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Yes, This is an old book.

Abdullaah as-Sabt has been spoken of by the Ulamaa, he is confused,shaky, and did not fill himself up with knowledge (as Shaikh Muqbil said), and he affirms Hizbiyyah, and speaks ill of the 'Ulamaa.

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"Our brother ash-Shaikh 'Abdullaah as-Sabt"?!

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سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
أستغفرك وأتوب إليك

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CONCLUSION

Some writers have mentioned the names of the books that have been written in refutation of or in annotation of or in order to give sources and checking of the aiiaadeeth of "al-IHyaa"', and so I will mention them without going into lengthy explanations.

1) Ibn al Munayyir al-Iskandaree wrote "ad-Diyaa al Mutalaalee fee ta'aqqub al-IHyaa' lil Ghazzaalee" mentioned by az-Zubaidee in "SharH al-IHyaa' [1/33]".

2) al-Haafiz al 'Iraaqee wrote three books of takhreej of "al-IHyaa"'.

a) Ikhbaar ul.-IHyaa bi Akhbaar ul-AHyaa: and it is a lengthy book.
b) al-Kashf al Mubeen 'an takhreej IHyaa' 'Uloomid -Deen.
c) al Mughnee 'an Haml ii Asfaar fil Asfaar fee takhreej maa fil IHyaa min Akhbaar : and it is abbreviated [It is well-known and printed along with "al-IHyaa"'] these three are mentioned by Ibn Fahd in "LaHz ul AlHaaz [p.230-231]".

3) al Haafiz ibn Hajr wrote "al Istidraak 'alaa takhreej "al-IHyaa'"" of his shaikh al 'Iraaqee mentioned by al Haafiz as-Sakhaawee in al-Jawahir wad-Durar [1532]".

4) al Haafiz al Qaasim ibn Qutloobughaa wrote "TuHfat ul AHyaa' feemaa faata mm takhreej il IHyaa'" mentioned by Haajee Khaleefah in "Kashf uz-Zunoon [1/24]".

5) Abul-Hasan ibn Sukkur wrote "IHyaa Mayyit A JHyaa fir-Radd 'alaa Kitaab il IHyaa".

6) Shaikh 'Abdul Haqq al 'Uthmaanee wrote "Tadhkiratul-Asfiyaa'm bitasfiyat-il-IHyaa'" : mentioned by Dr. Jameel AHmad in his book "Harakatut-Ta'leef billughatil 'Arabiyyah [p.425]".

7) Shaikh Taqee ud-Deen al Hisnee wrote "Takhreej AHaadeeth ul-IHyaa'": mentioned by as-Sakhaawee in "ad-Dau'ul-laaini [11/81]".

8) Our brother [...] 'Abdullaah as-Sabt has written a book particularly about the errors of "al-IHyaa'" which he indicated in his book "Soofiyaat Shaikh ul Azhar [p.43]".

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(18) MAHMOOD MAHDEE ISTAANBOOLEE

He (may Allaah make him fortunate) says in his introduction to "Tahdheeb Mau'izatul-Mu'mineen [p.6]" explaining what he did in his book:

"One of the most important things we have done to complete the book is to have mentioned a chapter on Jihaad. since Imaam(!!) al-Ghazzaalee did not mention that topic in spite of its importance. It is one of the most important pillars of Islaam after belief in Allaah ta'aalaa and his opponents have rebuked him for that, particularly since he lived in the time when the crusaders and the Tartars attacked the Muslim lands and occupied some of them, and killed many thousands of their inhabitants. [See 'al Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah [12/156]" & "al Kaamil fit-Taareekh [8/189]" to see the baselesness of the defence that Sa'eed Hawaa tries to put up in his "Jaulaat (p. 145- 146)" for this question].

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(17) MUHAMMAD NAASIR UD-DEEN AL-ALBAANEE

He (hafizahullaah) says, in speaking of his copy of the book "al Mughnee 'an Haml il-Asfaar fil Asfaar fee takhreej maa fil IHyaa min Akhbaar', regarding his early life in seeking knowledge:

"I was much affected by it ("al-IHyaa"') in that which relates to behaviour, sincerity, keeping away from vanity, because of the chapters and sections which I read by Allaah's design and decree, during which I used to extract from it the aHaadeeth which al-Haafiz al 'Iraaqee supplied sources for and checked. That often lead me to read the chapter in which al-Ghazzaalee quoted those aHaadeeth, and so I greatly benefitted from that. However, all praise be to Allaah, I was not affected by his Sufism and his 'inspirations' and his interpretations which took him away from the position of the Salaf in many of the thoughts and beliefs, such as his denial of Allaah's ascension over the Throne, and his saying that Allaah imposes upon His servants that which they cannot bear, and similar things, which carried him away due to his immersion in metaphysics/rhetoric and the wanderings of the Sufis."

