Al-Tahaawee on Taqleed

At-Tahaawee - rahimahullaah - said, “None blindly follows except an ignorant person or a bigoted partisan.” Reported from him by Ibn ‘Aabideen in Rasm al-Muftee (1/32), from his Majmoo’ tur-Rasaa’il and also reported from him by Ibn Hajr al-’Asqalaanee in his biography in al-Lisaan.

Abu Hanifah's Stance on Allaah's Loftiness

Abu Hanifah's Stance on Allaah's Loftiness

In light of the recent youtube video of a lecture given by Mumtaz ul-haq on the Hanafi Fiqh Channel I felt it necessary to gather some of the statements of Abu Hanifah as well as his students and early hanafi scholars as well as other greats of the ummah clarifying the correct stance on the issue of Allaah's Loftiness.To start with we will mention the statements of Abu Hanifah himself whom they claim to blindly follow in fiqh but have turned their back on in the al-fiqh al-akbar the greatest knowledge that of what one is obligated to believe as a muslim.

Abu Muti' Al-Balkhi reported:"I asked Imaam Abu Hanifah about a person who says, 'I do not know whether my Rubb is, above the heavens or on earth?' Abu Hanifah, may Allaah grant him His mercy, said: 'A person who makes such a statement becomes an apostate because Allaah, the Exalted says, 'The Merciful has ascended above the 'Arsh, and the 'Arsh of Allaah is above His heavens'. I further asked Abu Hanifah, 'What if such a person admits, Allaah is above His 'Arsh, but exclaims, I do not know whether His 'Arsh is above the heavens or on earth'. Abu Hanifah responded: 'If he denies that the 'Arsh is above the heavens, he is an apostate."  If the person apostatizes by saying that he did not know where is the 'Arsh of Allaah, then by right a person who denies the Loftiness of Allaah altogether is definitely worse than an apostate.

The following are some resources for those who wish to familiarize themselves with the creed of Abu Hanifah as well as the other three great leaders of the sunni fiqh schools.


In Urdu
http://www.islamhouse.com/p/26219
In English
http://www.salafitalk.net/st/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=5229

The 'Awaalee of Imaa Al-Tahaawee عوالي حديث أبي جعفر الطحاوي

This is a collection of the highest isnaads that Imaam Al-Tahaawee narrated. Those hadeeth that have the fewest narrators between him and the prophet Muhammad sallallaahu alahi wa sallam. It was compiled by  Zaynul-deen qatloobaghaa the famous Hanafee muhaddith.

عوالي حديث أبي جعفر الطحاوي

http://amalmantab.blogspot.com/#!/2012/09/717.html

The Matn (Arabic Text) of Tahaawee's Creed

http://ia700803.us.archive.org/12/items/waq102659/102659.pdf

Concerning the Saying of Imaam at-Tahawi (d. 321H): 'The Six Directions Do Not Contain Him' And a Decisive Confutation of the Jahmites

http://www.abovethethrone.com/arsh/print.cfm?kwqku

Q and A on Al-Tahaawiyyah

The following is 206 pages of Q and A based on Shaykh Saalih Al-Fawzaan's explanation of Imaam Al-Tahaawee's creed.

http://salafipublications.com/sps/downloads/pdf/AQD040007.pdf

Amjad Rafiq's Explanation of Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah

An Explanation of Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah

From the Works of Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan & Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh

Translated By Abu ‘Iyaad Amjad Rafiq


http://www.learnaboutislam.co.uk/2011/02/13/explanation-of-aqeedah-at-tahaawiyyah/#.TyxuDMXtvvk