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Defending Hifz al-Iman against the Lies of the Innovators

By Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
November 8, 2010
Defending Hifz al-Iman against the Lies of the Innovators

Question: Do you believe that the knowledge of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) is equal to the knowledge of Zayd, Bakr and beasts or are you innocent of such ? Did Shaykh Ashraf 'Ali al-Thanawi write such content in his treatise Hifz al-Iman or not? How do you judge one who believes this? Answer: I say: this too is from the inventions and lies of the innovators. They distorted the meaning of the statement and, in their hatred, they produced...
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Repelling the Deceits of Al-Barelwi surrounding the Issue of Imkan al-Kadhib

By Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
August 12, 2010
Repelling the Deceits of Al-Barelwi surrounding the Issue of Imkan al-Kadhib

Did the eminent shaykh, the scholar of his time, Mawlawi Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, say that the Creator (Exalted is He) has actually lied, and that the one who says this has not erred, or is this amongst the fabrications against him? Assuming the latter, how do you respond to what al-Barelwi mentioned that he has with him a photocopy of the respected shaykh's fatwa? (Answer) That which they attributed to the eminent and incomparable shaykh, the scholar of his time, the peerless of his age,...
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Authority to Permit and Prohibit

By 'Allamah Sarfaraz Khan Safdar
August 20, 2009
Authority to Permit and Prohibit

In regard to making things halal (permitted) and haram (prohibited), it is the well-established belief of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa 'l-Jama'ah that Allah alone has authority over it. To make something halal or haram is exclusively the work of Allah Most High and He is unique in this. This is purely His right; no one else is involved in this process in any manner. Neither does anyone have this power in essence nor has Allah relegated this power to anyone.
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