He (al-Albaanee) says in "Silsilatul A1-laadeetk ud-Da'eefah [1/18)":

"And how many aHaadeeth there are in "al-IHyaa'" which he asserts as coming from the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and about them al-Haafiz al-'Iraaqee and others say, "They have no basis!"

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(16) IBN UL QATTAAN

He says in his book called "Nazm ul-Jumaan feemaa salafa min Akhbaariz- Zamaan" :

"...when "IHyaa' 'Uloom ud-Deen" reached Qurtubaa (Cordova) they spoke ill of it and disapproved of many things in it, specially their Qaadee (judge) Ibn Hamdain who did more than disapprove to the extent that he declared the disbelief of its author. He encouraged the Sultaan with that and used his scholars as evidence. So they agreed that it should be burnt. Thus 'Alee ibn Yusuf ordered that in accordance with their judgement and it was burnt in Qurtubaa by the west gate in the courtyard of the mosque after covering it with oil. A large group of prominent people were present during its burning and orders were sent out for it to be burnt throughout his territory. This burning continued throughout the land of Morocco in that time." ["al Mi'yaar al Maghrib (12/185)"]

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(15) IBN HAMDAIN AL-QURTUBEE

He said:

Verily some of those who give warning and claim for themselves knowledge of Fiqh and then absolve themselves of it being in love with the Sharee'ah of al-Ghazzaalee and the sect of the Sufis, have published a paper calling for the blind acceptance of the book of Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzaalee), the imaam of their innovation. So what does he (the author) say about his (al-Ghazzaalee's) objectionable and repulsive sayings and the misguiding writings which conflict with the Deen?
He (the author) claims that this knowledge is from the secret knowledge which they have about the secrets of divine lordship. Their 'knowledge' is such that no one uncovers its head, nor does anyone gain by achieving it, except he who walks towards it proudly, being indifferent to its misguidance. This has raised its own flag for them and set out its own rulings..." ["Siyar A'iaam an-Nuhalaa (19/332)"]


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(14) MAHMOOD SHUKREE AL AALOOSEE (d. 1342H)

He reported a large number of talks of some of the scholars about al-Ghazzaalee and his book "al-IHyaa'" in "Ghaayat ul-Amaanee [2/370-371]", then added in conclusion:

'This place is not wide enough for the talk about Aboo Haamid and the criticisms of him, and what we have mentioned is sufficient.' [Reported by al Aaloosee in "Ghayat ul Amaance [2/369.370]".

What is surprising is that some of the ignorants who claim to possess knowledge and righteousness -and he lacks both of them- dress themselves up in their clothes and has wrapped on his turban and let loose his beard, so that the unlearned one lacking in knowledge thinks him to be a Shaikh upon his chair wearing his turban. He finds a good market among the people because of what he gives them as regards admonition from lies and delusions and finds that there are no one to oppose him from those grazing animals, in the same way that a person who wishes may say what he likes among the graves (without fear of being contradicted), until as a consequence he became one of the prominent scholars, without it being known that he was more ignorant than a three day old baby!

Someone mentioned "IHyaa' 'Uloom ud-Deen" and greatly praised it and gave it all possible acclaim, so I said to him that it contains fabricated aHaadeeth, and questions of philosophy outside the Sharee'ah, and opinions totally against the Prophet's Sunnah, because of which the scholars who are trusted regarding their knowledge do not give the book any weight, to the extent that some of them have written books explaining the state of the aHaadeeth in it. So he looked at me mistrustingly and his wicked soul almost passed away and he said, "How can you say that when az-Zubaidee has written an explanation of it and checked the sources of its aHaadeeth and explained its secrets?" So I said to him, "Az-Zubaidee is not a scholar of this subject nor a man of this field, but rather he has some knowledge of the language and related fields, so that what he says about the sciences relating to reporting aHaadeeth is not given credence. Moreover, he was a fanatical grave- worshipper who called others to their bid'ah. When he heard that he turned away and departed and paid no attention to what I said, so I said, "The workers come to me from their mines; And it isn't my fault if the cattle don't understand."

