Definition of other terms:

• Mu'attilah (those who do ta'teel)
• Muharrifah (those who distort the meanings/words)
• Mushabbihah (the group who do tashbeeh)
• Mukayyifah (those who takyeef')
• Mufawwidah (those who are guilty of tafweedh)
• Jahmee (anyone who follows in the way of Jahm ibn Safwaan, who was executed around 130H, and he was one of the first to deny the Names and Attributes of Allaah. Those who sharein this quality are called Jahmees or Jahmiyyah)
• Mu'tazilah (those who put intellect over the Qur'an and the Sunnah and say it is more decisive)

If you have any questions you can ask them next time inshaa'allaah.

All praise is due to Allaah, prayers and peace upon His Messenger, his companions and his family.

5th November 1997

Notes

1 Refer to Surah Sad 38:75

2 Refer to Surah Qalam 68:42

3 Refer to Surah Qamar 54:14

4 Refer to Surah Taa Haa 20:5

5 At-Tamheed of Ibn Abdul-Barr (7/145)

6 Al-Ghuniyat ut-Taalibeen (1/50) of Abdul Qaadir al-Jeelaanee.

7 Ibtaal ut-Ta'weelaat (p.4)

8 Al-Kalaam alas-Sifaat of al-Khateeb al-Baghdaadee (p.19-20)

9 Al-Ghuniyah an Kalaam wa Ahlihi - as quoted in Mukhtasir al-Uluww (no.137).

10 Sunan at-Tirmidhee (3/24)

11 Al-Muheet bit-Takhleef (p.200)

12 Reported by Imaam adh-Dhahabee in al-Uluww (no.217)

Muhammad bin al-Hasan ash-Shaybaanee (d. 189H), the companion of Abu Haneefah said: "All the Fuqahaa , from the east to the west are agreed upon: [The obligation of] having faith in the Qur'aan and the ahaadeeth which the reliable and trustworthy narrators have come with from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) - in describing the Lord, the Mighty and the Majestic - without explaining them (tafseer) or likening them to the creation (tashbeeh). So whoever explains anything from them today, then he has departed from that which the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) and his Companions were upon for verily, they did not explain them but they gave verdicts with whatever is in the Book and the Sunnah and then they remained quiet. So whoever speaks with the saying of Jahm [bin Safwaan] then he has separated from the Jamaa'ah since he [Jahm] describes Him [Allah] with nothingness." Reported by al-Laalikaa'ee in Sharh Usool il-I'tiqaad (3/432).