel the people to adopt his school of thought.”
[Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu' Al-Fatawa 30/79-80]
Hasan Al-Basri on the Wisdom of Beautiful Patience in the Face of Tyranny and Oppression
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Sa’d relates the story of Hasan Al-Basiri (d.110h/728ce): A group of Muslims came to Hasan Al-Basiri seeking a verdict to rebel against Al-Hajjaj [the infamous tyrannical and despotic ruler]. So they said, “O Abu Sa’id! What do you say about fighting this oppressor who has unlawfully shed [...]
Ibn Taymiyyah on the Protection of Civilian Non-Combatants and those who Do Not Fight Islam
Share By Abu Amina Elias for FaithinAllah.org Ibn Taymiyyah writes in As-Siyasah Ash-Shariyyah: Since lawful warfare is essentially jihad and since its aim is that the religion is Allah’s entirely and Allah’s word is uppermost, therefore, according to all Muslims those who stand in the way of this aim must be fought. As for those who [...]
Malik on Divine Attributes: Do not ask about the True Nature of Allah’s Attributes
Share By Muhammad Abu Zahra in The Four Imams Sufyan ibn Uyayna reported: A man questioned Imam Malik about the verse, “The Mericful settles on the Throne.” (20:5) How can he settle anywhere, O Abu Abdullah? Malik was silent for a long time until he began to sweat profusely. I had never seen Malik grieve at anything [...]
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