The word of truth these days is very heavy upon the hearers, specially to the misguided and the innovators, so the upright today must be in accordance to the truth and follow the guidance."

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(13) 'ABDUL-LATEEF AL-HANBALEE (d. 1297H)' [His biography is found in "Mu'jam al-Mu'allafeen [6/11]" and the text of his saying is to be found in "ad-Durar as-Sunniyyah [2/345]", and see the statements of the offspring of ash-Shaikh MuHammad ibn 'Abdul-Wahaab (raHimahullaah) in "ad-Durar [2/170]".

He said in a letter which he sent to some of his brothers who read "al-IHyaa'" and read it to various people from among the general public and to others:

"You have caused them to hear what "al-IHyaa'" contains of the deviated distortions and misguided corrupt interpretations, and ramblings containing mortal poison, and philosophy(!) about the basis of the Deen! Allaah ta'aalaa has made it obligatory to follow His Messengers and to cling to the way of the believers and there is no establishment of Islaam without this firm foundation.

In "al-IHyaa'" he followed the way of the philosophers and the people of rhetoric in many of the matters pertaining to divinity and that upon which the Deen is based. He clothed philosophy with the bark (clothing) of the Sharee'ah until the gullible and ignorant thought them to be truths from the Deen with which the Messengers came and the Books were sent down so that the people entered Islaam because of it, but in reality it is pure evil-smelling philosophy which the scholars know, and all those who follow the way of the people of knowledge in the cities and lands would spit at it.

The people of knowledge and insight have warned against looking into it, or approaching its hidden or manifest things. Further, some of the scholars of the west who were knowledgeable of the Sunnah ordered it to be burnt and many of them called it 'Imaatat 'Uloom ud-Deen' (Killing of the Knowledge of the Deen). Ibn 'Aqeel stood up strongly in censuring and denouncing it and in revealing its weaknesses and follies, and asserted that many of its subjects were pure heresy (atheistic), because of which the actions of a person who believes in that would not be accepted (by Allaah)."


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(12) SAALIH IBN MAHDEE AL-MAOBALEE (d. 1108H)

He says in "al-AbHaath al-Musaddadah fee Funoon Muta'addidah [p.412]":

"Ibn 'Abbaas says in the long Hadeeth reported by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim about the Khilaafah that 'Umar promised to speak when he first stood to speak in al-Madeenah. He said, when it was the day of Jumu'ah, the people hurried to go out after the sun had risen. Ibn 'Abbaas regarded that as being extremely early, and there is nothing reported authentically from the Salaf about going out (for Jumu'ah) earlier than that. So do not be misled by that which al-Ghazzaalee and his like rave about regarding going out (for Jumu'ah) during the night or on the day before (Yaum al-Khamees i.e.. Thursday)."' [We mention as a sideline what al-Muqbilee also said in "al 'Alam ush- Shaamikh [p.400]" that he saw the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) in a dream and that he angrily forbade him from his preoccupation with al-Ghazzaalee's book "al-IHyaa" and asking him, "Have I not informed you of the guidance?"].

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(11) ABUL 'ABBAAS AL QABBAAB (d.779H)

He said within his reply to a question about Suflsm and its ways:

"I have not ceased to hope that Allaah would send. some people who have good knowledge and know about this way, that they would abridge the book 'al-lHyaa', since it is a book which has collected many branches of knowledge for which there is a need and are not found in other than it. Particularly those hidden things and preoccupying things which destroy actions, and knowledge of weaknesses of the soul and how to cure them - and so about that it is something to be desired.

However, it is polluted by his using aHaadeeth which are weak in their chains of narration which will harm the ignorant when he meets Allaah, because he believes that all of it is correct, having nothing wrong!

The most serious of these in my view is that he has filled it with talk concerning 'inspired' knowledge, which is what ash-Shaikh Aboo MuHammad Fishtaalee called 'hidden knowledge', since it contains things whose seriousness is hidden from many, and because most of them are hidden, it will not harm the general masses to hear them since they will not be able to understand them."' [al-Mi'yaar al Maghrib (11/122] of al-Wanshareesee].

