Irrefutable Proof That Hanbalis Were Sufis

7/31/2019 Irrefutable Proof That Hanbalis Were Sufis

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Irrefutable Proof that the Hanabilah Were SfsPrepared by Abl Layth ibn Ata

Dr. George Makdisi in his masterpiece, Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islamargues effectively that the major classical scholars of the Hanbal Madh-hab were Sf.To many, this argument is insignificant. However, for myself,and those who have been

spiritually castrated by the pseudo salafi cult, this needed information is heart warmingand soul satisfying. The intent of this brief treatise is to spread the message that Ibn

Qudmah, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Al Qayyim Al-Jawzya, Ibn Rajab and others fromamongst the Hanbilah are orthodox Sf.

In a brief article Lisnad Initiatique Soufi de Muwaffaq Ad-Din Ibn Qudama theKhirqah (the cloak of the Sfs) of Ibn Qudmah is shown. The following is a pictorial

scan of that Khirqah. This manuscript can be found in the Thhirya Library inDamascus, Syria.


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You will notice after review that there are multiple Hanbal scholars mentioned in thisKhirqah.

1) Ysuf ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr ibn Qsim Al-Madn Al Hanbal.2) Ab Abdillah Muhammad ibn Shaykh Al-Allmah mdud-dn Ab Is-hq

Ibrhm ibn Abdul Whid Al Maqdis Al Hanbal.3) Ab Muhammad Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Qudmah Al Maqdis

Al Hanbal.4) The master of the Sfs and great Hanbal, Ab Muhammad Abdul-Qdir ibn Ab

Slih ibn Abdillah Al-Jl (Jiln).5) Mukharrim, who was also a Hanbal


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6) Abl Fadhl Abdul Whid ibn Abdul-Azz ibn Al Hrith ibn Asad At-TammAl-Hanbal [died 410 in Baghdad]

7) Abl Hasan Abdul-Azz At-Tamm, the father of Abl Fadhl previouslymentioned, was also a well known Hanbal of his time. He died in 371 A.H. inDhul Qadah.

These are the seven well known Hanbals who took the Khirqah from each othershands, labeling themselves from amongst the Sfs.

This Khirqah (cloak of Sufism) is a clear refutation of those amongst the orientalist

and Muslim scholars who believe that the Islamic Hanbal School was opposed toSufsm. It should be noted that Abdul Qdir Al-Jl (Jln), who was well knownHanbal and author of the Hanbal manual Al Ghunyah, is the eponym of theQdiriyyah Sf Tarqah.

Dr. G. Makdisi theorizes the following regarding Al-Ansr Al Harawi Al Hanbaland Abdul Qdir Al Jl,

With just these two facts, one would have thought that some notions would bechanged. But nothing of the kinds happened. An explanation was offered, and

remains to this day accepted, that these two Sfs were Hanbals merely because theywere refugees from rationalist theology, or kalm; it just so happens, we were told,that the Hanbali School appealed to them because it, too, opposed kalm. [Page 121]

The following are the scanned words of Dr. G. Makdis regarding the Sufism of IbnTaymiyyah. Pay careful attention to the manuscripts referenced.


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the Sfs in discourse and when issuing fatw. We ask Allh to benefit the Muslims withthis brief article. mn!

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