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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Shi'ite Encyclopedia (chapter 9) Subject: Re: Ahl Al-sunnah and Ibn Taymiya Dear brothers, as-Salamou alykum wa rahmatoullahi wa barakatouh, I agree with brother Masud when he says that we can NOT rely on ibn taymiyya in matters os aqueedah in the end part of his posting (I only pur the beginning here above).

Someone was defending ibn taymiyya a few weeks, so please find a contribution on this subject taken from the aqueedah of Ahl-es-Sunna wal Jamaa (ashaira wa maturidiyya).

In article , U58369@uicvm.uic.edu writes: Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu Concerning the accusation of Ibn Taymiyyah that he attempted to ascribe human qualities to Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala: Some of the people who lived in the same era as Ibn Taymiyyah accused him of this and they had no proof to back up their accusations whatsoever. The people after them received this information from what Ibn Batutah collected.

As most of us know, Ibn Batutah was not a scholar either of hadith OR aquidah. Besides, he never met nor heard Ibn Taymiyyah speak. The biography of Ibn Taymiyyah shows that he always strongly opposed those people who attempted to ascribe human qualities to Allah Subhana waTa'ala (See Hayat Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah by Muhammad al-Baytar). You can find more proofs in Ibn Taymiyyah's book, Sharh Hadith An-Nuzool (Commentary on the Hadith of Nuzool).

There are many proofs that Ibn Taymiyyah had the same be- lief and aquidah as the Sahabah and the scholars of As-Salaf. To show just one example: Ibn Taymiyyah says in his book, al-Aquidah al-Wasitiya, pg. 9, ...and from the belief in Allah is the belief in what Allah ascribed for himself in the Quran and in the Sunnah without falsifying or denying or "takeef" (ie-to question how his attributes are).

And he quotes this ayah from the Quran, Sur- ah al-Shurah, Ayah 11: ...there is nothing whatsoever like unto Him and He is the one that hears and sees. And Ibn Taymiyyah explains that the Muslims from Ahl al-Sunnah wa Jama'ah don't deny what Allah ascribed to Himself & don't falsify His words. And they believe in all His names and ayat. And they don't make comparisons between Allah and his creatures because there is nothing like Him. And Allah knows best about everything and about Himself.

This is one of many examples that proves that Ibn Taymiyyah never claimed "tashbeeh" (ie-never attempted to ascribe human qualities to Allah).