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(10) IBN KATHEER

He says in "al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah [12/174]" about al-Ghazzaalee:

"And in this period he wrote his book "IHyaa 'Uloom ud-Deen" and it is an amazing book containing many of the branches of the knowledge of the Sharee'ah, and mixed with it are some agreeable things from Sufism and actions of the heart. However, it contains many aHaadeeth unheard of, and those which are weak and contradict authentic ones as well as fabricated aHaadeeth, just as there are in other books about those, used as evidence for things which are Halaal or Haraam; and the book which is written for softening the hearts and for inciting to good and inspiring fear of the evil, then their matter is easier compared to other books.

Abul-Faraj ibn al-Jauzee, and then Ibn us-Salaah denounced him very strongly, and al-Maazaree wanted his book to be burnt, and likewise did the people in the West, and they said, "This book is a revival of the knowledge of his Deen. However, for our Deen, then its revival is that of its knowledge in the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger", as I have reported in his biography in "at-Tabaqaat". Ibn Shukr declared many parts of "IHyaa''Uloom ud-Deen" to consist of false reports and he showed their falsity in a useful book, and al-Ghazzaalee used to say, "I have only a small stock regarding Hadeeth..."."

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(9) TAAJUD-DEEN AS-SUBKEE (d.771H)

He says in "Tabaqaat ush-Shaafi'iyyah [4/1451" in the biography of aI-Ghazzaalee:

"In this chapter I have gathered all that occurs in "al-IHyaa'" as regards aHadeeth for which I can find no isnaad (chain of transmitters)"

The collector of this book then said:

"Then he quoted and I counted around 943 aHaadeeth, but as for that which has an isnaad but is however, weak or fabricated, then it would perhaps reach many times that number as well."

As-Subkee said [4/127] in replying to the criticisms of at-Turtooshee and al-Maazaree to "al-IHyaa'":

"And as for the criticism that some of the aHaadeeth of "al-IHyaa'" are weak/baseless, then it is well known that al-Ghazzaalee was not fully competent therein, and most of the narrations and reports in Mal-IHyaa'" were scattered throughout the books of the scholars of Flqh and the Sufis, and he did not bring the chain of narrations for a single Hadeeth...". [Al-Aloosee says in "Ghaayatul Amaanee [2/268]": "Then as-Subkee replied to some of the criticisms of abMaazaree and at-Turtooshee with answers which were inaccurate as is his habit in blindly supporting the people of his madhhab, and even so he was not able to deny al-Ghazaalee's ignorance of Hadeeth].

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(8) ADH-DHAHABEE

He says in "Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa [19/339]":

"As for "al-IHyaa'", then it contains a large number of baseless aHaadeeth. There is much good in it if only it did not have in it the manners, ways and ascetism of the philosophers and misguided Sufis. We ask Allaah for beneficial knowledge. Do you know what is beneficial knowledge? It is that which the Qur'aan came with and was explained by the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) by his words and actions..."

Then he (adh-Dhahabee) says:

"Beware of the views of the worshipping philosophers, and the ways of the people of numbers, and the hunger of the monk, and the light- headedness of the companions of seclusion, since all good is in the following of the liberal and straight way. so would that they called upon Allaah for help - 0 Allaah guide us upon the Straight Path."

He (adh-Dhahabee) (raHimahullaah) says in "Meezaan ul-I'tidaal [1/431]" in the biography of al-Haarith al Mahaasibee after having quoted Aboo Zur'ah's forbiddance of the reading of al-Haarith's books:

'Then what would be the case if he saw the works of Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzaalee) at-Toosee about that? Since "al-IHyaa'" quotes so many fabricated narrations!"

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(7) IBN TAIMIYYAH (d.728H)

He says in "Dar'u Ta'aarud-ul 'Aql wan-Naql [5/347]" :

"Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzalee) mentions a long talk in his book "al-IHyaa'" about Outer and Hidden knowledge. He said, "A group explain away that which relates to Allaah's attributes and leave alone that which relates to the Hereafter upon its obvious meaning, and prevent its being interpreted. They are the Ash'arees -that is their later scholars who agree to the author of "al-Irshaad". The Mu'tazilah go further to the point that they explain away His being, the Hearing and the Seeing, and also seeing Him and the Mi'raaj, and that He is not a body. They explain away Punishment of the Grave, the Scales and the Bridge, and a large number of things connected to the Hereafter, but they consent to the raising up of the bodies and Paradise and that it contains eatables."

