Ibn Taymiah Deviant Sayings With References

alsunna · 03, 16

Bismillah,

I start by the name of Allah, I ask Allah to protect us from misguidance.

Many people want the references of Ibn Taymiah's deviant sayings about his saying that Allah sits on the throne? Or where did he say that Allah is a body? Or where did he say that the world is eternal by kind?

Ibn Taymiah Said that Hellfire ends and the punishment on the Kuffar ends in his book named "Refuting who claims Paradise and Hell Ends" as he said in page 67 "Although those who say that hellfire has no end, not Qu'ran nor Sunnah nor sayings of the companions that support their saying".

What clears this fact is that the student of Ibn Taymiah named "Ibn al-Qayim" said in his book named "Hadi al-Arwah" page 579/582 that Ibn Taymiah chose the saying that hellfire ends after he declared as kafir Jahm Bin Safwan for saying that both Paradise and Hellfire end.

Also Albani, the wahabi leader who claims to be a Muhhadith affirms that saying to Ibn Taymiah and complains about it but did not declare him as kafir saying "he made a mistake we wish he had not said that hellfire ends".

Sheikh Salamah al-^azzamiy, One of the heads of Azhar in 14th century, said in "Furqan al-Qur'an" page 113 that "Ibn Taymiah said that hellfire ends although he had declared Jahm as Kafir for claiming that both hell and paradise end"

Imam San^aniy in "Kashf al-Astar" had made a strong refutation against Ibn Taymiah after he affirmed that ibn Taymiah said that hellfire ends.

Ibn Taymiah Attributes to Allah the words and letters.
Ibn Taymiah said in his book named "Al-Muwafaqah" page 4/107 "The truth is that Allah speaks with letters sequentially (that occur one letter at a time)".

We ask Allah to protect us from such kufur. Allah is the creator of letters, languages, sounds, voices, lips and tongues. Allah's Kalam (Speech) is not a letter or sound. Laysa Kamithlihi Shay'.

Ibn Taymiah Claiming that the world is Enternal.
Ibn Taymiah said in that the world is eternal by kind with Allah and this is among the most abhorrent kufur. He said that in his book "al-Muwafaqah" page 245. As he says "I have said before that what is eternal is the kind, not the world itself". So he says the kind of the world is eternal. Confusing? That's the beliefs of Philosophers. Imam Subkiy said that "he –Ibn Taymiah- had looked into philosophy and followed the philosophers in such sayings.

That saying is among the ugliest kufur to say. Ibn Taymiah also mentioned that in other references such as his book "Naqd Maratib al-Ijma^" as he objected on Ibn Hazm and was surprized to see that Ibn Hazm reported the Ijma^ (Unanimous agreement of the Muslims) that it's kufur to claim what ibn Taymiah claimed. Ibn Taymiah said said in that book "An-Naqd" page 168 "I'm surprized to see him –Ibn Hazm- report Ijma^ on declaring as a kafir who argues that Allah is eternal, nothing else is eternal with him".

So Ibn Taymiah is surprized that it is kufur by Ijma^ to say that there are things eternal other than Allah.

Also in his book "al-Fatawa" 6/300 he says "From here it shows also that those who have intellectual proves only shows that this is the Madhehab of the Salaf too. Their proof supporting the saying of the eternity of the world is that Allah is still attributed with the will". Please check the references mentioned first.

Allah knows best.

alsunna · 03, 16

For those who want more details about the deviant sayings of Ibn Taymiah in attributing to Allah the body and organs, and in claiming the world is eternal and other abhorrent beliefs, you may look up along with page numbers and complete references:

1. The book named: "al-Kash-shaf al-Saghir about the beliefs of Ibn Taymiah" Authored by Sa^id Foodah.
2. The book named: "As-Sayf as-Saqeel" for Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthariy.
3. The book named: "Ibn Taymiah is not a (true) Salafiy" authored by Sheikh Abdul-Halim ^Uways.
4. The book named: "Refuting Ibn Taymiah in his claim the eternity of the world" for Imam al-Ikhmini al-Shafi^y who died 774 H. So he was during his time.
5. The book named: "Al-I^tibar Bibaqa'il-Jannah wal Nar" for Imam as-Subkiy as he refutes Ibn Taymiah's claim that hellfire ends.

Also Look up all the books of Imam as-Subkiy.

Those are only some names of scholars who refuted him during his time. Those are only a few just becuase it was requested. If you wish, I can mention all the names of the scholars during his time who showed how he apposed Ahlus-Sunnah and left the path of his Mashayikh of his time.

The truth is simple to follow.
Allah knows best.

alsunna · 03, 30

For those who would like to see the deviant sayings of Ibn Taymiah from his books, please check the following scans from his books:

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