lesson 6: 2 Important Questions Answered

Question 1

What do people of innovation try to do to hide their ‘Aqeedah and the issues they have?

Answer 1

Mix the madhab with ‘Aqeedah

Question 2

Does ‘Aqeedah have differences of opinion?

Answer 2

Yes, although its less than those in Fiqh

Question 3

Example of difference of opinion in ‘Aqeedah

Answer 3

did the prophet ﷺ see ﷲ ﷻ, or was it a light, in a dream etc

Question 4

whats the meaning of ال حد in the poem by As sabban in this issue of ‘Aqeedah

Answer 4

the حد includes defining what belongs here and what doesent حد is the limit of something, so we know what belongs to ‘Aqeedah and what belongs to fiqh in this case.

Question 5

Where do we get the idea of how we defined ‘Aqeeda- 6 pillars, iman as a concept, sahaba etc?

Answer 5

الإسقراء

This word, boils down to 3 letters, ق،ر،ء which is قرء, reading. This is the idea of a comprehensive reading which comes with categorization.

So if we went through the whole Quran, on the issue of Tawheed for instance, and we try to categorise every ayah into a box, uluhiyya- Allahs oneness of worship, rububiyyah- his lordship, asma wa sifat his names and attributes in a comprehensive way, this is a very useful way to have a comprehensive way to understand ‘Aqeedah.

Add to that, reading the books of ‘Aqeedah even by deviant sects, we see the issues in those books do not exceed a certain number of issues.

So when an effort is solidified to where, for instance, all the books of ‘Aqeedah are written on the same subject matter, like ‘Tahweed being divided into 3, the subject matter is clear.

So when someone asks why is tawheed dicided into 3 types, why is the sunnah divided into what the messenger ﷺ did, approve of and his description and so on, the answer will go back to, if it doesent go to the definition and the language, to the issue of إستقراء, going through and reading comprehensively and categorising it.

Question 6

Why do we find matters of Furoo’ al Fiqhiyyah in ‘Aqeedah?

Answer 6

This may seem contradictory to what we said earlier, as we mentioned deviants use their Fiqh to hide their ‘Aqeedah and so on.

For example

عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ حُكْمِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ أَسَأْتُ بِهِ الظَّنَّ، يَعْنِي: اتَّهَمْتُهُ فِي مُعْتَقَدِهِ.

Ibn al-Mubarak used to say: If I see a man asking about the ruling on wiping over the leather socks, I think badly of him, meaning: I suspect his belief.”

Imam ibn al Mubarak is a giant Imām, why would he say this?

The reason is because the people who differed in them from ahlul sunnah, were from the deviant sects and group’s, such as groups among the Shia/rafidha/ithna ashariyya, that they don’t wipe of the the khuff, they wipe over there bare feet. If you see a person wiping over the barefoot, this is no longer an issue of fiqh, because the only people who do it is people who’s aqeedah is deviant. As for the hand on the chest, stomach, to the side this is an issue of fiqh in which ones ‘Aqeedah can still remain sounds.

Question 7

If someone from Ahlul Sunnah goes against an issue of ‘aqeedah that is agreed upon, can they still be from Ahlul Sunnah?

Answer 7

Yes, like imam Abu Hanifa in the issue of Iman.