I (Ibn Taimiyyah) say, explaining away the Scales and the Bridge, and Punishment of the Grave, and the Hearing and the Seeing is the saying of the Mu'tazilah of Baghdad and not those of Basrah.

Aboo Haamid says, "The philosophers go even further and explain away all that is narrated about the Hereafter explaining it to refer to states of the mind and soul and 'tastes' of the mind." Till he says, "And they are the ones who go too far in interpreting, and the correct limit for interpreting is between the two and it is fine and obscure. None can reach it except those guided to it, who understand matters due to divine light, not due to what they hear [narrationsj. Then the way to the secrets of the affairs are revealed to them and they look at what is reported and its wordings, then that which they see with the light of certainty they accept, and that which goes against it, they interpret it. As for the one who takes all those matters from that which is narrated, then they cannot put a foot forward."

I (Ibn Taimiyyah) say, this talk means that nothing is to be gained from the narrations from the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) about affairs of knowledge, but rather every person reaches that with what he attains of divine insight and light and hidden knowledge! These are two principles of apostasy since every possessor of 'illumination' if he does not weigh it according to the Book and the Sunnah then he enters into misguidance."

He (Ibn Taimiyyah) also says in "Dar-ut-Ta'aarud [7/ 149]" after having quoted at length from "al-IHyaa'" and refuted it, adding:

"Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazaalee) does not have the knowledge of the Prophetic narrations and those from the Salaf which the scholars of them do, and they distinguish between the authentic and the weak. Therefore he quotes in his book fabricated aHaadeeth and plain lies, which if he knew that they were concocted, he would not quote."

He (Ibn Taimiyyah) (raHimahullaah) says in Majmoo' uI-Fataawaa [17/362]" where he talks about the names of ALIaah and His attributes, the sayings of the philosophers:

"Aboo Haamid mentions in "al-IHyaa"' the saying of those philosophers who interpret away that they went too far in their interpretation, and that the Hanbalees went too far in sticking to the textual wording, and he quotes AHmad ibn Hanbal as saying that which he did not say. and he did not know what AHmad said, nor what others of the Salaf said about this, nor what occurs in the Qur'aan and the Hadeeth about it!"

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(6) AN-NAWAWEE (d.676H)

An-Nawawee was asked about Salaatur-Raghaa'ib which is done on the first Jumu'ah of Rajab, whether it is Sunnah, a desirable action or an innovation. So he answered:

"It is an evil and strongly censured innovation."

Then he said:

"And do not be misled by the large number of people who perform it in many lands, nor by Its being mentioned in "Qoot ul Quloob" or "IHyaa' 'Uloom ud-Deen" and their like, since it is a baseless innovation ("al-Mi'yaar ul Maghrib [1/300]" of al-Wanshareesee).

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(5) IBN AL-JAUZEE (d. 597H)

He says in "al-Muntazim [9/169-170]":

"He began to write the book "al-lHyaa'" in al-Quds and finished it in Damascus, however, he wrote it upon the way of the Sufis and did away with the rules of Fiqh in it. For example, regarding effacing of honour and fighting the self, he mentions that a man wished to efface his own honour, so he entered a public bath and put on someone else's clothes, then he put his own clothes on top of them and went out walking slowly so that the people could catch him. So they took them back from him and called him The Thief of the Public Baths'.

Mentioning such things as this for followers to learn from is disgusting because it is judged so according to Fiqh. When there is a guardian for public baths and a person steals, his hand is cut off, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to offer an action for which they would be sinful if they did it!

He mentions that a man bought some meat and found that his soul felt shy to carry it to his house, so he tied it round his neck and walked to his house. This is also totally repugnant and there are many similar things for which this is not the place.
I have gathered together the mistakes of the book and called it "A Notification to the Living Regarding the Errors of al-IHyaa'". and I have pointed some of them out in my book "Talbees Iblees"!

(Also) what he mentions in the book of marriage that 'Aa'ishah said to the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa saUam), "You are the one who claims that you are the Messenger of Allaah!"

That is impossible! Verily the reason for his turning away from the requirements of Fiqh in that which he quotes is that he accompanied the Sufis and regarded their condition to be the goal, and he said, "Indeed I have taken the way from Aboo 'Alee al-Farmadhee and I followed what he directed me to as regards daily worships and continual dhikr (remembering Allaah) until I passed those difficulties and became burdened with heavy tasks, and I did not attain that which I sought.'
Then he looked into the book of Aboo Taalib al-Makkee and into the sayings of the older Sufis, and that completely allured him away from what is demanded by Fiqh.

He mentioned in his book "al-IHyaa'" a lot of fabricated and weak aHaadeeth, and that was due to his insufficient knowledge of narrations- so would that he had submitted them for examination to those who knew - but rather he reported them like one who gathers wood at night (i.e., blindly).

Some people have become infatuated with the book "al-IHyaa'- so I informed that person of its shortcomings and wrote to him, taking out that which needed to be deleted and adding that which was appropriate."

He (Ibn al-Jauzee) said in "Said ul-Khaatir [p.374]" about his (al-Ghazzaalee's) historical mistakes, "And I have seen in the book "IHyaa' 'Uloom ud-Deen" of al-Ghazzaalee that which bewilders regarding mixing up of aHaadeeth and history, so I have collected his mistakes in a book." (He mentioned [p.399] IHyaa' 'Uloom ud-Deen amongs those books which contain stories of hidden horrors and unauthentic aHaadeeth and things which are contrary to the Sharee'ah).

He (Ibn al-Jauzee) said in "Talbees lblees":

"Aboo Haamid al-Ghazzaalee came and composed for them the book "al-IHyaa'" upon the way of the people, and he filled it with baseless aHaadeeth, not knowing their baselessness, and he spoke about hidden knowledge and left the laws of Fiqh and said, 'That which is meant by the stars and the sun and the moon which Ibraheem (salawaatullaahi 'aIaihi) saw is lights which are the veils of Allaah the Great and Glorious, and not the known objects"! This is the same as the talk of the Baatiniyyah!"

He (Ibn al-Jauzee) said in "Minhaaj ul Qaasideen [p.3 of its abridgement] :

"Know that in the book "al-IHyaa'" are dangerous things only known about by the scholars, and the least of them are the baseless and fabricated aHaadeeth, and those which only trace back to the Companions which he relates as being from the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) himself, and verily he merely reported them as he found them, not that he invented them; and it is not allowed to worship using a fabricated Hadeeth, nor to be taken in by a made up wording.
How can it be sanctioned for you to pray prayers of the day and night and the Messenger of Allaah (sallallahu 'aiaihi wa sallam) never said a single word about them!?

How can you allow your hearing to be invaded by the talk of the Sufis which he gathered and encouraged that it be acted upon so much as cannot be counted. As regards his talk about obliteration of the self, continuance, ordering people to suffer starvation and going out touring for no purpose, and entering desolate areas without any provisions, and other things, I have revealed their faults in my book 'Talbees Iblees" and I will write a book for you mentioning its corruptions without forsaking Its benefits."

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(4) AL-QAADEE 'IYAAD (d.544H)

He said:
"And ash-Shaikh Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzaalee) possesses -repugnant information and in producing shocking works he went beyond bounds in the way of Sufism, and devoted himself to supporting them, and became a caller to that, and wrote well-known books on that (He refers to "al-IHyaa"' as is shown by what comes after).

He was reproached for parts of that and the minds of the Ummah came to have a low opinion of him. Allaah knows that which is hidden about him, and here in the West the order of the Sultaan (ruler) and the ruling of the scholars is that it should be burnt and kept away from, so that was done..."

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(3) ABOO BAKR IBN AL'ARABEE (d.543H)

Adh-Dhatabee says in "as-Siyar 119/3371":

In the chapter about 'Tawakkul' in "al-IHyaa'" there occurs, "And all the provision and longevity, and belief and disbelief, which Allaah has divided amongst His creation, then all of it is totally just, and it is not possible for there to be anything better or more complete, and if that were possible and He, the Exalted, being able, did not create it, then it would be miserliness and oppression."

Aboo Bakr ibn al 'Arabee said in "SharHul-Asmaa was-Sifaat":

Our Shaikh Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzaalee) has said something very serious for which the scholars have censured him. He said that there is nothing within the power of Allaah better than this creation in its precision and wisdom, and that if something better were possible or more just and He did not make it, then that would be a deficiency in His generosity. This is impossible.
The answer to that is that he is greatly mistaken in believing in the generality of His power/ability and denying that those created things connected to it can be limited in their extent, but rather the planning/ creation alone of this created world is limited. This philosophical opinion by which the philosophers refer to the heart of the matter and ascribe the perfection to life, for example. and existanee to hearing and seeing. ttitii there does not remain in the heart any way to that which is correct. The Ummah is united against that belief, and all of them without exception say: What He is able to do is unlimited, as for everything that is decreed. not everything is actually present, since the ability is there.

This is an error - may Allaah not establish it. and a mistake for which there is no foundation (A1-Muqbilee in "al-AbHaath al-Musaddadah [p. 542]" comments on this saying of al-Ghazzaalee: "Since that in fact contains a limitation of Allah's power, and the intellect tells that there is no limit to His power or knowledge).

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(2) AL-MAAZAREE (d.536H)

Al-Haafiz adh-Dhahabee says in "Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa [19/340J" ...and Imaam MuHammad ibn 'Alee al Maazaree as-Saqilee speaks about "al-IHyaa'" in a way that shows his prominence as an lmaam. He says:

'There have been repeated requests to know our position regarding the book called "IHyaa'u 'Uloom ud-Deen" and I said that the opinions of people differ about It. A group seeks to publicise it and suck blindly to that, a group warns the people against it and causes them to flee from it, and a group who burn it.

The people of the East have also written to me, asking about it, and I have not previously read except parts of it. So if Allaah extends my life, I shall spend time upon it and remove the confusion the people's hearts. Know that I have seen the students of it, and all of them relate to me a part of its condition which take the place of seeing with one's own eyes, so I will briefly mention his condition and that of his book, and some of the positions of the people of TawHeed and of the Sufis, and the people of allusions and philosophy, since his book wavers between all of those!"

Then he (al-Maazaree) said:

"...and in "al-IHyaa'" there are many baseless things, and the habit of the abstemious is not to say, "Maalik said", and "Ash-Shaafi'ee said", except when that is established from them! He approves of things which he builds upon that which has no basis, such as cutting the finger-nails starting with the forefinger due to its excellence over the rest of the fingers, since it is the one for making tasbeeH, then that he should cut the middle one next to it, since it is on the right, and finish with the right thumb, and he reports a narration about it.(Adh-Dhahabee comments on this, saying: it is a fabricated narration) He (al-Ghazzaalee) says, "He who dies after attaining puberty not knowing that the Creator had no beginning, then he dies a Muslim according to ljmaa'(consensus)."

And so one who is lenient about reporting ijmaa about something like this - about which it is more probable that the ijmaa' is the exact opposite - is not worthy of being given credence to what he relates. I found him saying in the first part that he has knowledge which it is not possible to put in a book!! So if that refers to that which is false and baseless then that is true, and if it refers to true knowledge - which is what he intends without a doubt - then why does he not put it into the book? Since if he understands it, then what is to prevent others from understanding it?!"

Adh-Dhahabee says in "as-Siyar [19/330]": I have seen al-Maazarees book "A Disclosure and Notification of the Book al-IHyaa" and it begins:

"All praise is for Allaah who gave the truth light and ascendancy, and destroyed falsehood and removed it..."

Then al-Maazaree quotes some things for which he censures Aboo Haamid (al-Ghazzaalee) saying:

"I am amazed at a group of Maalikis who regard Maalik as their Imaam who flee from limitation and avoid putting down a regulation even if there is a narration or an analogy to be made, out of cautiousness and piety and being careful about giving fatwaa (religious verdict) which the people will have to follow, and then they approve of a fatwaa from a man who bases it upon that which is baseless and it contains many reports from the Prophet (sailaltaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), patching together the authentic with that which is not authentic, and likewise that which he reports from the Salaf (the pious predecessors - the Companions and those who followed in their footsteps) and cannot all be authentic, and he quotes 'inspirations' of the 'saints' and outpourlngs of the sincere, which are deemed great, but he mixed the beneficial with the harmful, such as ascriptions which it is not permissible to ascribe due to their repugnance...(to the end)"

Adh-Dhahabi says in the biography of aI-Maazaree in "as-Siyar 120/1071", "He is the author of a refutation of "al-lHyaa'" wherein he explains its errors and philosophy, and he did justice therein -may Allaah have mercy upon him."


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